STEROIDS ARE ADDICTIVE, STAY AWAY!!
Steroids are about Million Dollar Endorsement Contracts. They are man-made and used for muscle building. Athletes often use steroids to get stronger and faster. Steroids are available in tablets, liquid, gel, and cream forms. People inject them by rubbing them on their skin or by needles. This person below used steroids way too much.
STEROID STORY
Needle Nightmare
At my gym, steroids were easy to get. I figured that they were no big deal, so I tried a cycle during my sophomore year wrestling season in high school. I bought a bottle of testosterone and a syringe.
I only wanted to have one syringe in my house because a bottle and a syringe is pretty easy to hide, but ten syringes would be pretty difficult, because I still live with my parents. Everyone told me that I needed to use a different needle every time I injected but I thought I could just heat the needle up over a flame and it would be sterile. After a few weeks of shooting into my shoulder it started to get swollen and looked weird.
Then one day at wrestling practice, the place on my shoulder where I usually inject started to hurt and feel hot. My coach looked at it, and he thought it was badly infected so we decided to go to the doctor. When I was there, I had to tell the doctor how I got the infection, and my coach found out that I was using steroids, and he told my parents. I got suspended from school for a week and the wrestling team for the rest of the season and all the kids in my school found out too.
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STEROIDS CAN CAUSE... (Science of Steroids)
Steroids cause physical and emotional problems. Steroids often make users feel edgy, moody, aggressive, and paranoid. Short term hazards include headaches, nose bleeds, stomach pain, increased heart rate, muscle tightness, muscle cramps, tendon problems, heart disease, liver cancer, hypertension, eating disorder, elevated cholestrol, stunted growth, episodes of rage, delusions, and violent behavior. Says www.about.com. Some physical consequences are liver tumors, cancer, jaundice which is yellowing of the skin or whites of the eye rising, high blood pressure, excessive hair growth or loss, and increases cholesterol levels, kidney tumors, fluid retention, deep voice, and severe acne. Some emotional consequences are wild mood swings, depression, paranoid jealousy, extreme irritability, delusions, and impaired judgement which can lead to violence. Some side affects may not appear for a year after it is taken.
STEROID FAST FACTS
The National Institute on Drug Abuse says the number of individuals 18 and older that use steroids are in the hundred thousands. It is illegal to use steroids or give them to people if you don't have a valid prescription. Many users use steroids in what is called "cycling". They take them in cycles of weeks and months instead of continuous use. Oral steroids abuse can be found in your system several weeks later and injected steroids can be found several months later. People mix steroids with other medicines like pain-killers and stimulants. Some people need steroids to get better because they have some sort of sickness. Most athletic associatons make sure that the people that want to be in the association haven't taken steroids, and the people that have taken steroids are penalized. Steroids can result in suicide, homicide, liver disease, heart attack, and cancer.
At my gym, steroids were easy to get. I figured that they were no big deal, so I tried a cycle during my sophomore year wrestling season in high school. I bought a bottle of testosterone and a syringe.
I only wanted to have one syringe in my house because a bottle and a syringe is pretty easy to hide, but ten syringes would be pretty difficult, because I still live with my parents. Everyone told me that I needed to use a different needle every time I injected but I thought I could just heat the needle up over a flame and it would be sterile. After a few weeks of shooting into my shoulder it started to get swollen and looked weird.
Then one day at wrestling practice, the place on my shoulder where I usually inject started to hurt and feel hot. My coach looked at it, and he thought it was badly infected so we decided to go to the doctor. When I was there, I had to tell the doctor how I got the infection, and my coach found out that I was using steroids, and he told my parents. I got suspended from school for a week and the wrestling team for the rest of the season and all the kids in my school found out too.
If you want more stories go to http://steroid abuse.com/true-stories-of-steroid-abuse.html
STEROIDS CAN CAUSE... (Science of Steroids)
Steroids cause physical and emotional problems. Steroids often make users feel edgy, moody, aggressive, and paranoid. Short term hazards include headaches, nose bleeds, stomach pain, increased heart rate, muscle tightness, muscle cramps, tendon problems, heart disease, liver cancer, hypertension, eating disorder, elevated cholestrol, stunted growth, episodes of rage, delusions, and violent behavior. Says www.about.com. Some physical consequences are liver tumors, cancer, jaundice which is yellowing of the skin or whites of the eye rising, high blood pressure, excessive hair growth or loss, and increases cholesterol levels, kidney tumors, fluid retention, deep voice, and severe acne. Some emotional consequences are wild mood swings, depression, paranoid jealousy, extreme irritability, delusions, and impaired judgement which can lead to violence. Some side affects may not appear for a year after it is taken.
STEROID FAST FACTS
The National Institute on Drug Abuse says the number of individuals 18 and older that use steroids are in the hundred thousands. It is illegal to use steroids or give them to people if you don't have a valid prescription. Many users use steroids in what is called "cycling". They take them in cycles of weeks and months instead of continuous use. Oral steroids abuse can be found in your system several weeks later and injected steroids can be found several months later. People mix steroids with other medicines like pain-killers and stimulants. Some people need steroids to get better because they have some sort of sickness. Most athletic associatons make sure that the people that want to be in the association haven't taken steroids, and the people that have taken steroids are penalized. Steroids can result in suicide, homicide, liver disease, heart attack, and cancer.
ONE OUT OF A MILLION
This person did steroids to get A LOT stronger. Some people may think
they want to look like this, but if you are taking steroids and you quit you will be hurting a lot afterwards. It is not good at all.
Laws to Prevent Steroid Abuse
While there is a federal law against the use of steroids, each state does have the ability to set their own laws as well. This makes it utterly important to people who choose to use steroids to make sure they know the laws in the state they are in. So, each state can decide where to place anabolic steroids in the Substance schedules, how to define anabolic steroids and how to punish crimes related to these laws.
With this law, not only did the use of steroids become illegal, it change the way that people who chose to still use them could learn about them. For example, because these steroids are illegal, law enforcement started monitoring chat rooms on the Internet as well as website claiming to sell steroids.
These laws bring up an interesting dynamic because most people will agree that steroids have the potential to cause serious health problems. The differing opinions, however, come because some people believe that it is possible to use anabolic steroids safely and effectively. The problems arise when, because of the laws, people who use steroids cannot get the information they need to use the drugs safely and cannot get the medical care (in the form of regular blood work and physician advice) to make sure they are not doing irreversible damage to their systems.
That being said, often times professional athletes have trainers, coaches and team physicians that can give them accurate advice in relation to steroids as well as the medical care needed to prevent huge problems and can therefore use them safely (of course, this isn’t taking into consideration the “cheating” factor that many people associate with steroid use.) Amateurs and adolescents often get their information through hear-say and don’t have access to the medical observation that should go along with steroid use and therefore are at a higher risk of using them improperly and unsafely.
This is why many people are against the illegalization of steroids – because it prevents the flow of information as well as situations necessary for studies of both short and long term effects of steroids.
Found at:http://www.steroid-abuse.org/steroid-law-and-sports.htm
With this law, not only did the use of steroids become illegal, it change the way that people who chose to still use them could learn about them. For example, because these steroids are illegal, law enforcement started monitoring chat rooms on the Internet as well as website claiming to sell steroids.
These laws bring up an interesting dynamic because most people will agree that steroids have the potential to cause serious health problems. The differing opinions, however, come because some people believe that it is possible to use anabolic steroids safely and effectively. The problems arise when, because of the laws, people who use steroids cannot get the information they need to use the drugs safely and cannot get the medical care (in the form of regular blood work and physician advice) to make sure they are not doing irreversible damage to their systems.
That being said, often times professional athletes have trainers, coaches and team physicians that can give them accurate advice in relation to steroids as well as the medical care needed to prevent huge problems and can therefore use them safely (of course, this isn’t taking into consideration the “cheating” factor that many people associate with steroid use.) Amateurs and adolescents often get their information through hear-say and don’t have access to the medical observation that should go along with steroid use and therefore are at a higher risk of using them improperly and unsafely.
This is why many people are against the illegalization of steroids – because it prevents the flow of information as well as situations necessary for studies of both short and long term effects of steroids.
Found at:http://www.steroid-abuse.org/steroid-law-and-sports.htm
AFTER READING MY PAGE, I HOPE YOU WILL NEVER TRY/DO STEROIDS. IF YOU ARE DOING/TAKING STEROIDS I HOPE YOU WILL TRY TO STOP!! YOU WILL NOT BE THE FIRST PERSON TO DO DRUGS AND YOU WON'T BE THE LAST. PLEASE STOP NOW AND IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE STEROIDS YET, DON'T START DOING THEM. PEOPLE WILL TEMPT YOU TO DO STEROIDS BUT JUST SAY NO!! WRITE ON OUR BLOG IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS/COMMENTS ABOUT DRUG ABUSE. MAKE GOOD CHOICES AND DON'T GIVE UP IF YOU ARE DOING DRUGS. YOU CAN STOP!
-Macey
-Macey