Steroid Use

Anabolic Steroids in Today’s World
Mike Tkachuk

ENG-3U1
Mrs. Di Carlo
St. Paul Secondary School
Saturday, February 6, 2010



Mike Tkachuk
Mrs. Di Carlo
ENG-3U1
6 February 2010
Anabolic Steroid in Today World
Anabolic Steroids are and always have been used since making its way into civilization.   Anabolic Steroids are man-made substances related to male sex hormones. Steroids are usually used by athletes to increase muscle and lower body fat. Steroid use is decreasing unknowingly because of the mass advertising of its use, lower testing in the past, and increased laws against steroid use.
Anabolic steroids have become one of the most talk about drug related substance. The topic is widely talked about and is an extremely reported topic through the media. Hundreds of movies, news reports, and magazine articles have been released into the public to show the dangers of steroid use. The extremely popular tragedy of Chris Benoit killing his wife and son before hanging himself was reported on every news channel and made the first page of newspapers for the first couple of months.   Headlines read “STEROID USE”, and were yelled through the public not only nationally but internationally, although proven to have occurred due to head trauma through his dangerous career as an entertainment wrestler.   Many believe that steroid use is increasing, forgetting the story of Johnson-Lewis II whose 100 meter running record was removed because of the use of steroids.   Steroids have always been use just have not always been so media related widely known of.


Mike Tkachuk
Mrs. Di Carlo
ENG-3U1
6 February 2010
Anabolic Steroid in Today World
Steroid testing has greatly increased, ever since the widely spread rave of Steroid Use in the late 80’s and early 90’s.   Steroid testing has become not only a requirement but a line of work. New unknown steroids are being produced at all times and have to be discovered before spreading through the athletes....