Abuse Of Steroids In Football

Steroids have a long-term, negative effect on the human body. These effects range from cardiovascular problems to mental and psychological issues such as rage and anger problems. Steroid use has been linked to increased alcohol consumption, marijuana use, cigarette smoking, and narcotic use (Buckman, Farris & Yusko, 2013). Many athletes may not be aware of the lasting effects steroids can have because all they are worried about is their performance, not their health.

Anabolic steroids are taken by tablet, injection, and also by pads on the skin. Even with the possible benefits that steroids could possibly have there are many many more dangers. Some of these include deep depression, aggression, and bad nervousness. Some physical dangers include high blood pressure, liver disorders, and even going bald. The athlete that makes the poor decision to use steroids, also faces the danger of getting caught and being suspended or even banned from the professional sport of which they

The competitive drive to win at all cost is fierce among athletes. Winning at all cost often includes using one of many performance enhancing drugs such as anabolic steroids. Many athletes use performance enhancing drugs, like steroids, to achieve higher goals and set higher records than other drug-free successful athletes. Although athletes are performing at higher levels when using such drugs, what is the cost? Finally anabolic steroids should remain banned from sports because their use results in many harmful side effects; because their use violates sports regulations, and because their use can cause death.

Abstract:  With the increase of competition has also come the need to become bigger and stronger than the opponent.  The use of steroids among athletes has caused the focus of the game to change.  No longer does an athlete want to win by doing their best, but they want to become bigger and have an advantage over the opponent.  Ultimately, all athletes feel that they need to use performance-enhancing drugs to compete at the same level. Despite all of the warnings and information on performance-enhancing drugs, athletes continue to use them and overlook the potential health risks associated with steroids.

Some of these side effects include acne, aggression, baldness, stunted growth, shrinking of the testicles, development of (male) breast tissue, and deepening of the voice (Mayo Clinic Staff, 1). These side effects have led to suicidal thoughts among fans’ favorite stars. Performance Enhancing Drugs (PEDs) can also alter the size and shape of the heart, which impairs the way it functions (Steroids, 2). Arguably, the bodily risks associated with steroid use far outweigh any performance benefits gained. Users that are diabetic can see an extreme jump in sugar levels while taking anabolic steroids. As a result, athletes with diabetes have even greater risks taking steroids due to their already high sugar levels that can cause death if not treated

Athletes will have a choice of if they want to do steroids or not. There are many side effects of using steroids. One of the side effects is that the body will stop producing natural testosterone. The next side effect is that steroids cause

Besides the long list of negative side effects that steroids bring, they also ruin the integrity of sports. Sports are all about working hard and striving through adversity in order to reach a goal. Steroids only give athletes a shortcut that is an easy way out to reaching that goal. Before performance enhancing drugs became a world wide phenomenon athletes were forced to use their only option of working out naturally and pushing themselves beyond their limits in order to be the best that they can be. Now a day’s, many athletes do not have the same dedication and work ethic to earn their results the old fashion and natural way. Whether or not the use of performance enhancing drugs should be allowed in sports should depend on the purpose and intentions of their use.

Steroids have both psychiatric and physical consequences on the users. Those who have used steroids have shown an increase in violent behavior toward others. Multiple different sources “contain reports of previously mild-mannered individuals who committed murder and lesser assaults while taking AASs” (Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol, and Addictive Behavior). Roid rage is the slang term used for this increased aggression in steroid users. Along with the mind, steroids will affect other vital organs such as the liver, heart, and breasts. Nonmedical steroid users can develop peliosis hepatis in the liver. Peliosis Hepatis creates little sacs of blood in the liver that can lead to death if one of the sacs is ruptured. Steroids affect

Although steroids improve a person’s skill level at their particular sport, these drugs can also have many negative everlasting effects that might not materialize until it’s too late. Anabolic steroid use has been associated with a wide variety of side effects and they range from physically unattractive, such as acne and breast development in men, to serious and life threatening such as heart attacks and liver cancer. Most are reversible if the abuser stops taking the drugs, but others can be permanent (DrugFacts). Long-term use of Anabolic steroids can also have devastating effects on the brain. They can affect some of the same brain

For the case of aggression, there are studies done by Dabbs and Morris, which point a direct correlation between antisocial behavior and testosterone levels, causing troubling marital relationships between anabolic steroid users (Yesalis, 252). On the other hand, those athletes that won a game had higher testosterone levels than those that have lost. The athletes that lost suffered unhealthy symptoms of depression, affecting overall health. In the context of crime, those criminals with higher testosterone levels were more violent, and disobeyed more prison rules than those that had lower testosterone. Additionally, studies done by Pope, Katz and Corrigan showed that those with higher testosterone levels have committed crime, including crimes that involved murder (Yesalis, 253-254). The destructive psychological effects of anabolic steroids, which include depression and extreme violence is a consequence that should not be overlooked by the sports community or anyone as a matter of fact. Since simply neglecting this consequence will become a matter of the citizens’ safety, it is the primary reason for this consequence’s

Infertility, tendon rupture, increased blood pressure, heart attack, tumors, cancer, aggression, and severe acne; these are just some of the side effects of using anabolic steroids (“Anabolic steroid abuse”). Why would an athlete risk all of these serious side effects just to hit a baseball a little farther or to gain muscle mass to be superior against their opponents in football? Most people know who big-name athletes like Jose Canseco, Sammy Sosa, Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire, and Lance Armstrong are; and admire them. Barry Bonds hit 73 home runs in just one season. Lance Armstrong won seven “Tour de France” titles in his career; both being doped up on steroids while doing so. Could they

The legalization of anabolic steroids and other performance enhancing drugs will increase the level of play and may a greater audience. During the steroid era of Major League Baseball, which is when a large amount of MLB players were taking anabolic steroids, ticket sales and jersey sales rose to numbers never seen before. This is because ball players were hitting and throwing the ball much further and harder than ever before. Many believe the legal use of steroids in professional sports will rise the play of the game. However, many ball players still use anabolic steroids as 39 MLB players have been caught and suspended for anabolic steroid use in the last ten years. Thus, showing that anabolic steroid use is definitely still in play in today’s

30 percent of college and professional athletes use anabolic steroids, as do 10 to 20 percent of high school athletes. Among U.S. bodybuilders, studies show that steroid use exceeds 80 percent. (Lewis n.pag.) Steroids have become a huge problem in the sports world. Athletes use steroids as a way to build their body and endurance to beat out the competition. Steroids have a huge effect on the spirit of the sport; by causing unfairness and cheating. Steroids also have major effects of athletes bodies. Steroids are not beneficial for athletes because they ruin the spirit of the sports, there cause many health risks, and they hurt the overall performance of athletes that use them

First lets talk about the physical effects which target the internal and external of the body. According to an article by the Center of Substance Abuse Research(CESAR), “There are two major ways that steroids can affect a person's body. Steroids can have androgenic effects, which include masculinizing effects like deepening of the voice, increased facial hair, and initial enlargement of some male sex glands. Steroids can also have anabolic effects that include increases in muscle mass, the size of some internal organs, and calcium in the bones”. To clarify, The way steroids affect the body is very complex and the androgenic effect can lead to many important physical effects that may help or harm the body function. Even though these effects seem positive they can also be negative effects. For men, the effects steroids have are, it may reduced sperm count, damage the heart,shrink the testicoles, and also it might cause the development of breast. As for women, the negative effects include: shrinking of the breast, iregular menstrual cycles, the increase of acne and hair growth. Steroids have not only a physical effect but also a psychological effect that is more harmful. Have you every heard the term “Roid Rage”?, well this is a real thing. Steroids have been known to cause users to become more aggressive and violent, change the behavior of that person dramastly. What Steroids

Along with the physical problems there are also mental 54reactions associated with the usage of steroids. This drug becomes very addictive and damaging to the mind. It causes violent episodes which an athlete can claim a legal insanity defense to it. They get so wrapped up psychologically that the negative effects doesn't matter to them. Research has also discovered that steroids cause psychotic side effects sometimes referred to as "roid mania". Along with these are wild aggressive, combative behavior, depression, listlessness and delusions during and after performance. Even though the