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Steroids

            
             People have been debating the use of steroids for many years and the debate will go on for many more. Scientists, Sociologists, and other doctors have argued their reasons to make steroids legal and to keep steroids illegal. Some discussed the idea that steroids give athletes and unfair advantage when playing sports. Others have argued that steroids are unnatural and bring up moral issues. Some have debated the notion that if other athletes are using steroids that they have to use steroids to be on the same competition level as the other athletes. Each angle discussed is vital in obtaining the full understanding of the issue. Throughout the evaluation of both sides of the debate steroids should be made legal in competitive sports. .
             Anabolic Steroids were banned from Olympic competition just before the nineteen seventy six Olympics, but steroids were introduced to athletes years before the Montreal Olympics. In the nineteen eighty eight Seoul Olympics in Korea sprinter Ben Johnson and sprinter Carl Lewis were to run against each other in the one hundred meter dash. This was a much anticipated match up between the two. Ben Johnson was from Canada and Carl Lewis was from the United States. In the race Johnson won the Gold while Lewis brought home the silver. After the race Johnson had tested positive for anabolic steroid use. This event sent shock waves through the sports world. It brought up many questions about steroid use in competition. Johnson had to give back all the gold metals that he won during the Olympics, and in the one hundred meter dash the winner was Carl Lewis. He was Canada's national hero before this incident. This showed the world how athletes are willing to do anything to win. In the nineteen eighty eight Olympics Ben Johnson, a Canadian Olympic sprinter, was the first athlete caught testing positive for anabolic steroid use. During the Montreal Olympics Johnson won the Gold medal in the one-hundred meter dash and also broke the world record, which he had set.


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1. Steroids

... . Ziegler, an American scientist, that testosterone was the reason behind the improved athletic ability. Soon after their findings, he and his labs were producing Dianabol or Methandrostenolone. A decade later, steroids were available on the market. At that time they were being used by both athletes and doctors on a regular basis. On March 1, 1991, the Federal Anabolic Control Act went into ... use alternatives such as creatine, protein powders, prohormone supplements and ephedrine products without second guessing the motive behind them. These alternatives provide some of the same body bu...

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2. Steroids in the World of Sports

... 42). The NCAA is not the only sports federation to ban anabolic steroid use. All professional sport associations have substance abuse policies which include bans on any form of anabolic steroids. Anabolic steroid use was first detected in professional football in the early 1960's. It was then that the National Football 3 League (NFL) initiated its first bans against steroid use (Yesalis ... among young women" (2). Men, women, and children may all experience serious side effects once they begin their steroid cycles. There are many physical side effects in men even though anabolic steroid...

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3. Steroids

... of testosterone. There are only four legal uses for steroid treatment for certain forms of cancer, pituitary dwarfism, and serious hormone disturbances. There are two forms of anabolic steroids those taken orally and those injected. The immediate effects of both are mood swings of many different kinds. In one study, physicians Ian Wilson, Arthur Prang, Jr., ... progressive cholestatis and jaundice, peliosis hepatitis, hemorrhaging, and the possibility of liver cancer (Schwarzenegger, 726). These problems are especially noticeable in users who take oral steroids. Steroids possibly have t...

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4. Anabolic Steroids: What it Really Does to Your Body.

... anabolic steroid use among teenage athletes exceeds the use of any drugs other than alcohol, nicotine, and marijuana" (72). For some obvious reasons Steroids are very popular among athletes and other individuals looking to get a quick physical gain. Muscles use protein, which are made from chains of amino ... build muscles at a much faster rate. Dr. Lukas states "the steroid helps the body use amino acids for making new muscle protein. Steroids increase the production of protein, but they also block the breakdown of older muscles. These two actions work together to increase muscle size ...

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5. Anabolic Steroids

... . A survey in 1970, showed that five American universities had at least 15% of college athletic abusers. By the year 1984 20% of college athletes were using steroids (Koziris. 2000). Anabolic steroids or anabolic-androgenic steroids are the synthetic derivatives of the naturally occurring male anabolic hormone testosterone. Both anabolic and androgenic have origins from the Greek: anabolic, meaning, "to build," and androgenic ... effects include development of female nipples and breasts, a higher risk of prostate diseases, and liver damage (Sabock 263). On the other hand, women often exp...

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6. Legalizing Steroids for Sport and Recreation

... If you can make the choice to harm yourself smoking cigarettes you should be able to make the choice to benefit yourself with anabolic steroids. With all the technology out today sports have turned into science experiments with so many different tests that they give athletes more feedback ... taking the drugs for the wrong reason, like many teens and young adults are, proven by the next statement. "Believing that anabolic steroids can improve competitiveness and performance, uninformed or misguided athletes, sometimes encouraged by coaches or parents, abuse these drugs to build lean musc...

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7. Anabolic Steroids In Exercising, Athletics, And The Effects On The Human Body

... . A survey in 1970, showed that five American universities had at least 15% of college athletic abusers. By the year 1984 20% of college athletes were using steroids (Koziris. 2000). Anabolic steroids or anabolic-androgenic steroids are the synthetic derivatives of the naturally occurring male anabolic hormone testosterone. Both anabolic and androgenic have origins from the Greek: anabolic, meaning, "to build," and androgenic ... effects include development of female nipples and breasts, a higher risk of prostate diseases, and liver damage (Sabock 263). On the other hand, women often exp...

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8. Steroids: Are they worth takin

... into your body it messes up the normal balance in your body and can change the way a person can and will act. The liver produces your bodies natural steroids, but when you put the "laboratory" steroid in your system, it damages your liver. This can lead to Hepatocellular Carcinoma or liver cancer; blood sacs may ... this cancer (www.steroidlaw.com). It is said that it is irresponsible for an athlete to use any type of steroid without getting liver tests. When using steroids high blood pressure is most common and this can and will lead to heart attacks (www.steroidlaw.com). A persons bon...

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9. Anabolic Steroids

... just as long as you win. So athletes look for an edge on their competition. The edge that too many athletes look to is Anabolic Steroids. Anabolic Steroids have good and bad side affects to them. There are rules prohibiting athletes from using this substance but that does stop many of them from doing ... : Risk of HIV and Hepatitis B & C, Increased risk of aggressive acts which may injure self or others, this is a major reason as to why Steroids are prohibited in sports, increased risk of mood disturbances including mania and depression. These are just the bad effects that have to do with...

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