ook great. “Steroids: Hercules in a bottle” (Nardo 17). This is the best explanation about why people use steroids. It is the quick and easy way for muscular gain. Not many people can handle the natural way to work out. They want to have noticeable results over night. Doctor Lawrence Clayton states, “it might take a teenage boy a year of intensive weight lifting to add thirty pounds of muscle to his body. Anabolic steroids, taken in huge amounts can do it in twelve weeks” (23). Kenneth T. Walsh interviewed Arnold Schwarzenegger, and in his interview, he received Arnold’s reasoning for why people used steroids. “We want to get strong and be competitive the fastest way” (63). Many people just want to be big and beautiful without the hassle of working out. A chart from the Journal of the American Medical Association showed why high school students begin to use steroids. Twenty-eight percent of students using steroids began using them to look better. As teenagers begin weight training, they can easily be convinced to try steroids. Many body builders use the drug to build muscle size and increase strength. The drug for this is called Dianabol. By seeing the physical effect steroids have on the body, teenagers become curious. Also, with the different types of steroids around, these high school students can choose the physical appearance that they want. They could use Maxibloin to make muscles appear hard, or they could use Primobolin to add definition. The gym has a great influence on a person to try steroids. “One joke making the rounds of gyms is that steroid users don’t care if they die so long as they look good in the coffin” (Nuwer 72). This statement shows that people know what steroids are capable of doing to them, and they just don’t care.The Journal of American Medical Association also shows that forty-eight percent of high school students begin usi...
