iesby using steroids. Nevertheless, many factors can lead young athletes to turntowards steroids.Ever since I was young I have been involved in sports. It has alwaysbeen a dream of mine to play college football or baseball at a prestigiousschool, and then maybe go to the big leagues. As the years have passed mydream has gotten closer and closer to reality. I am now attending school on afootball scholarship. Along the way though I have felt many pressures fromfamily, friends, coaches, and mainly my self. All them want to succeed. Because of these tremendous pressures I personally have been tempted to usedrugs to enhance my athletic abilities. I have seen many of my teammates usethem with no problems. Due to the fact that members of my team have usedthem, I also have easy access in attaining them. I have been offered a freeamount several times just to try them. Thankfully, I have refrained from usingsteroids. I have chosen other safer alternatives, but it may be harder to getthe results I need. I have decided to use dietary supplements to increase myprotein and nutrient intake. I have found that there are many stores aroundwhere one can get good nutritional supplements to help themselves gain weightand strength. I glad that technology has provided some decent alternative tosteroids, because they are a very tempting to young athletes like myself."Since the 1950s, anabolic steroid use in order to increase musculardevelopment and to improve strength and endurance has spread rapidly amongboth male and female amateur and professional athletes"(Compton's OnlineEncyclopedia). This trend will continue to spread unless we address to sourceof the problem, rather than the athlete. The makers and distributors of theseharmful and illegal substances must be caught and then penalized. It isimportant that we do something about this problem because many people willtake these steroids without understanding the damages that they can cause to...
