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The Impact of Steroids in Sports Today

Explore the effects of synthetic testosterone injections on muscle building, the controversies in baseball with notable players like Sosa, McGwire, and Bonds, the increase in teen steroid use, and the prevalence of steroids in various sports. Should steroid use be allowed in sports or banned with stricter testing measures?

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The Impact of Steroids in Sports Today

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  1. Steroids http://grubbyglove.com/?p=5478

  2. What are steroids? • Creates a synthetic testosterone that is injected into the body • Build Muscle and Strength • Are different then medical steroids • “Anabolic Steroids." Drugs, Alcohol, and Tobacco: Learning about Addictive Behavior. Ed. Rosalyn Carson-DeWitt. Vol. 1. New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2003. 78-83. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 7 Nov. 2013.

  3. Steroids and Baseball • Late to start drug testing • Brought to headlines when Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire were caught • Then after all this was released another player Barry Bonds was Caught • Created controversy after breaking Babe Ruths record • Then more stars were caught • Airoso, Justin, Reham Al Ahmad, Jerome Azarewicz, Christopher Balogh, Michael Barbieri, Hasan Bashir, and Andrew Berdahl. "Steroids In Professional Sports." Steroids In Professional Sports. N.p., n.d. Web. 07 Nov. 2013. <http://www.personal.psu.edu/cjb5120/seventhassignment.html>.

  4. Impact on teens • Steroids use has increased in teens • 1-20 teenagers 12-18 will uses steroids • Example is Taylor Hooton • Larsen, Elizabeth Foy. "Dying to Be Strong." Scholastic Scope. Oct. 2013: 4-8. Web. 7 Nov. 2013. • “Anabolic Steroids." Drugs, Alcohol, and Tobacco: Learning about Addictive Behavior. Ed. Rosalyn Carson-DeWitt. Vol. 1. New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2003. 78-83. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 7 Nov. 2013.

  5. Other Sports with steroid use • Cycling • Nba • Nfl • Ect • Airoso, Justin, Reham Al Ahmad, Jerome Azarewicz, Christopher Balogh, Michael Barbieri, Hasan Bashir, and Andrew Berdahl. "Steroids In Professional Sports." Steroids In Professional Sports. N.p., n.d. Web. 07 Nov. 2013. <http://www.personal.psu.edu/cjb5120/seventhassignment.html>.

  6. Questions • Should they be allowed in sports? • Or should they expand testing and Ban users from the sports?

  7. Bibliography • Airoso, Justin, Reham Al Ahmad, Jerome Azarewicz, Christopher Balogh, Michael Barbieri, Hasan Bashir, and Andrew Berdahl. "Steroids In Professional Sports." Steroids In Professional Sports. N.p., n.d. Web. 07 Nov. 2013. <http://www.personal.psu.edu/cjb5120/seventhassignment.html>. • Larsen, Elizabeth Foy. "Dying to Be Strong." Scholastic Scope. Oct. 2013: 4-8. Web. 7 Nov. 2013. • “Anabolic Steroids." Drugs, Alcohol, and Tobacco: Learning about Addictive Behavior. Ed. Rosalyn Carson-DeWitt. Vol. 1. New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2003. 78-83. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 7 Nov. 2013.

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