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    This document contains summaries of multiple sources that discuss the history, effects, and debates around steroid use. Some key points made across the sources include: Steroids were first used in the 20th century and have become more common in sports; both the positive performance-enhancing effects and negative health risks of steroid use are discussed; long-term steroid use can continue to impact muscle growth for over a decade; and studies found high rates of steroid use among high school athletes seeking to gain advantages, despite being warned of health risks.

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    This document contains summaries of multiple sources that discuss the history, effects, and debates around steroid use. Some key points made across the sources include: Steroids were first used in the 20th century and have become more common in sports; both the positive performance-enhancing effects and negative health risks of steroid use are discussed; long-term steroid use can continue to impact muscle growth for over a decade; and studies found high rates of steroid use among high school athletes seeking to gain advantages, despite being warned of health risks.

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    This document contains summaries of multiple sources that discuss the history, effects, and debates around steroid use. Some key points made across the sources include: Steroids were first used in the 20th century and have become more common in sports; both the positive performance-enhancing effects and negative health risks of steroid use are discussed; long-term steroid use can continue to impact muscle growth for over a decade; and studies found high rates of steroid use among high school athletes seeking to gain advantages, despite being warned of health risks.

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    This document contains summaries of multiple sources that discuss the history, effects, and debates around steroid use. Some key points made across the sources include: Steroids were first used in the 20th century and have become more common in sports; both the positive performance-enhancing effects and negative health risks of steroid use are discussed; long-term steroid use can continue to impact muscle growth for over a decade; and studies found high rates of steroid use among high school athletes seeking to gain advantages, despite being warned of health risks.

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    Brock Jones

    WRTG 2010
    Sam Glantz
    Heather Bowen
    Salvador Juarez
    Steroid Use.. Pros and Cons
    "History of Steroids." RSS. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Feb. 2015.
    This is a website giving the history of the use of steroids. It talks about when they
    first started being used back in the 20th century and it also talks about how common they
    are now in sports. This website also covers the different types of steroids, legal and
    nonlegal, and where someone can purchase these drugs. This website also has videos on
    how to inject steroids and also gives a list of the multiple different types of steroids one
    can use. This is a good website to get a quick overview and get a basic understanding for
    what steroid use is all about.
    "Steroids 101 (History of Steroids) - Steroid Abuse .com." Steroids 101 (History of
    Steroids) - Steroid Abuse .com. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Feb. 2015.
    This article also gives an overview on the use of steroids. This article talks more
    about the negative side effects of steroid use and abuse. It describes the dangers of the
    drug and what it does to the body. It also describes the use and abuse it has on the athletes
    and also for women.
    "Anabolic Steroid Abuse." What Are the Health Consequences of Steroid Abuse? N.p.,
    n.d. Web. 11 Feb. 2015.
    This article talks about all the negative consequences to steroid abuse for men and
    women. It talks about how women can lose their hair, their voice deepens, and they may
    develop male characteristics like baldness and a smaller chest. For the men, the side
    effects include, breast development and shrunken testicles. The drug can cause AIDS and
    heart attacks.
    "Anabolic Steroids and Sports: Winning at Any Cost." Anabolic Steroids and Sports:
    Winning at Any Cost. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Feb. 2015.
    This article talks about how steroid use is very commonly used in order to
    enhance performance within sports. Even though it may cause health problems, athletes
    still take those chances in order to succeed in their sport. Steroids may be used as
    painkillers and injury preventions as well.
    ESPN. ESPN Internet Ventures, n.d. Web. 11 Feb. 2015.
    This article was written by ESPN and it describes how the athletes use the
    steroids. Athletes use the steroids in order to perform better. Steroids add power and
    prevent injury so the athletes can perform at a high level without going out for injury.
    This drug is especially common in boxing and baseball.

    "Top 10 Pros and Cons - Drug Use in Sports - ProCon.org." ProConorg Headlines. N.p.,
    n.d. Web. 11 Feb. 2015.
    In this website there are pros and cons of using performance enhancing drugs
    regarding athletes. The pros involve the excitement of the game being spiked up for fans,
    the drugs being available for all athletes to bring their game to a higher level. The cons
    will include the obvious health risks, and also the side effects of anger related to the drug.
    This could conclude in more fights between players.
    "Positive Effects of Steroids." Positive Effects of Steroids. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Feb. 2015.
    This article gives the reader an idea of how the performance enhancing drugs
    work whether the user is using pills or powder. Also given, is the side effects that follow
    with the use of these drugs. Most importantly the positive effects of athletic performance
    and appeal, which attracts more people to sporting events.
    "Doping Effects Can Last a Decade." BBC News. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Feb. 2015.
    This article involves the long term effects of using steroids, which was tested on
    experimental mice. It was shown that three months after being injected with steroids the
    muscles were still growing up to thirty percent more. Studies showed that even a brief
    exposure to the drug can have a long term effect up to a decade.
    "Cons of Performance-Enhancing Drugs." LIVESTRONG.COM. LIVESTRONG.COM,
    05 July 2010. Web. 23 Feb. 2015.
    This article provides readers with the negative effects of using performance
    enhancing drugs. It is said that it can decrease the athletic performance because the drug
    flushes the body of fluids. This can lead to muscle cramping, exhaustion, and
    dehydration. Steroids can lead to sexual effects including shrunken male testicles,
    enlarged breasts in men. Using the drug can increase risk of heart attacks strokes.
    N.p., n.d. Web.
    This website features a debate on whether performance enhancing drugs should
    be legalized or not. There is the con side where someone debates why athletes should be
    given the choice to enhance their performance. There is also the con side that states that it
    may give younger children the idea of using these drugs. Another point is that if a group
    of professional athletes use the drugs then they will have an advantage over others, and
    the others will feel forced to take the drugs as well.
    Buckley, William E., et al. "Estimated prevalence of anabolic steroid use among male
    high school seniors." Jama 260.23 (1988): 3441-3445.
    An alarming rate of of high school students are beginning to use entry level
    steroids as early as middle school. With little or hardly any documentation of
    professional usage, it is hard to teach the younger generation the harms and negative
    repercussions of steroid usage.
    Br J Sports Med 2010;44:26-31 doi:10.1136/bjsm.2009.068924
    This article depicts of not just the physical cons of steroid use but the mental and
    broader problems of achieving success. the reading shows examples of going against

    traditional manners of winning and targeting adolescents before professional competition


    and moving them away from steroid use.
    Hoffman, Jay R., et al. "Nutritional supplementation and anabolic steroid use in
    adolescents." Medicine and science in sports and exercise 40.1 (2008): 15-24.
    This article is about research done on high school students concerning steroid use.
    In the end, researchers found that males are more likely to use steroids than females even
    after being told that usage would cause health problems or shorten life span. Study
    recommends more coach and teacher involvement in students lives.
    Hoffman, Jay R., et al. "Nutritional supplementation and anabolic steroid use in
    adolescents." Medicine and science in sports and exercise 40.1 (2008): 15-24.
    A study given to high school students show that out of 850 athletes, eleven
    percent used an illegal form of steroids. The reasons used were from unfamiliarity of the
    effects, complications from usage, mental and physical illness by partaking. Research
    recommends some sort of educational program installed or medical attention brought in
    to teach students about it.
    Choi, Precilla YL, and Harrison G. Pope. "Violence toward women and illicit androgenicanabolic steroid use." Annals of Clinical Psychiatry 6.1 (1994): 21-25.
    This research was done to a group of athletes to see if Steroid usage increased
    violence with their significant other. Evidence showed that there was a significant
    increase in violence with steroid users in a three month span than nonusers. That the drug
    not only affect the users themselves but those around them.

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