| Steroids are extensively used by bodybuilders, athletes | | | | developed around the 1930s to treat hormone |
| and models. The use of steroids has been detected | | | | imbalances. Anabolic steroids, the most commonly |
| in numerous places including High School sports, | | | | known ones, were developed for muscle and bone |
| baseball, football, and, most notably, in the Olympics. | | | | growth. But as modernization of these substances |
| These steroids are basically hormone drugs. The form | | | | took place, scientists confirmed that these steroids had |
| of steroids used in sports is anabolic steroids which | | | | the power to explode muscle growth and enhance |
| are derived from testosterone. Recent research has | | | | one's performance in extremely short periods of time. |
| revealed that a major portion of NFL superstars have | | | | This made many bodybuilders, athletes, models etc. |
| been using anabolic steroids. This contradicts popular | | | | turn to steroids to give them the edge they needed |
| opinion that the NFL is drug-free but shocking as it is, it | | | | over their competition. Suddenly anabolic steroids were |
| is true. | | | | everywhere from basketball, cricket, football, baseball |
| Baseball is no exception when it comes to steroids. | | | | and even the great Olympics. Since the famous |
| The first discovery of steroids in baseball was the | | | | discovery of steroid usage in the 1954 Olympics, |
| publicized Mark McGuire incident when he was found | | | | athletes from almost all sport bodies have clung on to |
| guilty of possessing Adrostendione in his locker. Due to | | | | this trend. |
| extensive press coverage of the incident, the baseball | | | | Baseball, the US national sport, wasn't far behind in the |
| major league committee brought in the anti-drug policy. | | | | steroid game. Mark McGwire, the famous baseball |
| Notably, this was the last American organization to do | | | | superstar was first found guilty of ingesting |
| so. However, athletes still continue to use various | | | | Androstenedione, an anabolic steroid that converts |
| disguised or "stealth" drugs which can easily bypass | | | | itself to testosterone once digested. It was later |
| doping tests. This was discovered when the home-run | | | | confirmed that this steroid was the primary reason for |
| rate soared unbelievably through the following years. | | | | him scoring an acclaimed home-run before his |
| Evidently, many other baseball players had followed in | | | | retirement. Instantly, many other professional baseball |
| the footsteps of McGuire. | | | | superstars began using steroids and the major league |
| In 2003, Jason Giambi was found guilty of using | | | | committee was forced to ban their use. |
| "stealth" steroids, namely the Cream. Another player | | | | However, most players continued to use "stealth" |
| Barry Bonds, consumed a clever mixture of the | | | | drugs that helped them use steroids without being |
| Cream, the Clear and a number of other drugs in | | | | detected in doping tests. The most controversial of |
| specific stacks so that the steroids in his blood would | | | | these "stealth" incidents happened in 2003 when Jason |
| not be detected. | | | | Giambi and Barry Bonds were caught using the |
| Unfortunately, steroids are NOT supplements as many | | | | Cream and the Clear, two of the world's most |
| people think. They are drugs and they pose a whole | | | | disguised steroids. Bonds was found using the steroids |
| boatload of threats in the form of side effects. Most | | | | in a stack with many other fertility drugs to bypass |
| athletes are either unaware of these effects or are | | | | doping tests. |
| too obsessed with their careers that they hardly ever | | | | For decades, researchers have stressed the fact that |
| think of the consequences. This has led to the ban of | | | | overdose of steroids could lead to severe side |
| steroid usage in many sports organizations. Also, many | | | | effects. This came true with Steve Bechler, who died |
| nations including the US have made severe laws to | | | | on the field. Though the cause was initially unknown, |
| control the trafficking of these substances. | | | | research revealed that it was the result of a steroid |
| Steroids in baseball | | | | overdose. |
| Steroids are synthetic hormones which were first | | | | |
