Anabolic and androgenic steroids like all drugs, have both positive and negative effects on the user that vary from person to person. Steroid hormones are a class of hormones whose chemical structure (four fused carbon rings with various functional groups) resembles cholesterol; steroids which are lipids, are secreted by the ovaries and placenta, the testes, and the adrenal cortex (Audesirk G-23). Generally when you hear the word 'steroid' the first thing that comes to mind is usually an extremely muscular athlete like a wrestler or a pro football player. What you do not think of is the chronically ill person, whom without the use of a drug that promotes lean body mass, would become literally just skin and bones.
             Many people today use steroids without any need to, except for the fact that they want to become muscular, get strong, and/or to get into good shape. What they do not realize is that steroids are not a magic pill or a panacea. Without proper training, rest, and protein, minimal if any results will occur. These same people that feel steroids act as a 'magic pill' usually have no knowledge of the effects of steroids on the human body, and if they choose to use them, do so recklessly and become yet another one of the many negative steroid headlines in the news. Without the proper guidance or a prescription from a doctor, and if the individual (man or woman) has not done the proper research on what they are using places their health at a great risk. The fact is that the largest users of steroids are high school and college students, both those who are trying to enhance their ability on the athletic
             field or simply to better their appearance. A recent study by The American College for Sports Medicine shows that 5% of male college freshmen have used steroids at least once in their lives. Below is some of the information that must be read in order to assess for yourself whether steroids are worth use in...