eroids. The athletes had enormous strength gains from this new drug. Dr. Z. wanted to help his country keep up with the Russian competition so when he came home he started prescribing them for his weight lifting friends. The most popular steroid formed under his company is called Dianabol, which still exists today. In time the doctor realized the incredible harm that steroids caused and turned against them. Right before he died in 1984 "he said he wished he had never heard of steroids {Dolan, 1986}"{7}. Of course steroids aren't the only performance enhancing drugs. Amphetamines are another popular performance enhancing drug. The popularity of amphetamines in sports is because of the drugs ability to give the body an enormous sense of energy. Just like steroids, amphetamines are widely abused. In "1970 [the] U.S. government passed strict laws against amphetamine abuse {Dolan, 1986}"{8}. These listed are just a few of the many abused drugs being used in athletics. All in all, use by athletes is getting out of hand.
             Even after all the research, which concludes that steroids
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