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    anabolic steroids and performance enhancers are not the way of the future?. They get a bad rep by many reporters and so called “experts”. But are they really that bad? If they are under doctor supervision and plan? I think they could be a good thing and actually level the playing field in sports. This essay will provide information and show why performance enhancers (PEDs) arent as bad as they are made out to be and actually could be a good thing in sports. Performance enhancers and steroids are the

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    Date: Why steroids should be legalized Introduction Ordinarily‚ steroids are drugs broadly categorized as anabolic and corticosteroids. Corticosteroids‚ especially cortisone‚ are drugs that general medical practitioners normally recommend to help manage irritation in the body as well as occurrences like asthma. For anabolic steroids these are man-made hormones that can make better the body’s capacity to produce muscle and prevent muscles from stopping to work. Some athletes use these anabolic

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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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    STEROIDS If a professional athlete is taking steroids‚ shouldn ’t he or she face major consequences? Even though steroids are already banned from the professional leagues‚ there must be a major consequence because athletes try to find a way to gain an edge to win. It also changes the speed of the game‚ and can cause major injury effects and death. “It is estimated that over 95 percent of all athletes in the NFL take steroids” (fitFLEX) Athletes using steroids on any other performing enhancing

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    Social Injustice in The Help The help‚ a novel by Kathryn stockett‚ is a book about two maids‚ with the help and encouragement of one white woman‚ trying to publish their experiences working for white families. Kathryn stockett wrote this novel during a time of intense racial turmoil‚ discrimination‚ and unfair government policies. In order to develop The Help‚ Kathryn Stockett had to alter situations that actually occurred in this time and develop her theme to get the concept of social injustice

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    Steroids: The Deadly Decision Sports can teach us so many things. We learn to take responsibility‚ work hard towards a common goal‚ and sportsmanship towards one another. The basis of these principles isn’t taught in the big leagues but in the midst of high school sports where most find their passion for a sport. This is the level where a strong foundation for these principles is built. High school sports provide an outlet for some students as well as a place for healthy competition until the competition

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    their opponents. Steroids are ruining sports all around the world‚ as they continue to attract people to these substances‚ but we can reduce the steroid use in sports if more severe penalties to our rules are enforced. Professional sports commissioners should enforce a drug testing policy for all athletes even if they have not been using performance enhancing drugs. There are many examples where athletes have taken advantage of these rules‚ like in 2005‚ 39 major league baseball players were

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    Steroids A steroid is a supplement or a PED (performance enhancing drug). Unlike a drug‚ supplements do not introduce their own chemical message. They only use proteins and chemicals in your diet that you already have. A steroid enhances testosterone and quickly builds muscle mass. Other names for a steroid are “Roids”‚ “Juice”‚ “Gym Candy”‚ “Pumpers”‚ “Stackers”‚ “Weight Trainers” or “Arnies”. Steroids were first seen in the early 1930s‚ right before World War II. German scientists

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    Could a perfect society exist in where everyone is treated like equals? Social Justice is a cause that aims to create equality for everyone in the world. However‚ this aim is prohibited by repressive groups that view only themselves as worthy of ideal lives. These groups try to put down the vulnerable minorities and keep the imbalances in their society. Therefore‚ their actions create Social Injustice. These Social Injustices affects everyone in the society‚ whether they realize it or not. In the

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    Dickens’ work Great Expectations‚ one may agree with John H. Hagan Jr.‚ and his criticism The Poor Labyrinth: The Theme of Social Injustice in Dickens’s Great Expectations that the theme of social injustice is prevalent throughout. The people of 19th century England were highly judgemental when it came to social classes‚ resulting in various occurrences of social injustices. Through the use of characterization and and a look into London’s 19th century penal system‚ Dickens reveals the recurring theme. The

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