Anabolic steroids drugs and society

ANABOLIC STEROIDS

JOSHUA PONCE DE LEON10/25/2016

WHAT ARE ANABOLIC STEROIDS?

• THERE ARE MANY KINDS OF STEROIDS, INCLUDING SOME THAT ARE NOT SPORT RELATED

• SPECIFICALLY ANABOLIC STEROIDS ARE MADE OF SYNTHETIC TESTOSTERONE THAT CAN BE TAKEN ORALLY OR INJECTED

• THERE ARE CURRENTLY 32 COMMON ANABOLIC STEROIDS, THESE CAN BE USED MEDICALLY FOR THERAPEUTIC PURPOSES OR FOR PERFORMANCE

WHAT ARE ANABOLIC STEROIDS?

• ANABOLICS ARE ILLEGAL WITHOUT A DOCTORS PRESCRIPTION

• MEDICAL STEROIDS ARE USED TO TREAT CERTAIN KINDS OF ANEMIA AND MEN WHO DO NOT PRODUCE ENOUGH TESTOSTERONE

• THEY ARE ILLEGAL RECREATIONALLY AND CONSIDERED A CLASS III DRUG

WHAT ARE ANABOLIC STEROIDS?

• SCHEDULE III/IIIN CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES (3/3N)

• SUBSTANCES IN THIS SCHEDULE HAVE A POTENTIAL FOR ABUSE LESS THAN SUBSTANCES IN SCHEDULES I OR II AND ABUSE MAY LEAD TO MODERATE OR LOW PHYSICAL DEPENDENCE OR HIGH PSYCHOLOGICAL DEPENDENCE.

• EXAMPLES OF SCHEDULE IIIN NON-NARCOTICS INCLUDE: BENZPHETAMINE (DIDREX®), PHENDIMETRAZINE, KETAMINE, AND ANABOLIC STEROIDS SUCH AS DEPO®-TESTOSTERONE.

• HTTPS://WWW.DEADIVERSION.USDOJ.GOV/SCHEDULES/INDEX.HTML

WHAT ARE ANABOLIC STEROIDS?

• THESE ARE SOME SLANG TERMS FOR ANABOLIC STEROIDS :• ROIDS GEAR A’S• JUICE STACKERS AAS• HYPE TRAINERS• PUMPERS ARNOLDS• GYM CANDYBALLS AND BULLS

HOW ARE THEY MADE?

• THEY ARE MADE IN LABS TO CREATE A SYNTHETIC TESTOSTERONE EITHER IN A PILL OR LIQUID

• THEY CAN BE MADE PROFESSIONALLY FOR MEDICAL USE OR IN UNDERGROUND LABS AND SOLD ON THE BLACK-MARKET

• PRICE CAN RANGE FOR A 10-WEEK CYCLE FROM 500-1200$

HOW ARE THEY TAKEN?

• THEY CAN BE TAKEN ORALLY OR INJECTED, DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF STEROID.

• TO IMPROVE EFFECTIVENESS USERS WILL “STACK”MULTIPLE TYPES OF STEROIDS IN A “CYCLE”

• TO STACK IS TO TAKE MULTIPLE TYPES AT ONCE• TO CYCLE IS TO STOP TAKING STEROIDS FOR A PERIOD OF TIME TO

GIVE YOUR BODY A BREAK

WHAT DO THEY DO?

• ANABOLIC STEROIDS HAVE THE MUSCLE BUILDING POTENTIAL THAT NO OTHER DRUG HAS, WITH ITS CONSEQUENCES

• THESE DRUGS CAN REPAIR YOUR MUSCLES MUCH FASTER THAN NORMAL, THIS MEANS AN ATHLETE CAN PUSH THEIR BODIES HARDER AND FASTER THAN A NON STEROID USING ATHLETE

• USING STEROIDS CAN IMPROVE MUSCLE MASS AND STRENGTH TO LEVELS THAT A PERSONS GENES COULD NOT GET THEM NORMALLY

WHAT DO THEY DO?

WHAT DO THEY DO?

• SOME SIDE EFFECTS OF STEROIDS ARE DANGEROUS AND CAN CAUSE PERMANENT DAMAGE

• THESE INCLUDE :• LIVER DAMAGE SHRINKAGE OF TESTIS• HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE SEVERE ACNE ON FACE AND BACK• ACHING JOINTS INCREASED RISK OF TENDON INJURY• HEART DISEASE

WHAT DO THEY DO?

• THOSE SIDE AFFECTS ARE FROM THE INCREASED AMOUNTS OF SYNTHETIC TESTOSTERONE IN THE BODY

• BOTH MEN AND WOMEN SHARE THESE CONSEQUENCES, WOMEN WILL ALSO GROW FACIAL AND BODY HAIR

WHO TAKES STEROIDS?

• OBVIOUSLY ATHLETES ARE DRAWN TO THESE DRUGS, MOST NOTICEABLY BODYBUILDERS AND PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES

• BUT HIGH SCHOOLS STUDENTS AND NON COMPETITION RECREATIONAL USE IS ALSO VERY COMMON

WHO TAKES STEROIDS?

• THIS IS A QUOTE FROM NATIONAL DRUG INTELLIGENCE CENTER STATING : • “DRUG PREVALENCE DATA SHOW AN OVERALL INCREASE IN

RATES OF PAST YEAR USE FOR STEROIDS AMONG EIGHTH, TENTH, AND TWELFTH GRADERS SINCE THE MID-1990S. HOWEVER, RATES OF USE APPEAR TO HAVE PEAKED AND MAY NOW BE DECLINING”

• HTTPS://WWW.JUSTICE.GOV/ARCHIVE/NDIC/PUBS11/12620/STEROIDS.HTM

WHO TAKES STEROIDS?

FAMOUS USERS• ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER• FLOYD LANDIS• ROGER CLEMENS• MARK MCGWIRE• CHRIS BENOIT• ALEX RODRIGUEZ• BARRY BONDS

PERSONAL INTERACTION

• I HAVE KNOWN A FEW PEOPLE PERSONALLY WHO HAVE TAKEN STEROIDS. • THEY NEVER HAD ANY REAL ISSUES, THEY ALL SAID IF YOU TAKE THEM

“CORRECTLY” THEN YOU SHOULD BE FINE. YOU JUST NEEDED TO GIVE YOUR BODY A REST IN BETWEEN CYCLES. MANY PEOPLE WHO DON’T GET THE SERIOUS HEALTH ISSUES.

• SO IF THIS IS TRUE, SHOULD WE LET PEOPLE TAKE STEROIDS RECREATIONALLY?

• THIS WOULD BE SAFER FOR THEM, AND WOULD CREATE REVENUE FOR THE GOV.

PERSONAL INTERACTION

• I DO NOT BELIEVE STEROIDS ARE GOING AWAY ANY TIME SOON.• THE ABILITY TO GET AHEAD ABOVE EVERYONE ELSE IS A GREAT TEMPTATION

• IS THERE A WAY TO CUT ALL STEROIDS FROM SPORTS?• WE TEST BUT NEW STEROIDS ARE MADE ALL THE TIME AND ARE

UNDETECTABLE IF NOT CAUGHT SOON ENOUGH.