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Steroids Should Not Be Banned
A steroid is an organic compound that occurs in plants and animals. They have many functions, including respiration, tissue building, and the production of sex hormones. Anabolic steroids are drugs that mimic the effects of testosterone on the body, increasing protein synthesis within cells. This causes cellular tissues to build up in muscles, the ability for those muscles to work harder under stress, and of course, masculine characteristics (body hair, etc.). Anabolic steroids were synthesized in the 1930s and have been used since to stimulate bone growth and appetite, treat certain immune conditions, and reduce inflammation in certain areas. In fact the American College of Sports Medicine says that individuals who have an adequate of high protein diet can increase their body weight and increase muscular strength through high-intensity exercise and steroid use (ACSM, 2010).
With proper and safe monitoring, though, steroid use should be allowed and not legally banned. A large part of watching sports is the excitement that comes from watching peaks of human athletic ability, and steroid use would only accentuate that. Steroid...
From a business point-of-view, the higher the level of play, the more fans, advertising contracts, and ancillary dollars into the franchise, which has a huge economic boom to the location of the venue. Steroids also help the athlete's body recover faster from injury, and substances like human growth hormone, when combined with steroids, can literally strengthen the damaged muscle or tendon much faster, allowing the professional to be back in the game sooner. Finally, U.S. athletic organizations should not be charged with policing performance enhancing drugs -- after all, there is a fine line between muscle building creatine and illegal steroid injections (Smith, 2012).
The contrary view holds that doping threatens the health of the athlete, side effects that can last decades, some that can even ruin the person's ability to have children and cause cancer. Use of steroids so increases muscle growth that it, at times, stretches certain areas more than others, increasing the risks…
E., their use of anabolic steroids (and whether they had ever been offered steroids), their involvement in power sports, appearance and eating problems, and problem behavior. Background information about the participants included their degree of urbanization, parental socioeconomic status and the region to which they belonged. Analyses of the study's results show that the prevalence of steroid use among Norwegian youth was lower (lifetime use was 0.8% and 12 months prevalence
Officers of the USADA attended the athletes' training or visited them at home to conduct drug tests. Officials and Association experts found that many athletes would risk harmful side effects or disqualification just to take these substances. Professional athletes, like Adam Nelson, however, won a silver medal at the 2000 Olympics. He was open and vocal against the use of steroids in sports. He was particularly opposed to the
Bonds than his fellow African-Americans." Recently, it has come to the attention of the media and others that the drug called, "human growth hormone" (HGH) is being used by some major league baseball players. An article in USA Today (Nightengale, 2007) points out through secondary reporting of data that Rick Ankiel (St. Louis Cardinals), Jay Gibbons (Baltimore Orioles) and Troy Glaus (Blue Jays) have been implicated in the use of
Athletes and Steroids Historical issue in sports The use of steroids by athletes is unfair and can be very dangerous to both the body and mind Athletes today are quite competitive, and every athlete desire is to be the winner. The audience has extremely high expectation for the athletes, and most athletes do not wish to disappoint the expectations of the spectators. The coaches put too much pressure to the athlete, which sometimes
Anabolic Steroid and Performance Enhancing Drug Use Among High School Athletes Anabolic steroid use has, at least in the past, been prevalent among major college and, especially, professional sports. Major League Baseball implemented a drug testing regimen very recently after backlash from fans made it an issue that the sport believed it had to listen to. The National Football League has a testing program that has been in place since 1989,
It seems that society places so much pressure on these heroes, too, that to appear larger than life, drugs are often the way they cope with pressure and stress. They make themselves "larger than life" with steroids to help reduce the pressure and the stress of their profession and their managers. This may not be a public safety issue in the larger aspect of wearing seat belts or not driving