The Use of Steroids in Sports

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Professional sports are America’s way of exhibiting true athleticism and skill, but when an athlete uses steroids, it not only diminishes the integrity of the sport, but also the integrity of America as a country. Since the beginning of sports, people have competed to be the best they could be, whether it be Romans fighting to the death, or friendly competition. Although these drugs may be the gateway, or shortcut to success, the athletes who abuse these drugs are not aware of how much they impact the sport and their self. Many fans have lost respect for some of their favorite athletes because, the people they looked up to the most in the athletic world, were caught cheating and have not truly earned their place in professional sports. In the last 100 years, steroids have taken off in America and other countries as a form of a shortcut to physical and athletic perfection. Do those players in the NFL and the MLB that abuse Performance Enhancing Drugs diminish the sports integrity and make it look like anyone can be an athlete if they can find the drug source?

Athletic perfection is something that is not easily obtainable for most, but for some, like Barry Bonds, athletic perfection is obtained easily through shots or pills. Although steroid use has a negative connotation, in the early 1900’s during the World War II era, steroids were used to heal and assist Holocaust victims regain their strength after they had been starved and emaciated. Steroids have also positively impacted the medical field by treating many diseases and illnesses like the serious bone condition, Osteoporosis, patients that are under a doctors care for anemia, patients with liver conditions, those suffering from Bilary Obstruction, and also...

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