This research studies the pros and cons of using steroids. Then, it weighs out the pros and cons and talks about which outweighs the other and why. Finally, this leads to the decision that steroids are way too dangerous and risky for any athlete to even consider about taking them. Money, fame, success, pressure, or just plain stupid: why do athletes take steroids? We have all heard of famous athletes having their career and life jeopardized because of taking steroids.
Steroids are abused, often by athletes, to enhance athletic performance and to improve physical appearance” (“Steroids fast facts” 1). In sports, using any type of strength enhancer is illegal. But the controversy mainly encircles the steroid using athlete’s, and where they might stand in the Hall of Fame. If it is stated that using steroids in sports is unfair, then the reality of sports has not been seen. Generally stating, sports is unfair and it always has been.
Anabolic-Androgenic Steroids Cecilia Vance Athens State University Drugs and Behavior PS 304 Natasha M. Davis, MS August 30, 2013 Anabolic-Androgenic Steroids Introduction All the rage with the athletes male and female be it baseball, body building, Olympics or just to make their self- esteem a little higher, anabolic-androgenic steroids the silent drug on the market. Just what exactly is this anabolic-androgenic steroid and what effect is it having in our world today? History of Anabolic-Androgenic Steroid “Anabolic-androgenic steroids are synthetic testosterone analogs legally classified as Schedule III controlled substances” (Dotson & Brown, 2007,) here in the United States. These hormones increase the lean muscle
However, drug abuse in professional sports can be anything. Things such as marijuana, alcohol, Human growth hormones, amphetamines, prescription drugs and other performance enhancers are just some of the drugs that are found in a drug test. "Performance enhancers, like steroids and other forms of doping, have a negative effect on long-term health. For then users of these enhancers are hurting themselves in the long run without on the average improving their short-term rewards from athletic competition, as long as competitors also use harmful enhancers. This is the main rationale for trying to ban steroids and other forms of doping from athletic competitions."
But it also has many dangerous side effects. Anabolic steroids are made in many shapes, which can be consumed orally, injected or rubbed into the skin. Another article which involves “A Statement on steroids, but what does it say?” with the New York Times talks about how steroids mess up an athletes chance of being inducted into the hall of fame. Roger Clemens and Barry bonds were blocked at least for now in the hall of fame because of the steroids era. The public is so concerned with athletes because they have kids looking up to these guys.
Performance enhancing drugs has ruined sports. For years professional athletes have continued to use performance enhancing drugs to get an edge on their opponents. Performance enhancing drug use has ruined sports by making many records get taken back, it also brings shame to the team, nation, athlete, and the sport, and it adds an unfair advantage. Many world records and Olympic medals have been taken back because the athlete used performance enhancing drugs. Ben Johnson took Winstrol during the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea.
Sports Medias Negative Approach Ernest Culler COM 150 10 November 2012 Janice Prince Betian Sports Medias Negative Approach In the late 1980s and early 1990s many professional athletes were viewed as positive role models. During this time sports media found it hard to report about the negative accounts of the professional athlete. It was not until the early 1990s when Mike Tyson became the first prominent athlete to gain negative reports aired on national television. Before the 1990s Mike was known as the greatest boxer in the world after he was convicted of rape he was known as a criminal. While Sports media believes they report about the positive athletes as much if not more than they do the negative athletes, the bias approach taken towards role models is unequal.
Steroids were the main issue back in the early 1990’s, and took a whole new level at the turn of the era. Steroids first become an issue when other sports, mainly Olympic sports were having athletes doping and improving their abilities beyond normal capacity. In 1988 the first act to try and prevent steroids was passed, the Anti drug abuse act of 1988. That act stated that; “This law amended the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and created criminal penalties for persons who "distribute or possess anabolic steroids with the intent to distribute for any use in humans other than the treatment of disease...”Many people speculated if steroids would
Amateur sports B. Professional Sports Should Performance-Enhancing Drugs be Banned from Sports On September 8, 1998, Mark McGwire of the St. Louis Cardinals made history by hitting his sixty-second home run. However, many people believed that McGwire’s achievement was tarnished by a revelation some weeks earlier that he had been using androstenedione, a compound that temporarily boosts levels of testosterone. This revelation drew attention to the serious problem of performance-enhancing drug use in professional and amateur sports. Performance-enhancing drugs harm the health of athletes, damage the integrity of sports, and cause cheating; therefore, they should be prohibited from all sports.
Kevin Reeves Philosophy Essay People who support marijuana prohibition do so unjustly with little, no, or even false justification to support their beliefs. They say we need to keep marijuana illegal to keep our society from the terrible addiction and hardships it causes. These arguments are not consistent with the fact that the two most deadly drugs in America are legal. Alcohol and tobacco lead the way in American deaths every year, killing on average nearly 500,000 people annually. It has yet to be reported that anyone has ever died from using marijuana.