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Many people have had their lives ruined by the use of illegal steroids, yet



the desired effects are so overwhelming that people tend to overlook the



consequences. Steroid users believe taking anabolic steroids will enhance their



performance, strength, size,etc. They regard the use of them as legitimate as any



other aspect of training.



     To begin with, the term "anabolic " means "to build tissue," therefore



anabolic steroids tend to increase constructive metabolic pathways within the



body. Also, anabolic steroids are synthetic derivatives of the natural male



sex hormone, testosterone.



     Testosterone was the first steroid developed, a natural occuring hormone in



many plants and animals. The first clinical use of testosterone occured in 1958



when physicians injected it into underweight and ill patients to simualte weight



gain. The first reported use of steroids in a non-medical setting occured during



World War II. Steroids were adminstered by Nazi doctors into German soldiers to



enhance their aggressiveness. The Soviet Union noted the Nazis' use of the drug



and recognized that enhanced aggressiveness, increasing in strength, and size



could be desirable in athletic competition. The Soviets experimented with steroids



in the early 1950's and it is believed that they were used in the 1952 Olympic



games.



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