Identity of a Steroid User

      Steroids in sports is not a story that people are just hearing about.  Steroids have been around for many years now and it seems to be that they are most often abused in the sporting world.  What exactly are steroids?  Well...steroids are: "any of a large group of fat-soluble organic compounds, asthe sterols,  bile acids, and sex hormones, most of which have specific physiological action." http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/steroid
    This illegal substance was not at first illegal upon discovery.  It was in 1930 that Dr. Ruzicka created this drug to fight conditions such as cancer and AIDS.  The first positive testing for these drugs were in the Olympics where athletes were testing positive for a cancer fighting substance in their blood stream. The drugs can be taken through pill form and even injection. Steroids in Sports has a lot of information that will allow anyone who wishes to look further into this subject.

Many famous sports icons such as; David Ortiz, A-Rod, Barry Bonds, Miguel Tejeda, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Roger Clemens, Mark McGwire, and Chris Benoit.  If you were unaware after reading these names, 6 of these men are baseball players who got caught for abusing these illegal drugs to enhance their athletic performance These athletes are listed in this link as athletes who have been caught or suspended by the MLB.  In the case of steroids, they cause a human to become "unnatural".  The cells that are built up in their bodies are being compounded with many different hormones that flow through their blood stream.

   In some cases, Olympic athletes are caught using steroids.  Even though the athletes are tested before competition, in the case of a Belarus Shot Putter in this years 2012 London Olympics, Nadzeya Ostapchuck was stripped of her gold medal for testing positive after her event was already finished.  She tested positive for steroids after her competition which allowed for Valerie Adamsof New Zealand to become the Olympic Champion for the second year in a row. 
  What would ever cause an athlete to use steroids?  Is it the excitement of knowing your personal performance will increase? Or maybe the fact that most athletes feel it is impossible to get caught?  Whatever the reasoning might be, it is only a matter of time until each user gets caught.  These athletes may set records, win gold medals, become the best in their sport, but at the end of the day they will be a steroid user who could not do it on their own. 

-Kyle Jackson