- Facts Go Here:
-The first known use of drugs was when Soviets had made their Olympic debut in Helsinki in 1952 and were found to have used performance-enhancing drugs
-Steroids are known to enhance performance, reduce and repair injuries, and lengthen careers which causes a want for them
-Steroids are addictive
-Steroids build muscle mass
-Recent estimates suggest more than 3 million Americans are abusing anabolic steroids
-Examples of anabolic steroids: androstenedione, nandrolone, stanozolol.
-A study showed that not only football players and weightlifters, but females in the 9-to-11-year-old age group are using them to enhance their build.
-Steroids are artificially produced
- The pressure to win is enormous. That pressure extends to all athletes including teens, who are also competing for college scholarships, coaches and administrators.
-Making steroids legal in competitive sports is something that some are debating about
-Some side effects of steroids are: - *premature hair loss
- *dizziness
- *mood swings, including anger, aggression, and depression
- *believing things that aren't true (delusion)
- *extreme feelings of mistrust or fear (paranoia)
- *problems sleeping
- *nausea and vomiting
- *trembling
- *high blood pressure that can damage the heart or blood vessels over time
- *aching joints
- *greater chance of injuring muscles and tendons
- *shortening of final adult height
- *increased risk of developing heart disease, stroke, and some types of cancer
Friday, October 17, 2008
Steroids in Sports
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