...To normal people, specifically for those who aren’t in the field of athletics or health and fitness, the word anabolic steroid may sound a little bit strange. Our bodies produce these things through our endocrine system. But with the advent of technology and thorough scientific studies, these chemicals can now be artificially created and manufactured in a drug form.Causes of Substance Abuse As we have mentioned above, these substances are mostly used for improvement of athletic performances. The danger about using these drugs is that people try to abuse it. According certain surveys, steroid abuse is present 6% of every athlete. Experts believe that the abuse is more rampant than the values brought about by these figures. That’s the reason why rigorous tests are being done to professional and Olympic athletes. Still, this isn’t an excuse because of the appearance of what we call designer drugs which are greatly available in the market for use. Every athlete wants to be one step ahead of their competition so they are always prone to get these substances to maximize and improve their skills. Another reason why people are prone to anabolic steroids is to increase muscle size and fat reduction. These are commonly present to those people who are so much anxious of their image that they develop a...
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...Anabolic steroids are any drugs related to a male hormone called testosterone, a hormone that mostly enhances muscle growth. Back in history, a group of scientists was successfully capable of creating a synthetic form of testosterone hormone in order to help male patients who had problems in growing and could not produce enough levels of testosterone. Later during World War II, weak soldiers were given doses of this synthetic hormone to improve their strength and develop their performance and it worked! After the war, An American doctor named Dr.Zeigler invented the term “ Anabolic Steroids” for these artificial hormones. Furthermore, anabolic steroids were legal and popular among athletes and high school teenagers to promote their performance. Finally in 1975, the International Olympic Committee have prevented using these steroids and consider it cheating. However, black markets are still providing these steroids and have a lot of people who are willing to spend a lot of money to buy them (1). Anabolic steroids are used illegally among bodybuilders to maximize their muscle growth and recovery but these steroids can cause hazardous consequences may lead to death. Anabolic steroids are synthetic hormones related by a way or another to the male...
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...what are Steroids? Steroids are any of a large class of organic compounds with a characteristic molecular structure containing four rings of carbon atoms. Many bodybuilders use steroids to help them get a greater muscle mass. Many people do not see the side effects of the use of steroids. Steroids can affect you in many ways, for man they can cause shrinking of the testicals, Breast growth, hair loss and a higher risk of prostate cancer. For woman they will notice a deeper voice and the growth of facial hair. A question many people ask is why do people feel like they need to use steroids? People use them because they will increase muscle mass. Another thing that steroids do for the body is they help heal injuries much faster. According to Philip D. Harvey “There are several reasons why steroid use can be appealing to athletes. Steroids are well known to increase the muscle mass response to exercise and to facilitate healing of injuries.” In our society today it seems pretty normal for people to be taking steroids. Many people are prescribed steroids from their doctor to heal an injury. I feel as if steroids should only be used for medical use. Many people will take steroid then when the olympics comes around stop long enough to test negative then they start on them again....
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...Mrs. Figs English 3 10 February 2013 Steroids In many parts of the world today, sports competitions are the vehicle for the fierce quest to win, to be “the best.” Athletes will do anything to win whether that be cheating in golf or taking steroids in order to excel in baseball. It is said that over three million athletes and bodybuilders have used illegal steroids in this country alone (Solberg 92). If many people already use steroids why not make them legal and let people take them at their own risk? Or perhaps do you think steroids should stay illegal because they have harmful side effects and promote an unfair advantage in sports? With the growing concern over steroid use in our country, we must look at what is really best for the future of our athletes and the spirit of competition. Steroids are extra hormones that are either taken orally or injected into the body. Theses hormones set off a reaction that sends an individual’s testosterone level soaring, which in turn allows that person to increase muscle size and strength. But with this new-found strength comes some harmful side effects. Steroids can cause heart attacks or liver cancer, not to mention all the newly acquired acne that often develops. These are only a few of the hundreds of unhealthy things that can happen to you when you are on steroid (Harris129). Many people, medical experts and athletes alike, feel steroids should be legalized. They feel that the use of steroids a few times and in moderation is acceptable...
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...Steroids in Professional Sports Nicole Hohn ITT Technical Institute November 13, 2014 SLesure Steroids in Professional Sports In recent years there has been speculation on individuals in professional sports using steroids to better enhance their performance. In 2012, Lance Armstrong was disqualified from seven races that he had won ten years before, all due to the United States Anti-Doping Agency confirming that he was doping- which is the term used to describe the act of doing steroids. Armstrong was stripped of all his medals and is one of many examples of a professional having their achievements taken away because of the use of steroids (Smith, 2012). Many people still believe that the use of steroids is wrong and gives the professional the upper hand over one who does not do steroids. At the end of the day you still have to have raw talent. An average Joe could not take steroids and then expect to go play in a Major League Baseball game. As with cigarettes and alcohol every individual should be able to decide what they want to responsibly put into their body. Steroids should be made legal for all individuals and the usage should be monitored by doctors. As stated above, any individual has to still possess the talent in the first place. There is a common misconception that steroids are making them “stars”. In all actuality it is only enhancing their ability to perform (Smith, 2012). Every single sports player takes extra steps to help themselves perform every day; for example...
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...How do steroids affect the human body? Steroids can be extremely harmful to people who take them. Steroids can be Given to you medically if you have chronic bronchitis but those steroids are called Corticosteroids which are very different to the harmful version. Steroid are referred to “juice” or “roids” they are a form of male hormones, Testosterone. Steroid are being abused but people who want to change their physical health, Performance and appearance take steroids – Body builders use steroids to gain Muscle so that they can win competitions, athletes use steroids to that they wish To improve their skills as an athlete, many other people us steroids because of Late or early injures to help them recover and carry on with their day to day life’s....
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... The Real Deal of Steroids Athletes are some of the most famous and influential people in the world. Who have many young people who are fans that look up to them. When the word Athletes comes to mind another word is usually followed closed behind it, which is Steroids. The reason for this is that Athletes are always under the limelight for use of Steroids, but do people really know the real use for them or what the history is? Why they are even legal in the first place? There are a lot of background and personal uses for Steroids that go outside, of the physical aspect that people normally think of. For example Steroids is basically a hormone drug that just does what our body at the moment cannot do. There are also different types of hormone steroids that affect different parts of the body and the ways they are actually injected into your body. The real reason for steroids that many people do not get is that it is used as a substitute for faster healing time. Even though they are frowned upon by our society steroids do have a legitimate use for them. Which ranges form helping with hormones or helping with some type of injury. As mention in the web page anabolic small.com “Anabolic steroids have several legitimate medical use.”(par 1) With this statement it is proving that steroids are good for the body for the period of time that you are on them. They are highly addictive and which is why many people take them so often not to only bulk up but...
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...time now, people have wanted to become a physically stronger person. Most people whether they just want to gain muscle mass or become a stronger athlete, would go to the gym and put in hours on end doing whatever it takes to reach their goals. When people push their body to limits to finally reach their goals, they feel like they can accomplish anything they want, so they figure they can push it even further to surpass their goals. People who think have this mindset will start supplementing to push their bodies even further than before. When they have reached their max, they still have that mindset of exceeding their goals and resort to a drug that has been around the 50s. When steroids first became available in the public market, the drug was unregulated and anyone could buy and use it for whatever they wanted. It took about forty years for it become regulated, regulations put steroids as a schedule 3 under the controlled substance act making its possession illegal without a prescription. Steroids are one of the most controversial substances to ever be made and are still common today. There are mainly two uses of steroids, medicinal and performance enhancing. Medicinally used steroids can be used to treat anything from a rash to asthma. There are about three names for steroids; corticosteroids, used medically, and anabolic steroids or HGH which in the athletic world is used to boost performance or in the medical field to replace sex hormones. All over the world steroids are being...
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...when steroids were common and a part of the game of baseball. A time where players such as Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa and Barry Bonds recorded hitting statistics that were previously unachievable in professional baseball. If you do not know who they were, these players were known for their power, they were known for their home runs. These kind of players do just randomly appear out of nowhere, they trained their entire lives to get to this point, they deserve it, or do they? These kind of players showed everyone who loved the game of baseball that even though their numbers were...
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...Is cheating okay? Most people would say no. Using Anabolic-Androgenic Steroids is in fact cheating. It is the use of drugs to gain an unfair advantage in a sporting event or competition. It is no different than cheating on a test or taking a short cut in a race. If being unfair is not enough of a reason not to use Anabolic-Androgenic Steroids, there are also numerous irreversible health hazards. Anabolic-Androgenic Steroids are illegal for several reasons including numerous health hazards and general unfairness in competition and need to continue to remain illegal. To better understand why steroids must continue to be illegal one must first know what they are. Anabolic Androgenic Steroids are a type of drugs commonly used by athletes and other...
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...Steroids have been part of baseball history for a long time and it’s benefited athletes who resort to using it without getting caught. It’s helped the game develop into the game we see today, with players breaking home run records and pitchers pitching Cy Young worthy numbers. Steroids have caused a rift between who should or shouldn’t be in the Hall of Fame because it helped them get a competitive boost with the use of an injection or cream, while others played naturally and legally. While I believe that steroids have its advantages in athletes, it is just another way athletes can gain a competitive boost. If steroids were to be legalized, all athletes would have the chance to compete at the same level, but in a much higher and competitive environment. The stadiums would be more electric and games would be more exciting for the fans to enjoy....
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...Eriel Cuevas Mr. Mertsock English 12 21 October 2013 Steroids and Athletes Barry Bonds steps up to the plate awaiting a pitch he could hit from Mike Bacsik on a beautiful tuesday night. With a full count Barry finally gets the pitch he and everyone else was waiting for, he blasts the ball to the deepest part of AT&T Park. Was it his natural talent or was it the steroids he had been taking? Why are most of the top athletes in the world risking their health just to get those big contracts that everyone in professional sports want? The first introduction to performance enhancing drugs was in the 1930’s, by a group of German scientists, where they created a form of testosterone. Now people use the drugs to help them become bigger, faster, and stronger. This then would lead to them either getting caught or getting the big contracts that Alex Rodriguez has, which neither A-Rod or any or the other athletes deserve to get. The use of steroids is putting a influence on the rest of the athletes and especially young athletes in high school. This is why the use of steroids has forever changed the face of professional sports, making it a world fueled by drug contacts instead of natural skill and talent. The introduction of steroids to the world was in the 1930’s, by a group of German scientists, trying to create a synthetic form of testosterone for men that weren’t able to produce enough hormones for growth, development, and the men who could not function correctly...
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...Athletes Will Do Anything Even if That Involves Taking Steroids Illegally Lance Armstrong stated after being confirmed for illegal use of anabolic steroids that, “My punishment is a thousand times bigger than the crime I committed.” Anabolic steroids are any drugs used to increase your testosterone levels other than estrogen,progesterone, and corticosteroids and other hormonal medication. Steroid means any class of chemical compound,important to chemistry,biology, and medicine. Anabolism (Anabolic) means the synthesis in living organisms of more complex substances from simpler ones. Steroids have slang terms to such as Juice,Roids,Gear, and stackers. In 1930 anabolic steroids were created. Then however they did not go by the name steroids. They were created for men who couldn’t produce enough testosterone. Steroids nowadays are a rescripted medicine people will give to men and women who may have delayed puberty, severe muscle loss like say after breaking your leg and having a cast on it forever,aids,cancer, and anemia. Steroids are synthetic versions of the male sex hormone testosterone....
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... a strong work ethic and the unceasing desire to succeed. These are the values and morals that famous athletes bestow on children and young adults that give them the opportunity to become exemplary role models. But all of this can be completely erased if that athlete so much as humors the assistance from performance enhancing drugs. Steroids cause some of the most elite athletes on the planet to become shunned by the organization for whom they played and the fans that they disappointed. 4 in 10 teenage steroid users credit their knowledge of and use of the drugs to a famous athlete, which is why it is so critical to inform people of the danger that come with steroids and the numerous reputations they have shattered. It is my goal throughout this speech to not only enlighten you as to what steroids are and why they are such a problem, but also urge you to never let the use of these deadly drugs cross your mind. Listen well, because it is your right to be informed about a problem so common in people our age. Anabolic steroids is the familiar name for synthetic variants of the male sex hormone testosterone . steroids can be legally prescribed to treat conditions resulting from steroid hormone deficiency, such as delayed puberty, as well as diseases that result in loss of lean muscle mass, such as cancer and AIDS. But some athletes and bodybuilders abuse these drugs in an attempt to enhance performance and/or improve their physical appearance....
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...The documentary took an objective stance on the use of anabolic steroids where the National Institute on Drug Abuse defines anabolic-androgenic steroids as, “a synthetic variant of the male sex hormone testosterone and that “anabolic” refers to muscle-building and “androgenic” refers to increased male sexual characteristics.” The use of anabolic steroids for sports/recreation is illegal and is considered by the United States as a controlled substance, however the use of anabolic steroids for medical use is legal. The ethical question I am asking is, “how can the United States “claim” that the use of anabolic steroids for medical reasons be ethical and can “help” someone when they “claim” that the use of anabolic steroids for sports/recreation to be unethical and will “hurt” someone?” In order to take an objective stance I will use three of the five ethical lenses provided in class. The five ethical lenses that were provided in class are: the Utilitarian Approach, the Rights Approach, the Fairness or Justice Approach, the Common Good Approach, and the Virtue Approach. I will first use the ethical lens for the Rights Approach. After reading A Framework for Thinking Ethically the reading defined the Rights Approach as, “One has the right to choose freely what one does with their life.” From this definition I believe it is ethically fine for someone to have the “right” use anabolic steroids for both medical use and sports/recreation use because every individual...
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