Sports and Steroids
Since, I think from after the second world war, steroids was being used by sportsmen to boost their performance in the sports they participate in. Now steroid is used by lots of people besides sportsmen. Mostly it is used by body builders to build up their muscle mass in a very short period of time. They can Buy Steroids off the selves. Well there are two kinds of steroids, oral and the one you inject into your bloodstream. The first one is not as harmful as the second one. In the long run, both types of steroids can and will have a very negative side-effects.
Sports is now a lot more competitive than before and to succeed in it, some sportsmen take Steroids to gain some edge. The sport's governing bodies have some measures to stop this but not all steroids are detectable by tests. New steroids are being developed to defeat these kinds of testing and the governing body has to learn fast if they want to make the sports fair. Not all people are born with the gift and to gain a slightest advantage on their opponents and raise their performance levels for be it success or money, lots of sports professionals don't hesitate to take steroids. I am not saying all of them are like that, but some of them use steroids. It is widely spread and is increasing day by day. The most recent case was of Marion Jones who was a Olypics record holder and a gold medalist. She was found to have used steroids and because of that, she was stripped off her gold medal and the world record. Natural is always good, it will take a lot of effort and time but it is best when you thing of it on the long run.
