Stroids

Drugs should be banned in all sports. They have been a problem for a long time. Athletes use them to enhance their body and for simply just the edge. There is nothing wrong with using some drugs to enhance your body as long as they are legal. The problems that come with drugs in sports are how to detect them. Some professional sports, such as the NHL, do not even use drug tests. The only sports that test for everything are the NBA and NFL. The Major League Baseball only tests for illegal drugs such as marijuana and cocaine. They do not test for steroids or any other kind of pill. The reason for this is because the player's union will not allow these tests. They are currently voting to reconsider this idea. The other problem is that drug testing costs a lot of money and there are plenty of loopholes around these tests.

The other problems are that athletes do not get punished hard enough for failing a drug test. They get fined for pocket change and suspended for a couple of games. Drugs should be banned because they are harmful to a person's health. The long-term effects of these drugs are outrageous. The most commonly abused drugs are steroids, ephedra, marijuana, and cocaine. Most steroids and ephedra are illegal. They are usually sold illegally on the black market. Ephedra can be bought in your local GNC or other places

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sell dietary supplements. Steroids are usually smuggled like other illegal drugs. They are smuggled through the Mexican border each day. Real Sports did a special on the problems and issues that Mexico and United States face with smugglers. They went to a pharmacy and ordered a large quantity and had them shipped back into the United States. Then they smuggled 75,000 dollars worth of illegal drugs across the border. They used a secret camera to tape everything that happened. The tape was shown to the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation(FBI). According to the director, the only way to catch people at the border is if the authorities get tipped off.

Steroids are the first drugs of choice for athletes. I did a study about the football team at my high school. I reportedly found that ten percent of the players admitted to using steroids. Their reasons were to give them an edge or certain advantage over the other players. The most common steroid used was Andoorostine, but some used Oxymetholone and Boldenone. Oxymetholone is sold on the black market for 300 dollars. It is taken orally. Boloenone is sold for 450 dollars on the black market. It is taken by injection. Taking steroids orally are used for high potency, but only have short lives. It usually takes two weeks to escape drug tests. They are the number one choice for athletes. These drugs will soon be in the household with children. They will hear about them and think that it is cool to use them. That happens when kids hear about their role models using drugs. Mark McGuire was attacked by the media for using Androstine, while breaking the home run record. Darryl Strawberry and Lawrence Taylor have been in rehab for cocaine abuse. Allen Iverson has failed NBA drug tests for marijuana. Jose Conseco has admitted to using steroids while playing baseball. He has come out with a

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book that says 80 percent of baseball players use some kind of illegal drug. There are many other players who have admitted to abusing drugs to take away the pain involved while playing sports.

The last reason why drugs should be banned in sports is because of the many teenagers that are abusing them. According to the National Institutes of Health, a half- million kids under the age of 18 are abusing steroids. It seems that we're raising a generation of individuals destined to be highly aggressive or severely depressed. Most teenagers do not know the effects that steroids can cause. They lower good cholesterol and raises bad cholesterol. That gives users a better risk for a heart attack and stroke. Testosterone can also speed the growth of prostate cancer. Many users try to combat the side effects by taking steroids in six to eight week cycles, but there is little they can do about the changes the drugs cause in their brain. There are estimates that 10 percent of users suffer bursts of irrational and uncontrollable fury. This fury is also known as roid rage. There have been crimes that probably would not have happened if teenagers were not abusing steroids. One teen, without a criminal record, before taking steroids went into

a jealous rage and stabbed his girlfriend to death.

There are many reasons why drugs should be legal in sports. Some drugs treat diseases and cancer. Some drugs have been researched to help find the cure for AIDS and other diseases that do not have a cure. Steroids can help treat anemia, osteoporosis and certain breast cancers.

There has also been research using steroids on severe brain injuries. There was a

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case where a man was severely burned and his body shut down testosterone. The problem

is that without testosterone a burned victim will lose a lot of muscle during