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  • Steroids and Baseball

    Steroids and Baseball

    Athletes and Steroids Jose Canseco claims steroids can make an average athlete a super athlete, and make a super athlete incredible. With that statement said, it not only compels pro athletes to use steroids, but teenagers as well. In 2002, NIDA funded a study that asked teen athletes if they ever tried steroids. The study confirmed that 2.5% of 8th graders used it; about 3.5% of 10th graders; and 4% of 12th graders admitted using

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    Essay Length: 622 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: January 18, 2010 By: Monika
  • What Are Steroids?

    What Are Steroids?

    What are Steroids? Anabolic steroids were developed to treat hypogonadism, a condition in which the tests do not produce sufficient testosterone for normal growth. Anabolic steroids are synthetic hormones that can boost the body's ability to produce muscle and prevent muscle breakdown. Some athletes take steroids in their hopes that they will improve their ability to run faster, lift heavy objects, jump higher, or have more endurance. Steroid Dangers? Taking high doses of steroids increases

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    Essay Length: 312 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: January 19, 2010 By: Fatih
  • Steroid Use in Baseball

    Steroid Use in Baseball

    The professional sports industry, since its arise in the late 19th century, has allowed athletes that performed exceptionally well and above average to take it a step further and get paid for what they love to do and let other people watch them excel at it. Many people, not just children, may choose to look at a particular sports figure or team and admire them for the qualities and achievements they have. Athletes today are

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    Essay Length: 1,170 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: January 19, 2010 By: David
  • Ethics and Steroids

    Ethics and Steroids

    Many athletes of all ages are turning towards performance enhancing drugs as a way of improving their performance by giving them that extra edge. This is not only wrong but its cheating and harmful to the athlete. Performance enhancing drugs have been around for hundreds of years. The Incas of the South America country Peru used the burned leaves of coca trees to give them great amounts of energy when faced with battles, hunts, ect.

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    Essay Length: 1,690 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: January 21, 2010 By: Jack
  • Steroids in Baseball

    Steroids in Baseball

    The Greatest Players of All Time* In recent history American culture has become more and more dominated by sports. Out of all of these sports baseball is considered to be AmericaЎ¦s pastime. Over the last couple years AmericaЎ¦s pastime has come under scrutiny about some of its players using anabolic steroids and other performance enhancing drugs. In an interview with Sports Illustrated, Major League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig said, Ў§... hopefully we can figure out

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    Essay Length: 978 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: January 22, 2010 By: Mike
  • Steroids

    Steroids

    Nowadays, it's not uncommon to know how much money a professional athlete makes. The media covers every aspect of professional sports, for any type of story. You could say their just doing there job, but popularity and achievements romanticize professional sports. The glamorization in professional sports puts added pressure on young teens and adults to use performance enhancing drugs. Today, performance enhancing drugs are talked about on a daily basis; young athletes might think its

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    Essay Length: 1,319 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: January 22, 2010 By: Monika
  • Steroids in Baseball

    Steroids in Baseball

    Anabolic and androgenic steroids come in many different forms. The most popular form is a pill and is easy to take. The draw back of the pill is it is hard on the liver and kidneys because it passes through the system in a couple of hours. Another popular form is cream. The cream's advantage is it is easy to apply and is less harmful to the body. The draw back is it is very

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    Essay Length: 403 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: January 22, 2010 By: Tasha
  • Steroids, Teens

    Steroids, Teens

    In a 2002 survey, the youth were asked how easy it was for school aged children to obtain steroids. The survey showed 22% of eighth graders, 33.2% of tenth graders, and 46.1% of twelfth graders reported that steroids were “fairly easy” or “very easy” to obtain (greater). Almost 50 percent of seniors in high school reported that obtaining anabolic steroids is “very easy”, the amount of students that have access to steroids is alarmingly

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    Essay Length: 3,013 Words / 13 Pages
    Submitted: January 23, 2010 By: Mikki
  • Steroids and Sexualtiy

    Steroids and Sexualtiy

    Steroids and Sexuality HSC 425i 12/5/2006 In today’s media driven culture there seems to be a high value placed on a person’s physical appearance. Stereotypes and assumptions are made about those who are in great physical shape, as they are of those who are considered to be overweight or out-of-shape. With constant media bombardment of being physically beautiful, many Americans have resulted to attaining the ideal physique by unnatural means such as cosmetic surgery, weight

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    Essay Length: 2,253 Words / 10 Pages
    Submitted: January 24, 2010 By: Janna
  • Ban Spam

    Ban Spam

    Ban Spam Thesis Sentence: Bulk unsolicited (spam) e-mail is costly, time consuming, and should be banned. I. Statistics II. Origin A. Where it comes from B. What it is III. Arguments A. For B. Against IV. Actions A. Legal Proceedings 1. U.S. and other countries 2. Results of hearings B. Programs 1. Cost 2. Effectiveness 3. Where to get them V. Statistics

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    Essay Length: 338 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: January 29, 2010 By: Monika
  • Steroids

    Steroids

    Topic: Anabolic-Androgenic Steroids General Purpose: To Inform Specific Purpose: To present the known facts concerning the use of steroids James Mercer Introduction I. ATTENTION GETTER: In a recent report, The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) uncovered an alarming statistic: more than a half million students in the 8th and 10th grade are currently using some form of anabolic steroids. ( www.steroidabuse.org) II. PREVIEW POINTS: A. HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE: 1. Definition in scientific terms 2.

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    Essay Length: 1,342 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: January 29, 2010 By: Artur
  • Steroids

    Steroids

    Cuban In today’s world, taking drugs for improvement in sports is almost second nature; on the other hand, athletes do not know how many people they affect by this. There are many types of performance enhancing drugs that athletes take and there are many adverse side affects. The first drug taken that had any effect on an athletes performance was amphetamines which were widely used by soldiers in World War II and which, in the

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    Essay Length: 1,380 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: January 30, 2010 By: Jon
  • Smoking Ban

    Smoking Ban

    Smoking Ban Smoking has become a common habit among many people in the American Society. In previous years, no one against smoking spoke up and expressed how they felt about it. Recently, more and more people have begun to speak up about their rights to not having to be around smoking, or second hand smoke. A group that has been started against smoking is called “Stand”, in reference to their saying “Stand Up and Speak

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    Submitted: January 31, 2010 By: Fonta
  • Smoking Ban

    Smoking Ban

    Frumkin, Paul. "Fired Up: NE States Wrestle with Smoking Measures." Nation's Restaurant News 37.25 (2003): 4 & 46. Although a majority of the United States is still undecided on the issue of workplace smoking bans, a large portion of northeastern states have started to support them. As of this article, the state of Maine is about to become the fifth state to pass workplace smoking laws. The four previous states to pass comprehensive workplace smoking

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    Essay Length: 2,314 Words / 10 Pages
    Submitted: February 1, 2010 By: Fonta
  • Plague of Steroids

    Plague of Steroids

    The Plague of Steroids In today's society steroids are becoming a bigger and bigger problem. It is not just the bodybuilders and people of that nature that are using, but also other professional athletes and teenagers who are trying to get to that level. Everyone has heard the old and tired information about steroids and what it can do, but most people do not truly understand why the punishments for steroid use need to be

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    Submitted: February 5, 2010 By: Victor
  • Steroids in Baseball

    Steroids in Baseball

    Steroids in baseball The crack of the bat, the smell of the grass.there.s just something about baseball. Most Americans have grown up with the game, sharing a passion that spans generations, geography and social class. To many of us, baseball, especially its history, is representative of a simpler and purer world. That view has been under assault from the Steroids Era of 1994 to 2004 and its repercussions on the game. As fans, America enjoyed

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    Submitted: February 5, 2010 By: Steve
  • A Meek Proposal (jonathan Swift Immitation)(steroid Problem in Baseball)

    A Meek Proposal (jonathan Swift Immitation)(steroid Problem in Baseball)

    A Meek Proposal For preventing an uneven playing field in the sport of baseball, and for making the game more enjoyable for fans. Ever since the creation of America’s favorite pastime, baseball, cheating has been an integral part of the game. Each era of baseball has offered new and improved techniques for cheating the game of baseball. Cheating has become a common occurrence in baseball, from the 1919 Chicago “Black” Sox, who were paid

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    Essay Length: 1,651 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: February 6, 2010 By: Victor
  • What Athletic Directors Can Do About the Steroid Abuse Crisis?

    What Athletic Directors Can Do About the Steroid Abuse Crisis?

    Anabolic steroids are no longer reserved for professional athletes who are looking for an extra advantage. Nowadays every athlete is looking to obtain an advantage over the competition. Some athletes simply up the intensity of their training and go on special diets, while others take the easy route or look for the quick fix which is steroids. In a study conducted by the National Institute on Drug Abuse in 2003 over one million junior high

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    Essay Length: 785 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: February 7, 2010 By: regina
  • Steroids and Legality

    Steroids and Legality

    Picture if you will a twenty year old man. He used to weigh one hundred ninety pounds, but now he has gone down to one hundred fifty-eight pounds. He has scars from acne on his face. By the pits of his arm and on his thighs there are stretch marks. These places used to be clear. He now eats one meal a day, if that, because he has no appetite. He suffers from chronic headaches,

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    Essay Length: 977 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: February 8, 2010 By: Mike
  • Steroids in Professional Sports

    Steroids in Professional Sports

    In the book Game of Shadows published on March 23, 2006 and written by Mark Fainaru-Wada and Lance Williams, reporters for the San Francisco Chronicle. When Sports Illustrated released excerpts from the book on March 7, it generated considerable publicity because the book chronicles alleged extensive use of performance-enhancing drugs, including several different types of steroids and growth hormones, by San Francisco Giants outfielder Barry Bonds. A grand jury, a tell-all book and a congressional

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    Essay Length: 1,363 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: February 9, 2010 By: Jessica
  • Tougher Punishment Needed for Steroids

    Tougher Punishment Needed for Steroids

    According to Merriam-Webster dictionary, an athlete is defined as "a person who is trained or skilled in exercises, sports, or games requiring physical strength, agility, or stamina." Athletes train and practice year-round to prepare for the competition and challenges. At times during the preparation, injuries are sustained and fatigue is endured. To rid themselves of these obstacles, athletes take performance-enhancing drugs, which are also known as steroids. In the United States, the use of steroids

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    Essay Length: 767 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: February 9, 2010 By: Monika
  • Steroids

    Steroids

    PLAY SAFE, PLAY FAIR Athletes, whether they are young or old, professional or amateur, are always looking to gain an advantage over their opponents. The desire for an "edge" exists in all sports, at all levels of play. Successful athletes rely on practice and hard work to increase their skill, speed, power, and ability. However, some athletes resort to drugs to improve their performance on the field or the court. You may have heard them

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    Submitted: February 11, 2010 By: Tommy
  • Steroids in Baseball

    Steroids in Baseball

    Steroids In Baseball In baseball there has always been a steroid issue. In the last few years since 1995 the problem has expanded. Many more players are now using these drugs to boost their performance. I think that steroids are products that should be absolutely illegal and no player at any time should be able to use them. Steroids are drugs commonly classified as anabolic, androgenic and corticosteroids. Corticosteroids like cortisone are drugs used to

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    Essay Length: 1,254 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: February 12, 2010 By: Janna
  • Smoking Should Be Banned in ontario

    Smoking Should Be Banned in ontario

    Smoking Should be banned in Ontario Smoking is one ugly monster. Cigarette smoke contains over 4,000 chemicals; 43 of which are cancer causing. Smoking is responsible for over 30% of deaths from cancer; it is also the number 1 cause of deaths from cancer. 25% of heart attacks are due to smoking (Smoking Facts). Not only does smoking kill smokers, but every year thousands die from second-hand smoking (Smoke-free, 2004). Why can’t we understand there

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    Submitted: February 12, 2010 By: regina
  • The Gay Blood Ban: Is It Really Necessary?

    The Gay Blood Ban: Is It Really Necessary?

    The Gay Blood Ban: Is it Really Necessary? Introduction For this paper, I attended a Lunch-n-Learn seminar entitled “Be Negative: A Program on HIV/AIDS” held at KSU on February 3, 2004. During the presentation, the speaker revealed that, as a gay man, he is forever prohibited from donating blood. As such, I have chosen to develop a plan of action that will assist in lifting the gay blood ban. After some research, I learned

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    Submitted: February 12, 2010 By: Mike

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