Steroid use of steroids by atheletes
- Date: March 19, 2002
- Level: University, Bachelor's
- Grade: A-
- Length: 4 pages (1019 words)
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anabolic steroids, athletes, fellow competitors, unfair advantage, muscle tissue, physical advantage, ...calibers, athlete, desirable, sports
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Anabolic steroids have many effects on the athletes that use them, some of which are desirable and some of which are not. The main reason why many athletes want to use steroids in the sports that they compete in is so that they gain an unfair advantage by the accelerated growth of muscle tissue. Many people use steroids in all areas and calibers of sports even though they are usually banned. Using steroids may give an athlete a physical advantage over their fellow competitors, but some things such as steroids are usually too good to be true. After the use of steroids, many famous athletes may have faced many side effects that they did not know were coming to them. ...

... not be practiced anymore.
Steroids are dangerous when used in any manner without medical supervision. Athletes that compete in a competitive sport usually use it to gain an advantage over their opponents. The problem is that it has undesired side effects for men, women, and even the unborn. There have been many famous athletes at the Olympics that have used steroids and have achieved Olympic glory by winning the gold medal. But when they were tested for drug use and were found positive for drugs, they were embarrassed in front of the world and shamed their country. When abused steroids are no longer anabolic, they stop building the bodies tissue and start tearing it down, as 
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