debate. Performance-enhancing drugs are substances which are used to stimulate certain

areas of the body to make an athlete excel in a certain event. The most common form of

performance-enhancing drugs are called steroids. According to Hank Nuwer in his book

Steroids, steroids are "...compounds that are necessary for the well-being of many living

creatures, including human beings. These include sex hormones, bile acids, and

cholesterol" (15). Steroids are used in the medical field to treat many ailments, and this

use is not the use which is currently under controversy. The medical reasons are to treat

anemia, burns, asthma, anorexia, intestinal disorders, and much more (Nuwer 15). These

types of steroids are called cortical steroids.

But the other use of steroids and performance-enhancing drugs is that they are

used by athletes who wish to gain an unfair advantage over their competitors, or use them

to keep up with the competition since so many athletes are using these types of drugs.

These drugs are taken in a variety of ways. The two most common ways are to be taken

orally in pill form, or injected into the

How do teenagers find out about steroids and performance-enhancing drugs?

is fine as long as you can get away with it.

looks or athletic performances" (61). Unfortunately, this number has been growing every

governing body) only conducts unannounced drug tests on athletes in the top 25, and

recommended doses that would be prescribed by a doctor. They feel that the more pills or

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