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 The use of steroids in the sports world is not new in present times These anabolic/androgenic steroids as they are precisely called belong to a group known as ergogenic or performance-enhancing,’drugs which is why the are so widely used by athletes. The medical steroids are synthetic derivatives of testosterone, a natural male hormone, the testosterone and may have therapeutic value in some cases. Ideally the terms ‘Anabolic’ means ‘growing or building’ and ‘Androgenic’ means ‘masculinizing’.

Steroids have been around sports for many decades now. It was Dr. Ruzicka who invented steroids in the early 1930s for medical purposes particularly to fight conditions like cancer and AIDS. However they did not reach the sports industry until the late 1970s when athletes were tested positive for using these substances during the Olympics. With time, steroid abuse spread much beyond the Olympics in the 1970s and 1980s. It prominently came into light when in 1983, ten track and field athletes were disqualified from the Olympics for steroid abuse.[ “A survey in the 70s explains that five American universities showed that nearly fifteen percent of college athletes had been abused steroids for myriad purposes. By the time it was mid 1980’s, there were 20% of college athletes who were found abusing steroids. The percentages in the mid 1970’s however was much less with steroids abuse in Arizona high schools being just 1% over all and with 4% of athletes admitting steroid use then.”

 

"Steroids in Sports." Steroids in Sports. Web. 16 May 2012. <http://www.e-steroid.com/steroid-articles/steroids-in-sports.html>.