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This 7 page paper argues that the use of performance-enhancing drugs is dangerous and that the drugs should not be used; further it explores government efforts to curb their use. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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routine and of no real consequence. This paper argues that such use is dangerous and that the drugs should not be used; further it explores government efforts to curb
their use. Prevalence of Use As noted, the use of these drugs is extremely wide-spread, but just how prevalent is it? The answer is disturbing: "Approximately
1-3 million people in the United States have used anabolic steroids ... with usage rates as high as 12% among young men and 2% among young women" (Ormsbee and Vukovich,
2005, p. 60). Users include professional athletes, Olympians, and teens who play high-school sports; the mean age at which they begin using these drugs is 14 (Ormsbee and Vukovich,
2005). Studies have found that many, if not most, of these users "refuse to believe that the drugs are a great risk to their health"; a study done in
2004 found that "56% of users never discussed their steroid use with a medical professional" (Ormsbee and Vukovich, 2005, p. 60). Steroid use is increasing among nonathletes as well, especially
men who use the drugs for bodybuilding (Ormsbee and Vukovich, 2005). Their search for the "ideal" male body type, which they tend to define as lean and muscular, with
a "six pack" of rippling abs, has led to "a new body image known as muscle dysmorphia, or reverse anorexia, a condition in which males never feel big enough" (Ormsbee
and Vukovich, 2005, p. 60). Even older adults are using these drugs in an attempt "to fight off the effects of aging" (Ormsbee and Vukovich, 2005, p. 60). It
might be useful to define exactly what drugs were discussing, so heres a list of what "performance-enhancing substances" are, and what they do. They include "pharmacologic agents (prescription or
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