Anabolic Steroids In Sports
Steroids and the athlete For the past few years, it has been all over the media; athletes on steroids and how it should be dealt with (Rutherford). But as sports-fan and as a society in general, we can be hypocrites at best. We like to see collegiate or Olympic athletes break long standing records, being in the 100 meters dash, the high jump, or in swimming, but when it is done and over with and later we find out that it was done with the help of anabolic steroids, we want to crucify them. Steroids are widely used at the high-school level, collegiate level, the Olympics, and especially in professional sports. The latest issue that has taken the media by storm is Barry Bonds, the Major League Baseball and the homerun record. Here is where
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Most athletes induce steroids into their body with the hopes that it will help them improve their abilities to run faster, lift heavier weights, jump higher or hit farther (Freudenrich). Obsessed with the possible results, they ignore the fact that anabolic steroids are just like any other drug, riddled with serious side affects and are illegal in the United States without a prescription. It is considered a class D felony and carries jail time and steep fines if caught using or selling …show more content…
To get better and faster results, the stacking method is used, this is when two or more different steroids are used together, either by injection or pill form, or both (Dowshen). The most common side affects associated with the use of anabolic steroids are: Baldness, Infertility, Breast development, early fusing of the bones, severe acne, Mood swings and Rage (Freudenrich). The health problems caused by steroids may not appear for years after its use. Since the use of steroids is illegal in all sports and drug testing for all athletes has become more prevalent in the U.S., the athlete also has to take counter measures to mask the presence of steroids in their system (Freudenrich). This is done with the help of diuretics, which can reduce the presence of drugs in urine samples, other compounds used are: epitestosterone, plasma expanders, and secretion inhibitors, which covers the presence of banned chemicals in the blood
Most athletes induce steroids into their body with the hopes that it will help them improve their abilities to run faster, lift heavier weights, jump higher or hit farther (Freudenrich). Obsessed with the possible results, they ignore the fact that anabolic steroids are just like any other drug, riddled with serious side affects and are illegal in the United States without a prescription. It is considered a class D felony and carries jail time and steep fines if caught using or selling …show more content…
To get better and faster results, the stacking method is used, this is when two or more different steroids are used together, either by injection or pill form, or both (Dowshen). The most common side affects associated with the use of anabolic steroids are: Baldness, Infertility, Breast development, early fusing of the bones, severe acne, Mood swings and Rage (Freudenrich). The health problems caused by steroids may not appear for years after its use. Since the use of steroids is illegal in all sports and drug testing for all athletes has become more prevalent in the U.S., the athlete also has to take counter measures to mask the presence of steroids in their system (Freudenrich). This is done with the help of diuretics, which can reduce the presence of drugs in urine samples, other compounds used are: epitestosterone, plasma expanders, and secretion inhibitors, which covers the presence of banned chemicals in the blood