"I just wanted to boost my performance." These are the words spoken by numerous athletes who have been captured using steroids. The continuous stress and pressure on athletes to perform well has caused some to breakdown and take steroids as an easy way to bulk up. Steroids amongst athletes are not the only problem. Other reasons for taking steroids may be to heal injury, improve appearance, or for various social factors. High School is definitely …
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…Harvard researchers, is wide mood swings ranging from periods of violent, even homicidal episodes known as road rages, to bouts of depression when the drugs are stopped. The Harvard study also noted that anabolic steroid users might suffer from paranoid jealousy, extreme irritability, delusions, and impaired judgment from feelings of invincibility. After reading the facts, one must wonder, why would people want to do this to themselves, especially when the negatives clearly outweigh the positives?