...wrestler, Chris Benoit. The results of the autopsy showed significant damage which was likely a result of repeated concussions. The condition is known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy or CTE. CTE affects the limbic system which controls emotion and may have been a contributing factor in the actions of Benoit. Corrigan, B. (1996). Anabolic steroids and the mind. Medical Journal of Australia, 165, 222226. Retrieved from https://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/aug19/corrigan/corrigan.html The research provides some insight into the potential long-term effects of anabolic steroid use. Dr. Corrigan looks at violent crimes committed by two men in Australia in a “’roid rage.” The case studies provide a basis for comparison in order to determine if the details of the Benoit murder-suicide fit the profile of a “’roid rage” crime. Gerardi, K. (2011). Tackles that rattle the brain. Sports Lawyers Journal, 18(1), 182-254. The author looks at the way in which the media handled the coverage of the Benoit murdersuicide. The article points out that, once the initial toxicology report for Chris Benoit was made...
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...Steroids : Not so Good After All In recent years there have been many stories of athletes, especially in baseball, that have gotten caught using steroids. People single out the idea that the competitor did not abide by the rules. Because of this narrow-minded act, they tend to not look at the harmful effects these drugs have on the body. Steroids are extremely damaging physically and psychologically. There are multiple ways in which a human can experience long and short-term effects from the use of these horrible drugs. The most common effects include diseases and severe brain problems. While HGH and Anabolic steroids are a serious concern for sports, it is a more prominent problem in baseball, but the frightening part people fail to recognize, is that the drugs cause life-threatening problems. Steroids were invented by “A doctor by the name of Dr. Ruzicka, who in the early 1930’s created it for medical purposes, essentially to fight conditions like cancer and AIDS” (Steroids in Sports).The drugs are mainly byproducts of the male hormone called testosterone. When a person takes steroids, they are putting extra testosterone into their body. Excessive testosterone eventually leads to rapid muscle growth. As humans use steroids, they can be faced with horrible health problems such as “high blood pressure, HIV/AIDS (when taken with shared needles), fluid retention, depression, anxiety, mania, low sperm production, and over-exertion” (Steroids in Sports). Additional effects...
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...Should the use of performance-enhancing drugs in sport be legalized? By: Evan ENG2D1-02 Performance-enhancing drugs (PED‘s) have become a major issue in today’s sports world. Some people may think that PED’s in sport should be legalized because of the fact that they improve the level of sport and that the harm is worth the fame and glory. The negative factors of legalizing PED’s in sport outweigh the positive factors. Performance-enhancing drugs should not be legalized in sport because they take away from the true origin of sport, taking them can lead to life-threatening health issues, and the athletes who are taking them are setting a bad example for the youth who are the future of sport. Sports were originally designed to test ones ability and talent in a certain area. With the introduction of performance-enhancing drugs in 1936, the true origin of sport has been taken over by men and women who insist on being bigger and stronger than their competitors. Athlete’s who use PED’s are making it unfair to the athletes who work hard, train and push themselves to be the best. With the increasing number of athletes who are taking these drugs, it will start to put pressure on the athletes who are not, making them want to take them. Not to mention taking performance-enhancing drugs is cheating. It is an alternative to working hard and training. The athletes that are abusing PED’s are not playing sports for the competitiveness, health benefits or for the fun of sport...
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...In 2004, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released that 16,696 people had died due to an alcohol and/or drug related traffic collision. This represented 40% out of all the traffic related deaths in the United States that year along with half of the one million individuals injured in just road accidents were due to driving under the influence (DUI) as well (2004 Traffic Safety Facts). These are very shocking statistics which really show how big and serious the problem of people who drive while under the influence really is in our country. This, along with most crime in our country, is not the main problem; the even bigger issue related to this is the repeating offenders. These repeating or “hardcore” offenders are a huge chunk of the offenders causing all the accidents. As a result, many types of programs have been put together around the country trying to rehabilitate the repeating DUI offenders with the basic methods like counseling, education, and special treatments. These programs have actually resulted in a slow but steady declining rate in fatalities from intoxicated drivers since the 1980’s. Laws and penalties against driving while under the influence have been made and enforced much stricter in the United States since the 1970s. We have also increased the drinking age to 21 from the original 1980’s age of 18 in hopes of young adults making a little more mature decisions. As of currently, driving under the influence (DUI) or driving while intoxicated...
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...How do steroids affect the human body? Steroids can be extremely harmful to people who take them. Steroids can be Given to you medically if you have chronic bronchitis but those steroids are called Corticosteroids which are very different to the harmful version. Steroid are referred to “juice” or “roids” they are a form of male hormones, Testosterone. Steroid are being abused but people who want to change their physical health, Performance and appearance take steroids – Body builders use steroids to gain Muscle so that they can win competitions, athletes use steroids to that they wish To improve their skills as an athlete, many other people us steroids because of Late or early injures to help them recover and carry on with their day to day life’s....
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...daily basis. Many people are convinced that I took steroids or diuretics to get to the (far from amazing in my opinion) muscularity and conditioning that I displayed in many pictures I took in 2011. I am stereotyped as being obsessed about everything under the umbrella of bodybuilding, from food to training. I’ve learned that all of these stereotypes that I deal with online and offline help shape my identity, but fortunately in positive ways. “Roids!” That’s one of the most frequent words a successful bodybuilder hears. Why in the world would I want to be associated with taking steroids or any performance or cosmetic enhancing drugs? There’s something special about being a pure, 100% natural bodybuilder that differentiates it from being one of the big guys you’ve seen before in magazines. Not that I have anything against steroid users, but in terms of natural bodybuilding, there really is no deception; what you see is what you get. Being a lifetime natural bodybuilder, whenever I see the comment “Roids!” pop up on a video of mine or hear from a friend that so and so accused me of taking steroids, deep down I feel proud inside. To me, steroid accusations are...
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...long bones…” (Wilmore, et al., 2008). Men may develop tumors (or failure) of the liver, increased cholesterol levels, hypertension, and even circulatory system issues. If that does not sound good enough, it is also a common side effect that men will encounter lower sperm counts, testicle shrinkage, and in the worst cases, complete infertility (Mayo Clinic, 2012). Because steroids introduce such elevated levels of testosterone into the body, the body will also begin producing more estrogen. Higher estrogen levels in males can lead to breast enlargement (NIDA, 2012). One of the especially unique side effects associated with steroid use is the increased risk of developing overly aggressive/manic behavior, commonly referred to as “roid rage”. With “roid rage”, users may also experience hallucinations and/or delusions (Wedro, 2012). Looking at the fact that steroids can cause accelerated levels of muscle growth; one must also see that there are risks associated with such. This can put increased pressure on ligaments and tendons that connect the muscles together, increasing the likeliness of experiencing strains, partial, or even full tears of those ligaments and/or tendons. “The skin is often affected by excess steroid use and the issues are similar to the adolescent male going through puberty... Acne is often present along with cyst formation in the skin, Hair can also become oily” (Wedro, 2012). Women specifically, run the risk of “facial hair growth, male-pattern baldness...
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...Baseball had not banned or were not considered a “performance enhancing drug”. Even though the so called “Steroid Era” brought fans back to the game of baseball after the lockout in 1994, it not only damaged the reputation of baseball but it also damaged the purity of the sport. Not only did it affect baseball’s reputation and purity of the game, it also affected the fans who dreamt of playing in Major League Baseball. Now we will focus the main reasons why congress took control of the steroid issue that surrounded Major League Baseball. First, Major League Baseball along with Congress noticed the issue of steroids due to Jose Canseco, an ex-major leaguer, who came clean about the steroid issue in his book titled Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant ’Roids, Smash Hits, and How Baseball Got Big. In this book, Canseco explained how he taught a variety of players how to inject steroids and how it would benefit them in the future. Throughout his book, Canseco provided details as to the players, who later broke many records; that he taught how to use steroids. For example, Canseco stated that he provided steroids to Mark McGwire, Jason Giambi, and Ivan Rodriquez, all of who have good enough career numbers to put themselves in the Hall of Fame in the near future. Besides Canseco’s book, certain instance happened to High School baseball players that made Congress investigate Major League Baseball. When congress took control of the situation in 2005, they...
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...steroids they will be more noticeable, having fit bodies like the athletes they emulate. For most male high school athletes, pro athletes have huge influences on them. They even choose the jersey numbers of their favorite professional players. They emulate their training programs. They follow their style of play in the field. Their drug use then influences them. If a professional athlete admits to using them, the message young athletes hear is not the one that is intended. Young athletes tend to believe that steroid use by their role models gives them permission to use. It is part of what one must do to become a successful athlete. Society's acceptance of steroid use is a concern to many experts. Adoption of the slang term "on steroids" or "on 'roids" has now taken on a meaning of its own with various references in popular culture making it a norm and cultural thing but ignoring the influences of the pills at large. In a study done to students grade 8-12 approximately, 20% of high school age males and females suggested that professional athletes do influence their decision to use steroids. When students were asked if steroids use by professional athletes influenced their friends' decisions to use steroids, positive responses rose to nearly 50% this shows that the pop culture of using steroids is growing widely and with time it will be widely acceptable. We have seen the influence of the pop culture on the use of steroids; we, however, need to know what these steroids are and to come to...
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...increased their appetite and although their bodies were changing it wasn't terribly noticeable yet.
Simon had given them an xbox in their apartment which they seemed to be more interested in that the gym equipment. Just as he planned.
And as they hit the three month mark they noticed that they needed new uniforms. They hadn't been too much bigger but they were losing that six pack they had started with. That was when Simon had added the appetite stimulant to their chemical cocktail.
Their already big appetite doubled. Byron overheard Simon talking about their weight gain and speculating that they had been taking steroids. Simon knew that Byron was listening and wanted them to think that the gain was from taking roids. He talked about the roid guts and let them think that maybe Byron and Carl were keeping a secret from Simon. He wanted each of them to think that the other might be taking steroids and were trying to keep it quiet so Byron didn't ask Carl a thing. A few days later Carl heard a similar scenario from Simon and kept it quiet as well.
These two went into overdrive and went through a new uniform monthly.
As the year went on the two of them worked less and less and eventually were housebound.
...of the individual. The family has to cope with the individual’s mood swings, and the doctor bills when there are side effects. When the person using steroids is unable to become erect and can no longer produce sperm the partner is in a tough situation. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, “Another reason people give for taking steroids is to increase their muscle size or to reduce their body fat.” These people look at athletes and think, “I need to look like that.” If those role models would just work hard, and not talk about how “great” juice is, then the percent of steroid use would decrease. Steroids definitely affect the individual taking them. The short term side effects are paranoia, delusions, impaired judgement, and “roid rage”. The long term effects in men using steroids are decrease in sperm count, baldness, development of breast, and an increased risk for prostate cancer. The long term effects in women are growth of facial hair, baldness, and changes in the menstrual cycle. In order to change this issue, I would go into my laboratory and experiment with different ways to take steroids in order to find the safest and least harmful way. While I’m thinking about how the body can handle certain supplements, I will find a way in which the body can process steroids. I will also experiment and question what is causing these negative effects. Is there a greater risk for lower sperm count if I injected it into the muscle? Or what if I took a pill? I would do different...
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...treat men unable to develop and grow normally or function sexually due to their own low testosterone level. During WWII this same formula gave malnourished soldiers the ability to gain weight and assisted with overall performance and endurance. (Anabolic, 2013). The anabolic-androgenic steroids are all synthetic derivatives of testosterone, the natural male hormone produced primarily by the testes. Women also naturally produce testosterone in lower amounts than men (Yesalis, 1995). Anabolic steroids work by binding to androgen receptors at a cellular level, stimulating RNA, and resulting in an increased production of proteins. Many variations of anabolic steroids exist today and modern slang refers to them as Arnolds, gym candy, pumpers, roids, stackers, weight trainers, and juice. All variations of anabolic steroids are considered a Schedule III narcotic according to the Controlled Substance Act (CSA) enacted due to the Anabolic Steroids Control Act of 1990 (Administration, 2004). This act introduced consequences at a federal level to deter the growing issue of anabolic steroid usage. Common brand name examples of this steroid are Androsterone, Oxandrin, Dianabol, Winstrol, Deca-durabolin, and Equipoise. If a person is found in possession of steroids without a proper prescription they would be fined a minimum of $1000 and could expect to spend at least one year in prison. The CSA also addressed trafficking with a maximum five years in prison and a fine of $250,000 if this is...
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...Andrew 2/6/13 Mr. Kucharski There are many ways that athletes will become better athletes. Unfortunately, many resort to cheating. One way to cheat in sports is to use anabolic steroids. Anabolic steroids are drugs that increase muscle mass and strength. The use of these substances such as Winstrol, are banned substances in almost every single sport. There are many health problems when using steroids. Some of these problems are premature balding, blood-clotting disorders, birth defects, and many other problems to the human body. Users of anabolic steroids may also experience “roid rage” where the user becomes much more hostile and angry which may proceed to violence. In recent years many famous sports players have been caught using these dugs. One was Lance Armstrong, a famous biker whose career is now ruined now that he was caught. They took away all of his awards and titles that he worked hard to get. His whole career in biking is essentially over, all because he used steroids. Though they are abused by many athletes, non-anabolic steroids have many medical uses. One of these uses is to heal muscles in patients recovering from certain cancers and illnesses. Another use of steroids is to reduce inflammation in people with asthma and osteoarthritis. Another way is to prevent anemia. Anabolic steroids can be very dangerous if abused. They can also ruin your sports career even though non-anabolic steroids have many beneficial medical uses. ...
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...withdrawal effects. He/She may experience mood swings, fatigue, and depression. Besides addiction, anabolic steroids can be harmful and cause multiple side effects on the body. The mild effects include aching joints, nausea, and insomnia. More severe consequences include high blood pressure, heart disease, and liver damage. The steroid abuse over time could eventually even lead to death. Some professional athletes are dying at a young age due to the use of steroids early in their careers. Health Benedict, an NFL draft offensive lineman of Newberry College, S.C. was dead at age of 24 due to enlarged heart and sudden cardiac dysrhythmia. Another victim of steroid abuse, Chris Benoit, a WWE wrestler and known steroid user, was affected by “Roid Rage” and killed his wife, child and then himself. ...
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...Ode To The Dirty South and to The Missing 64K Non-Caucasian Women Have you ever met fire face to face? It’s so beautiful as an arsonists’ disgrace. Have for no reason, your legs and arms ever been shackled causing you to be amazed? Have you ever seen evil face to face? Like Deputy Black, a Madison County, Alabama “Roid-rage” deputy filled hater of GOD’S lack of a chosen race. While at the same time attempting to beat down a little pregnant mother with his eyes filled with hate and in his hand a baton and a filled can of maze. Then you’ve never lived in Bama or South Florida where they still haze. Well, have you ever tried to be nice all day long? And just as you were singing your happy, happy song, someone out of the blue crossed over on you. And, as your horn you blew, you knew that they were the cause of the breakage of your minute long truce. With peace or consequence, they both were there as Lennon Lacy hung on the tree with a tightened noose and hatred filled Confederate Flags riddling the trailers here and there. Making reality of peace and tranquility so very rare. Have you ever felt like justice just didn’t care? And people say it’s good to be alive? But, when will America stand tall and say we’ve heard enough of all that jive? Then too it could be worse just as you see that black hearse. Why do people hate and hide incest, child molestations and alarming tweets? And why did Lennon Lacy have other than his sneakers on his lineman’s’ feet? Folks like Duck Dynasty say...
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