When you think of drugs most people think of cocaine, and marijuana. Most people don’t think of steroids, that’s because so many people underestimate the horrible affects steroids can do. Just like any other drug steroids can be deadly. Most people take steroids because they feel the need to have a competitive edge over another teammate in sports. Sports are getting so competitive these days that some people will do what ever they can to get ahead of everyone else. Most people who take steroids don’t realize the harm they are doing to themselves. Most men don’t realize that when taking steroids you start so have side affects that most women have. You start to form breast and get a high voice, and it’s the opposite for women. People that work with stopping drugs need to crack down on steroids because it’s getting more and more common. The number of kids who are taking it is getting higher and higher because about 3.6% of all men on 12th grade have taken steroids once in their lives. What’s hard for kids these days is that some athletes that are role models are taking steroids. I don’t feel that steroids are being carefully looked at. I feel like people such as teachers need to inform their students about steroids because every year competition in sports is getting higher and higher. One thing that is happening to try and stop steroids is that the government and sports commissioners are putting higher consequences on taking steroids. Overall I think that steroids are a big problem because teachers don’t inform kids about steroids compared to other drugs so kids don’t know what can happen if you take the toxic drug.
One thing I learned is all the side affects that can happen while taking steroids, both mental and physical. I was surprised to read that the side affects for women where the exact opposite of what they were for men. Men grow breast tissue, women lose it, men get higher voices, and women get deeper voices. But that’s not is, both men and women start to form problems with their genital parts. Acne forms and loss of hair also happens. Those are some horrible physical traits that can happen but some emotional problems include “roid rage,” severe mood swings, depression, panic attacks, all people that steroids get angry. Overall steroids are not worth taking.
Another thing I learned is how many different kinds of steroids there are in the world. There are over 400 different kinds of steroids and they are all competing against the others, even though the most common one is anabolic steroid which helps you grow muscle mass. I was very surprised I read that there were over 400 steroids especially when they are all doing the same thing, and most of them are smuggled from other countries.
I also learned how steroids can be taken. There are two different ways that someone can take steroids either orally through the mouth using pills or using needles which can cause HIV. While reading stories from all different steroid users I learned that when people take steroids with needles they become so sore and don’t even want to move.
I learned what exactly steroids are, a supplement to enhance skeletal bone mass. I learned that not all steroids are legal. Some are used for medical reasons, and others you can buy at U.S. pharmacies because are called dietary supplements although they aren’t even close to being food.
Another thing I learned is the history and the background from where the steroids came from. It all started in the 1930’s to help men who had problems with their hormone. Eventually people started to discover the side affects and what it can do to the body. By the time the 50’s came around many U.S. and Russian men were using steroids to give themselves the edge over all the other men. Steroids where never a big problem until now when competition in sports has risen very high. And steady rates of teenagers who use steroids are increasing little by little yearly.
Now that I know all the information that I know I will now be able to help myself and others from experimenting with steroids. If anyone ever talks about steroids and how their thinking about doing them I can tell them what I know suck as all the side affects, and I can also tell them stories that I have read about kids who have a future in sports and they end up dieing. I have great knowledge about steroids so now if anyone try’s to get fancy with their vocabulary thinking that I will not now what their talking about, I will now. I know what it can do physically and emotionally to yourself and others.
