Steroids should be banned in all pro sports

Using steroids helps you improve your skills for a certain amount of time, but in the long run it damages your body in different ways (mentally and physically). Anabolic Steroids are artificially produced hormones that are similar to the androgens, the male-type sex hormones in the body. ("Steroids") Steroid Supplements contain -dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) and androstenedione ( also know as andro) (Steroids ; Steven Dowshen, MD).For the most part, steroidal supplements, which used to be found at health food stores or gyms, are now illegal and require a prescription. Natural made steroids (from your body) are what your body produces naturally to support such functions as fighting stress and promoting growth and development. Professional sport leagues should keep the policy of no steroid use and make it stricter. ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ Taking steroids can cause many different side effects which can be very serious or can be long-lasting. Some of them are hair loss, high blood pressure that can damage the hear or blood vessels over time, believing things that aren't true (delusion), liver damage, aching joints, and many more. Many of these effects will stay for a number of years, and will be hard to reverse ("Steroid Abuse in Today's Society"). Some specific risks for women are increase in facial fair and deepening of the voice. Some specific risks for men are inability to have children and pain when urinating. People who inject the drug with a needle are at the risk of infection with HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), virus that causes AIDS (kidshealth.org ; Steroids ; Steven Dowshen, MD). ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ People mostly only think about the side effects while taking steroids, but there are effects after using steroids too. A lot of people tell themselves that they'll only take steroids for a season or a limited time. Unfortunately steroids are addictive. Once people stop taking steroids they are at a risk of getting irritability, paranoia, and severe depression, which may lead to suicidal thoughts or attempted suicide("Steroids" ; Steven Dowshen, MD). Also people who take steroids and stop, they are at the risk of using other drugs, such as alcohol or cocaine. The long term effects of steroid use might not show for a number of years ("Steroids" ; Steven Dowshen, MD). ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ Current rules in professional sports on using steroids in (MLB) are not as strict as they should be( "Should performance enhancing drugs (such as steroids) be accepted in sports?" ; various authors). A first positive test would result in a suspension of up to ten days, a second positive test a thirty-day ban, a third positive test a sixty day penalty and a fourth positive test a one year ban ("New Steroids Rules For Baseball" Joel Roberts). Rob Manfred, the executive vice president for labor relations for MLB outlined the major parts of the new agreement : There would be year round testing for steroids for all its players. There will be off-season testing. Major League Baseball is expanding its list of banned substances.("New Steroids Rules For Baseball ; Joel Roberts") Again steroids help you improve your skills for a certain amount of time, but in the long run it damages your body in many different ways (mentally and physically) ("Are Steroids as bad as we think they are? Drake Bennett, Globe staff) If players actually knew the real side effects were not as many would take steroids. Many websites that sell steroids illegally do not list the actual effects of taking steroids ("Side Effects of Steroids", Anthony Roberts). Professional sports leagues should make it much stricter (MLB in piratical).