Anabolic Steroids In America

1169 Words3 Pages

Anabolic Steroids have been apart of America for over half a century and continue to be a very controversial subject. I believe that further research needs to be done on steroids in order to have medical proof that can detour people from using this illegal substance or to prove that it is not harmful if used properly so that it may be made legal and people be given a choice. To understand why more studies must be done before we just put a lid on the subject many things must be made clear and free of propaganda from both pro and anti steroid speakers.

There are many different types of steroids being produced and used everyday in America. Steroids are any synthetic hormones that your body produces naturally such as birth control used by millions around the world and cortisone which reduces the actions of chemicals in the body that cause inflammation, redness, and swelling . Anabolic steroids are the ones that I will be talking about they are made for the male sex hormone called testosterone which tells the body to increase muscle size and strength, it also allows for faster muscle recovery. Anabolic steroids will not automatically make you the next Mr. or Mrs. Universe. Those who use Anabolic steroids usually train there muscle much longer and harder then those who don't. The Anabolic steroids only give them the ability to push there muscles far beyond what they would regularly be able to and recover much faster. This is not without saying that there are no side effects to such an amazing drug. In men steroids can cause shrinkage of the testicles, decrease in sperm count (that can lead to being sterile), impotence, prostate enlargement, Gynecomastia (appearance of female breast on male), and acne which are all reversible when ...

... middle of paper ...

...f 10th graders, and 2.5 percent of 12th graders. In “Bigger, stronger, Faster”, a documentary on steroid use, They said that only 15% of steroid users were athletes so that leaves 85% for the rest of America. If the government and media continues to concentrate on athletes who use steroids, instead of focusing on the bulk of users, then they will continue to alienate many citizens by making anabolic steroids illegal without proper research to back up there decision.

Sources

Documentary video, “Bigger, Stronger, Faster”

Medical uses of anabolic steroids, “http://www.anabolicsmall.com/roida4a.htm”

Cortisone uses, “http://www.drugs.com/mtm/cortizone-10.html”

Anabolic steroid legislation, “http://www.justice.gov/dea/concern/steroids.html”

Steroid information, “http://www.steroid.com/side.php”

Steroid information, “http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anabolic_steroid”

Open Document