Thies+Steroids


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** Startling and informative opening ** Steroids have many serious side effects and some of them are capable in leading to disease or even death.

This topic is so important because not only is it cheating and illegal but in can lead to harmful diseases and death. So many people in sports but especially baseball are using steroids and some people say the game is being ruined. Records are being broken by steroid users such as Barry Bonds. They also lead to diseases such as gynecomastia, testicular atrophy, clitoral hypertrophy, and cardiovascular system disease and they can result in death in many ways.
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There are so many side effects and some are male, female, or adolescent specific. Everyone who takes them gets hairier but they lose hair on their heads. Steroids also give females male attributes and males female attributes. And adolescents’ growth can stop and they won’t reach their full height.
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Some people think that steroids just help you gain muscle. Those people would be wrong. Yes steroids help you gain muscle, but that’s not all they do. Most side effects are reversible once you stop using them but they can harm you permanently and they can cause diseases and possible death.
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People should care about this because so many people are taking steroids now and they could possibly be in your family. People die and get diseases that affect the rest of their life and nobody wants a loved one to die.
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**      Steroids may even be in some cases addicting. “It was almost like I was a heroin addict.” Chris says. “It got to the point where I needed the injection to feel good about myself.”
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