Steroids

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This paper discusses the issue of steroids in professional sports. According to the paper, as sports get more competitive, more athletes are turning to steroid drugs to assist them in gaining and/or maintaining the edge. The paper reports that the most common type of steroid is anabolic or anabolic-androgenic which is created from the male hormone testosterone.

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"Women experience a "masculinization" due to the male hormones taken into the body (ESPN). Women also experience baldness problems along with breast reduction, deepened voice, and the growth of facial hair (NIDA).
Both sexes can experience a variety of other problems such as acne, weight gain, liver damage, increased change of heart problems, increased cholesterol and tendon damage (ESPN). Adolescence may experience even more difficult problems. Particularly, steroids can stop growth early which means that the growth spurt that comes in the late teens may be eliminated resulting in a shorter adult (NIDA). Additional physical problems may result from the way the drugs are taken. Since many are injected into the body, hepatitis and HIV can be passed through needles (ESPN)."

Sample of Sources Used:

• "Anabolic Steroids". ESPN. 6 September 2005. 7 May 2006. http://espn.go.com/special/s/drugsandsports/steroids.html
• Canseco, Jose. Juiced : Wild Times, Rampant 'Roids, Smash Hits, and How Baseball Got Big. New York: Harper Collins, 2005.
• Fendrich, Howard. "Tougher Steroid Penalties, amphetamine testing in newbaseball deal". North County Times. 15 November 2005. 7 May 2006. http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2005/11/16/sports/professional/111505193100.txt
• "NIDA Infofacts: Steroids". National Institute of Drug Abuse. March 2005. 7May 2006. http://www.nida.nih.gov/Infofacts/Steroids.html
• "Steroids". Office of National Drug Control Policy. 5 April 2006. 7 May 2006. http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/drugfact/steroids/index.html

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