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Anabolic Steroids Research Paper

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Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder; Adderall. Of course in the eyes of the FDA that was a big problem, which caused many athletes to show up positive for amphetamines on drug tests, testing the eligibility of the athlete. One of the most famous P.E.D. is HGH (Human Growth Hormone) or in simpler terms steroids. Testosterone or HGH affects the nuclear DNA receptors resulting in increase in muscle mass, due to protein synthesis (Kwan & Kravitz, par 4). All anabolic steroids are classified as controlled substance (schedule III) by the DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration). Even though illegal (without doctor's prescription), it is still getting into the hands of athletes and weightlifters all over the nation. All over the nation athletes are putting these drugs into their bodies, and do not entirely know the benefits and …show more content…

In 2009, ACSM (The American College of Sports Medicine) launched the program “Exercise is Medicine”. Acute exercise causes decrease in symptoms in anxiety, eating disorder, and especially patients suffering from depression. All over the nation patients are diagnosed with mental health disorders every day. The use of prescription drugs to relieve these symptoms work, but also put the patient at risk for addiction, and in-eligibility of athletes; especially in medication used to decrease anxiety: benzodiazepines (Diazepam, Alprazolam, ect.) That is why ACSM launched the program. Exercise programs with a duration of longer than ten months works the best for decreasing symptoms of depression; due to the release of dopamine from the brain (Psychology, par 5). If athletes are able to control their mental state during performance, athletes will be more likely to be successful. Along with decreasing symptoms in mental disorders, acute exercise for only as short as thirty minutes can boost long-term memory roughly 10% (Howard,

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Every couple of weeks or so, you hear stories of professional athletes having their sport taken away from them, because of the drive to be the biggest, strongest and best they could be. Due to this drive, they begin to use Performance Enhancing Drugs. PED’s are a danger to athletes and their health, and they should remain banned. Some of these dangers are cardiovascular difficulties, dangerous side effects, and illness in the liver. First off, the use of performance enhancing drugs can cause Cardiovascular difficulties.

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They help with weight and muscle growth. Legalisation of the use of drugs in sport might even have some advantages. The boundary between the therapeutic and ergogenic, performance enhancing use of drugs is blurred at present and poses difficult questions for the controlling bodies of anti doping practice and for sports doctors. The anti doping rules often lead to complicated and costly administrative and medical follow-up to ascertain whether drugs taken by athletes are legitimate therapeutic agents or

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This article is written by Dr. David R. Mottram, B.Pharm., Ph.D., F.R.Pharm. S. who is an Emeritus Professor of Pharmacy Practice at Liverpool John Moores University in Liverpool, UK. This article tackles multiple subjects on the topic of performance enhancing drugs. Firstly, it tackles the many reasons why athletes would use performance enhancing drugs. It dives deep separating the use of PEDs by athletes to several categories from therapeutic use to treat medical conditions to recreational use to most important of all performance enhancing use.

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Mostly power hitters and pitchers will use these steroids. Performance-enhancing drugs have been around for quite awhile. The first use of performance-enhancing drugs can be traced back to the eighth century BC Greek Olympics where they would eat sheep

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Performance-enhancing drugs otherwise known as PEDs are drugs that are commonly used by athletes to enhance their level of play. Performance-enhancing drugs have been around a long time, and were initially introduced in 776 BC - 393 BC. The Ancient Greeks used PEDs during the original Olympic Games in order to have an advantage against their opponents. They were used on and off throughout the years, and became prominent again during the 1900’s where they were used in the modern day Olympics from 1904 - 1920. “Mixtures of strychnine, heroin, cocaine, and caffeine were used widely by athletes and each coach or team developed its own unique secret formulae” (Gold).

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While doing my project I have learned that Anabolic steroids are highly used in many countries. Most of the people who are abusing Anabolic steroids are the athletes who are usually training for the olympics. The athletes who do decide to use anabolic steroids will do a cycle about a year before the olympics. The reason they do it a year before is because, The olympics drug test the athletes prior to them starting. Even Though they take steroids a year before the olympics begin, Athletes are still able to maintain size due to strict dieting.

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Because of this there is heavy fines jail time and horrible consequences for the use of anabolic or any type of steroid. Evan just for carrying the drug you can receive a maximum offense of one year in jail and a one thousand dollar fine for the first offense. The maximum penalty for a first time use of steroids is five years in prison and a two hundred and fifty thousand dollar fine. Although that sounds like a lot the maximum amount for this crime is 10 years in prison and a half a million dollars, that’s double the amount from your first time. Steroids are considered such a dangerous drug that these penalties are huge and states Even have their own laws added on to federal laws for the use of anabolic steroids.

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Since the middle of the twentieth century performance enhancements drugs have been popular in sports such as baseball. This was not the begging of the use of these drugs, this drug use dates back to the Greeks, who would use it in their sports (Mottram 1). Many people are unaware of this us because the Greeks kept this hidden from everyone except those involved in the sport (Mottram 1). These drugs were also beginning to get banned in sports starting with the Olympics (Mottram 2), once the effect that these drugs have were analyzed to do more harm than good. By analyzing the effect that performance enhancement drugs have on the athlete, the sport (Major League Baseball), and younger athletes, more than enough evidence will be given to counter prove Chafets arguments on legalizing the use of performance enhancement drugs in Major League

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