Do Athletes Use Anabolic Steroids?

Have you ever wondered why athletes cannot use performance enhancing drugs? Well how would you like it if you worked your whole life to win something and someone that used performance enhancing drugs took that from you? Performance enhancing drugs can be very dangerous to your body and can give you a lot of different side effects that can kill you.
“There are many types of performance enhancing drugs that athletes use, but the type used the most is Anabolic Steroids”(Wang Stephen). These Anabolic Steroids were “Invented by Physician John Ziegler in the 1950’s. (Opposing) Now there are over one hundred different types of Anabolic Steroids. This is one of the most used because it improves your strength, endurance, and they help you recover from exercise that are really hard on the body. “This kind of drugs is mostly used by runners and cyclist for many years”. (Opposing) Because it helps them recover faster, and it also increases their competitiveness. Not only has that it also helped to reduce tiredness. But it has more side effects than it does well.
“They can give you adverse health effects, like cancer, high blood pressure, anxiety, diabetes or arthritis” (Opposing) Also changes in the heart rhythm and chemical addiction. ‘All of this which if not taken care of, you could die before you reach the age of 40”. (Performance) Many people want the legalization of performance enhancing drugs as long as they are under a regulation. They think that by doing this there would be less dangerous to use it and there would be a reduction of crime. But with the help of a doctor there would also be a reduction of health risks, and could find out more about what you are talking and the risk it comes with. The chances of this happening are like a zero percent because people like to see athletes that try their best to be the best and that would just make it easier. The agencies every day, try to keep up with all the new drugs that are