Why are steroids used by athletes to enhance performance?
• The main reason for the widespread use of anabolic steroids among athletes is simply to improve athletic performance in the physical activity they chooses to engage in. Although testing procedures are now widely used to identify steroid abuse among athletes, new designer drugs are being made specifically to avoid detection. But the technology is constantly catching up with the cheaters and blood and urine samples from years earlier are being re-tested with new science and exposing athletes who used illegal substances in the past. • Which sports is steroids most commonly used? • Some of the most common sports that steroids are used in are: • Weight lifting • Baseball • Cycling • Tennis • NFL Football • Athletics • Marion Jones, Barry Bonds, Alberto Blanco, Floyd Landis, Lyle Alzado & Dean Capobianco are just a few names that are associated with these sports. • What are the side affects/dangers associated with using this substance/method? • As mentioned before, steroids can have many i
