Why Do People Use Anabolic Steroids?

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Anabolic Steroids The rush of adrenaline that one gets during a good hard work out is one that is hard to duplicate. To some, the feeling after an intense workout completes their day. The all-natural rush of just being active and feeling great about your body is something special. To some, this feeling diminishes with time. To love being at the gym and improving themselves becomes not all it used to be. Sadly, to some of these people go down a very detrimental path. Anabolic Steroids (AAS) are now in the body and a completely new realm is experienced. The use of artificial / synthetic testosterone dates back to the early 1930’s for men who were unable to produce enough testosterone naturally for normal growth, development…show more content…
All though there is a vast number out there, the FDA does not recognize many, and others banned from being used all together. Taking these performance enhancing drugs is as simple as eating a piece of candy at times. The three main ways that people choose to use steroids: oral, transdermal, or injection (NIDA 2). Who would have thought such a powerful drug would be as easy as taking a pill, or rubbing and ointment on your skin? In just a short time from introducing the substance to your body, you will get very quick and outstanding…show more content…
For all of these great “new records” that are in the history books, there is a great possibility that there will be an asterisk next to the name, for either admitting to steroid use, or of a very high speculation. This drug has altered the way we look at people, athletes, and the history that it is rewriting. Work Cited Anabolic Steroid Abuse. National Institute on Drug Abuse, Apr. 2000. Web. 12 Feb. 2010. . http://www.drugabuse.gov/pdf/rrsteroi.pdf Anabolic Steroids. Robert D. Daigle, M.D., 1989. Web. 12 Feb. 2010. . http://www.mvcc.edu/~phirsch/Daigle.pdf Average Salary in MLB Tops $3 Million. Major League Baseball Official Site, 1 Apr. 2008. Web. 12 Mar. 2010. . Major League Baseball Steroid Policy. Major League Baseball COMMISIONER’S OFFICE, 7 Dec. 2009. Web. 12 Mar. 2010. . NCAA Banned-Drug Classes. NCAA, 2008-2009. Web. 12 Mar. 2010. . Steroids. Drug & Alcohol Abuse Centre, 2007. Web. 12 Feb. 2010. .
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