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    Steroids have been a huge part of sports for the last 50 years. Since its creation in 1935‚ by zoologist and physiologist Arnold Adolph Berthold and Dr. Leopold Ruzicka‚ steroids have been advancing athlete’s physical performance. When people hear the word Steroids‚ the automatic response is always negative. As well as illegal‚ steroids are still being used even with all the restrictions and that it is banned. Coupled with words like juicing‚ freak‚ meathead‚ and monster is used to describe people

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    suspended or banned from the sport you loved doing. Athletes need to step up the A game to be honest. It doesn’t matter if you win or lose‚ the only thing that does matter is

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    Jim Charpentier English 15 Argumentative Essay Steroids in the World of Sports                 During the 1930s‚ scientists discovered that anabolic steroids could help the growth of muscle in laboratory animals‚ which led to abuse of these drugs by bodybuilders and weightlifters and then by athletes in other sports.  Ever since the beginning of sports there has been different techniques used in order to gain an edge over opponents.  The question that has been most frequently asked is‚ which

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    The strongest side of this argument is that many athletes use these substances because in professionalism‚ it is very difficult to have consistency every day since having so little rest‚ the body gets tired and the performance of that player can go down considerably and to avoid this‚ the player begins to use these substances to improve his performance and to be able to withstand the trainings and play better in every game. Athletes may have several reasons for using performance-enhancing drugs.

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    Persuasive Speech: Steroids What is the first thing that goes through your head when you think of steroids? Barry Bonds‚ Mark McGwire‚ or Greg Valentino? Maybe “cheating” comes to mind. You might think of the hideous backne or the infamous “roid rage” that comes along with steroid use. Steroids have always been given a bad reputation as a “dangerous” and “unfair” drug because every couple of years a famous and successful athlete gets caught using them and the media butchers steroids’ reputation.

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    Evaluate the claim that the use of imprisonment should be reduced or abolished. Imprisonment is the harshest sanction that can be used by the courts when deemed necessary in punishing those who partake in criminal offences in this present day. When imprisonment first developed in the sixteenth and seventeenth century it was initially a place where people were held before trail or before punishment‚ imprisonment itself was not used as a form of punishment. At this period of time prisons were very

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    many years‚ leading to more suffering. CTE leads to irreversible brain damage and other incurable illnesses.Concussions have become common in the sports world today‚ but without the proper treatment may be just as bad as ALS or CTE. These diseases are a serious matter that affect million‚ yet an area that lacks funding‚ both in youth and professional sports. Although athletes are very driven and dedicated for the game‚ safety precautions should

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    STEROIDS INTRODUCTION Introductory Statement: The use of steroids can affect your life in so many ways and have many consequences on your regular life. As known by many people‚ the cons of steroid use are outweighed by the pros. We know that they make you stronger‚ bigger‚ faster‚ and also allow you to pass other athletes that are not in use of it. But is it really worth putting everything including your career in jeopardy? Preview Statement: Going in depth with the learning of steroids‚ we

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    must make. “To be of use” is a poem about how people in the world today need to stop sitting around‚ being lazy and go out‚ find work‚ and do it to the best of their abilities.“The Road Not Taken” and “To be of use” are two poems in which their meanings differ‚ one is about making a decision and the other is about getting the job done. The “Road Not Taken” and “To be of use” are two incomparable poems because they have completely different meanings. The “Road Not Taken” is a poem written about

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    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

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