As I was writing this paper I asked few people their thoughts on the subject. Most people agreed with the fact that steroids should be completely illegal in sporting events and people should have to rely on talent and hard work. One person said that they should legalize the steroids for everyone that way it would “even the playing field” SITE. Personally I can partially see where they can come up with the fact that it makes things even but if no one uses steroids it also makes it even. Also putting the aside that it would even out the playing field it can have horrible short and long term side effects on the body, making it legal could encourage people to try it and then damage their bodies.
Throughout my research I found some pros and cons to using steroids. A lot of the pro research I found wasn’t very fact based. As I was asking starting to outline my paper I was asking others thoughts on steroid use. One person (who wishes to have their name kept out of the paper) said that “Using steroids doesn’t mean you’re taking a short cut.” I found a study that did a ten week trial with four groups: one that didn’t take steroids or exercise, one