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    years people have debated weather not to have steroids in sports‚ or to keep them away from all competition. However some athletes use steroids anyway to “get ahead” of the competition. These action can cause athletes being kicked out of a game or even all future competition. Some people ask “Why use steroids?” Some athletes use drugs‚ where they can train their bodies hard and then have their bodies recover fast. Different types of athletes use steroids in different ways depending on what sport the

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    Michael Fulcher Professor Pecora English 1413 24 July 2012 The Truth about Anabolic Steroids When someone thinks about drug related deaths they might think of cocaine‚ ecstasy‚ or heroin but very few people think of anabolic steroids. Some people wonder‚ what is an anabolic steroid? A steroid is a basic four-ring carbon structure‚ but different types differ in the number of carbon atoms attached to the number 17 carbon atom in the molecule‚ and in the way which hydrogen (H)‚ oxygen (O)‚ and

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    The second way that steroids most likely improve athletic performance is due to the infamous phenomenon know as the placebo effect. Although I cannot give you hard evidence or studies that prove this claim‚ I can and will explain my reasoning for this claim. As you may know‚ Major League Baseball is notorious for it’s players getting busted for performance enhancing drugs‚ aka anabolic steroids. Player’s statistics have shown a vast increase when influenced by anabolic steroids. For instance‚ the

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    as doping. Doping originated by a Nazi doctor to make them more aggressive in the battlefield( Jacobson ) . Usually‚ athletes are taking PEDs to help their performance for whatever sport they are playing in. Different types of PEDs are Anabolic steroids‚ Androstenedione‚ Human Growth Hormone‚ Erythropoietin‚ Diuretics‚ Creatine‚ and Stimulants. Cyclists use PEDs more often than any other athlete‚ there are health issues‚

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    anabolic steroids. This epidemic is spreading through our country like a wildfire. It is going unnoticed and misunderstood. Even our government has not found the money the man power or the time to deal with this killer. It can be bought wherever pleasure or illicit drugs can be found. The people who push these drugs are usually the people teenagers look up to. The drug pushers are the kids teachers‚ coaches and even their parents. It seems to me that if a parent pushes steroids on their

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    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

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    characteristics.(2005‚march NIDA Infofacts). Some widely used anabolic drugs are Testosterone‚ Dianobol‚ and Deca Durabolin. Widely used androgenic drugs are Equipoise‚ Masteron‚ and Trenbolone. Growth hormones are different in nature from anabolic-androgenic steroids. Human Growth hormone is an endocrine hormone that is produced by the anterior portion of the pituitary gland. Human growth hormone is made up of 191 amino acids. Virtually every system in the human body is in some way dependent on HGH for proper

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    Knox English IIII 12 November 2015 Use of Steroids in Sports There’s lot of stories about professional athletes using enhancing performance drugs. Lot of athletes use drugs for their performance in the past and some athlete still use it now days. Drugs are usually turn to steroids‚ there are several types of steroids like anabolic steroids or corticosteroids‚ they are in same groups. Corticosteroids‚ cortisone or prednisone are drugs that

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    The word “steroids” has more than one meaning‚ there are some steroids‚ which the body produces naturally as they are required through puberty and can help with stress management. Steroids can also refer to medicine taken for asthma‚ pain and skin problems. And then there are the steroids which are constantly being used in sport‚ they are synthetic drugs that are often used by professional athletes in order to increase the production of testosterone. They are available in pills‚ powder or injections

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    Anabolic steroid use in teenagers is on the rise. Struggling with schoolwork and attending extra-curricular activities are merely a couple of reasons why teens turn to drugs. When my 16-year-old son started lifting weights and taking supplements one drug in particular raised a red flag. How bad could steroid use be? Commonly‚ the most used type is the anabolic steroid. This drug is what most body builders and professional athletes use. “ ’Anabolic ’ refers to muscle-building.’ Steroids ’ refers

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