Should Anabolic Steroids Be Legalized?

Overview
-What are Anabolic steroids
-How are anabolic
steroids used
-Where do People get
steroids
-Approximate black
market
costs of steroids
-Legality of steroids
-Positive effects of
Steroids
-negative effects
-The abusers and users
-Conclusion ( my opinion)
 What are anabolic steroids?
-Anabolic steroids are drugs containing natural or synthetic male sex
hormones such as testosterone.
-Testosterone is the most commonly used or synthesized male sex
hormone it is very powerful and in large doses can help an athlete
dramatically increase
-Muscle size
-cell volume
-muscle strength
-bone density
-Speed of tissue recovery
Methods of Use
-Pills
-Injection
-Gel or crème
-Spray for skin
-Nasal spray
-Pellet Implant
-Patch
 Sources of Illegal steroids

-Over sea pharmacies that “guarantee” delivery

-Coaches, personal trainers
-Drug Dealers on the Street
-Physical therapy patients or burn victims
-Mexico
-Veterinary clinics
 Steroid Prices
-Steroid prices vary depending on where or who
they are coming from,type of drug, and availability

-Oral steroids can cost as little as a few pennies per

dose and oil based intravenously administered
steroids can cost 50 or more dollars per dose

-Prices can be far higher for a single dose because

often abusers will far exceed the recommended dose
 Legality of Steroids
-Steroids are a schedule III drug
-Schedule III
-Any drug or substance with a potential for abuse lower
than that of either schedule I or II drugs
-Schedule I and II drugs have a high potential for abuse
-Any drug or substance with currently accepted medical
use
-Drug or substance that may cause a moderate to low
physical dependence and a high psycological dependance
 =) Positive uses of Anabolic Steroids (=
-Increased muscle building
-Increased endurance
-Increased muscle volume
-Increased fat burning
Accepted Medical Uses
-Post testes removal
-Cancer and Surgery patients
-Delayed puberty ( Pituitary gland malfunction)
Some Negative effects of Anabolic Steroids
-Insomnia
-Water retention
-Increased frequency of urination
-Head and stomach aches
-Enlarged prostate
-Muscle wasting (legs)
-Cushing's Syndrome (acne,
puffy looking face, random
dark spots on the skin,
facial hair in women)
-Hair loss
-aggression
-Hypertension
-Jaundice
-Liver cancer
-Impotence
-Sterility
-Menstrual changes
-muscle twitches
-liver failure
-cold hands and feet
-untreatable bad breath
-irregular heartbeat
-shrinking of the testes
-Male pattern baldness in
Women
-Shortness of breath
-physical dependence
-Deepening voice in women
-GYNECOMASTIA
Gynecomastia, Jaundice, Baldness, Acne, Cancerous Liver
 Steroid Use
Steroids are used by many
different types of people
-Athletes
-Professional Bodybuilders
-Adults working out
-Medical patients
Teens
-Use of steroids by teens is rising steadily. Some of the factors that
promote this is urge to be and look strong, perform well in sports,
get scholarships for sports to college, because they get picked on
or get beat up by bigger kids
-Among american teenagers in 8th 10th and 12th grade 3% of
teenagers said they had used steroids before
-The same study found that 31% said that steroids were easy to get
Conclusion
Steroids should NOT
be legalized

-The health cost out weigh

the benefits
-Steroids create people
with uncontrollable
emotions and potentially
dangerous tempers
-Too many teenagers are
already causing serious
health problems for
themselves by using
steroids
-The sport of bodybuilding
would be lost for ever
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