Why Do Athletes Use Steroids

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Performance enhancing drugs, also known as PEDs, are used by many athletes in the sporting world. It seems as if every, or at least most, athletes are using PEDs and are getting caught all the time, even though they are cheating. PEDs need to stay illegal because they are harming everyone involved. One reason that the world of sports should not allow PEDs is because the use of them is giving an unfair advantage and can cause bad side effects. If PEDs were legal, then every athlete would be taking them, then the people who want to be the biggest and the best would take more, resulting in a very violent game. Also, PEDs have horrible side effects for anyone using them. In women, they can cause body hair growth, and deepening of the voice. For men, PEDs could cause breast tissue growth and shrinking of the testicles. PEDs can cause damage to your mind too. Things like “Roid Rage”, anxiety, fatigue, and depression are not uncommon. To finish, PEDs are dangerous because of the side effects, and unfair because of the advantage that they give. …show more content…

When young fans think of their favorite athlete, they don’t usually think of them using drugs to be the best. The kids want to be just like them, right? When young fans find out that their idol is doing drugs and are not getting punished for it, they will think that it is okay to also do them and cheat, without thinking about the consequences. 90-94% of children who look(ed) up to athletes who did PEDs said that they thought that it was okay to do them while playing a sport. 4% of surveyed children as young as 12 years old admitted that they had done PEDs while playing a sport because they wanted to emulate their favorite athletes. Athletes who do PEDs can affect the people who idolize them, while also harming

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