1. From the video, Truth about Steroids, it is clear that steroids can be used by grown men with great effect on their body and how they view themselves. I personally am against the use of steroids and what they promote. I see them as a way of cheating yourself and the people round you. Whether they can be taken responsibly is down to the person taking them, generally the men taking these drugs are obsessed with their physique and will do anything to be bigger faster and stronger. If they begin to abuse steroids and take them in obscene amount then they will start to have health problems. Like any drugs if you abuse them they will damage and hurt you eventually. But what is abusing steroids? Some argue just taking them is abusing steroids, clearly from this video that may not be true but is it worth taking the risk? Yes it may be fine for a lot of people but there will always be people it does affect and cause harm to. It also sends out a horrible message to children growing up, that when they grow up it is perfectly fine to take steroids. You can make cases for drugs like cannabis and marijuana to be good when they are used to aid pain or for medical reasons but most people see them as illegal and bad. This should be the same with steroids, in certain cases the case can be made that they are needed medically but if not they should be viewed like other drugs; illegal and not worth the risk
2. The Texas State Senate Bill 8 shows how bad the situation has got with high school children now using steroids in school sports. The video stated how steroids could be fine for the fully grown man but these are school children! How are they even getting their hands on these products? I believe that the children taking these drugs come from 2 areas; pressure from parents or coaches, or the negative view professional sport has given them. What these kids don't realise is how much they are cheating themselves as much as anyone else. It will eventually become a burden on what they achieve. Will there still be the same sense of achievement or will they view the drugs as the reason they succeed? We are currently in a time where drug scandals are prominent in professional sports. Rarely do you even see remorse from the athlete who has taken drugs and been caught. Sport should be based on integrity and trust, but abuse of drugs by sportsman in sports such as baseball and track and field has caused people to loose that trust. Professional sport should be; elite athletes who have trained hard competing against each other on a level playing field completely free from steroids. If you're not good enough, don't seek steroids for that extra improvement, find something that you are better at. It really saddens me that this is such a huge topic in sport and in society. The world would be a better place without steroids in sport and in life.
2. The Texas State Senate Bill 8 shows how bad the situation has got with high school children now using steroids in school sports. The video stated how steroids could be fine for the fully grown man but these are school children! How are they even getting their hands on these products? I believe that the children taking these drugs come from 2 areas; pressure from parents or coaches, or the negative view professional sport has given them. What these kids don't realise is how much they are cheating themselves as much as anyone else. It will eventually become a burden on what they achieve. Will there still be the same sense of achievement or will they view the drugs as the reason they succeed? We are currently in a time where drug scandals are prominent in professional sports. Rarely do you even see remorse from the athlete who has taken drugs and been caught. Sport should be based on integrity and trust, but abuse of drugs by sportsman in sports such as baseball and track and field has caused people to loose that trust. Professional sport should be; elite athletes who have trained hard competing against each other on a level playing field completely free from steroids. If you're not good enough, don't seek steroids for that extra improvement, find something that you are better at. It really saddens me that this is such a huge topic in sport and in society. The world would be a better place without steroids in sport and in life.
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