government

young boys on the juice

2010-01-24T16:35:00.000-08:00

24 anabolic steroids are being banned due to younger boys using them to improve there strength in baseball. it has been said that young men are abusing the steroid use and its been a problem ever since major legue players have been put on trial for the use. i think these young players are afiliating with steroids because since they are seeing that to be good in the league the would have to be as strong as there idols, and the only way that this would be possible is by using steroids. i think younger highschool players should also randomly tested. i am a ball player myself, and i will admit that steroids has crossed my mind many times cause of todays competition, but i never see myself comitting this.

government in a steroid tunnel

2010-01-24T15:34:00.000-08:00

It seems that steroid investigations matter more to the government than our current war in iraq. not to mention but sports are a multibillion dollar industry that brings in huge amounts of money every year. basically most of theses hearrings are to clear up anything that would make people stop following these sports, cause people wouldnt want to watch drug enhanced athletes. there was a point where baseball and steroids had gotten out of hand. While baseball hasn’t punished its steroid users for their past usage, they’ve laid down strict policies and set up random drug testing to prevent this from happening again. i really think that the government should focus more on the things that count in our country such as troops and our people.

the war on steroids

2010-01-24T15:13:00.000-08:00

people dont notice how much money the government is using to fight against steroids. the tax that people pay is being used to fight steroids. while congress focuses on the need to eliminate steroid use from baseball, law enforcement is struggling on byrne a drug task force which fights drugs not only in baseball, but on our streets and neighborhoods. basically the government is using the money we use to pay police officers that protect our streets to pay investigators of steroids. i honestly think this is extremely wrong, i rather have ball players who juice up then to have a criminal who is on drugs and is capable of many negative things.

illegalization of anabolic steroids

2010-01-24T14:03:00.000-08:00

Anabolic steroids became illegal in 1990. they were placed in the same class as narcotic pain killers and barbiturates, these drugs were defined as schedule ill subastances. if you were to be caught with anabolic steroids there would be prison time for up to a year and a fine of atleast $1000. and if you sell or intend to sell steroids you would face up to about five years in prison and parole time aswell. each state in america was able to set there own type of law towards anabolic substances, this made people think twice about using steroids because the law depended on the state.

The BALCO steroid scandal

2010-01-24T06:55:00.000-08:00

BALCO was basically a steroid cover up for when the players were tested. This was created and founded in 1984 by victor conte and his wife aubry. BALCO began as a vitaman shop called millbrae hollistic, only a year after opening his business Mr.conte closed it down and started BALCO a sport supplement company. Conte created this udetectable supplement so that players who needed to use enhancing drugs wouldnt be acused of using anabolic steroids. just like any other steroid balco too did have its side effects such as,increase of body hair growth, blood clots, weight gain, juandice, high blood pressure, shrinking of testicles and many other side effects which werre not good for the health. two baseball players; Barry Bonds and Jason Giambi were both afiliated with balco, and both were put on trial for the use of the supplement. victor conte did 4 months in prison for selling his illegal merchandise, he is now a free man and balco is pronounced extinct. victor conte is now running a company called "SNAC" (scientific nutrition for advanced conditioning), i am sure he will never mention BALCO to any sports again.

Caminiti killed by the Juice

2010-01-24T06:23:00.000-08:00

On october 11th 2004 ken caminiti was pronounced dead by the cause of a heart attack due to steroid use. Caminiti was an ex-mvp of the national league in 1996, and also he was a gold glove winner and was selected to play on the allstar team three times. in 2001 caminiti retired after playing 15 years of major league baseball, right there and then caminiti admited to using steroids after injuring his shoulder while playing with the San Diego Padres. caminiti was the latest baseball player to die due to steroid use. this forced Major League Baseball to stricken the drug testing policy. since caminiti there has not been a player who has past, but there still are players who still use anabolic steroids.

Idols in the Mitchell Report

2010-01-22T07:52:00.000-08:00

There were and are a few players in the mitchell report who younger baseball players looked up to as idols. players like jack cust who now owns a great youth baseball organization called Jack Cust baseball league. other players like jason giambi, eric gagne, and troy glaus who were also manyy youth players idols were also in the mitchell report. i honestly think that players being in the mitchell report shouldnt have been exposed the way they are now, because these player were basically a future projection of what us younger players look up to.

The George Mitchell report

2010-01-21T08:56:00.000-08:00

the mitchell report was basically the report the commissioner of major league baseball recieved. this was an independent investigation into the illegal use of steroids and other drugs by players in the MLB. this 409 page paper was given to bud selig the commisioner of baseball on december of 2007. this paper shows all of the history of players who used performance enhancing drugs,
also this report shows how the players who were in that report should be delt with. in the mitchell report there were 89 players who were accused of using performance enhancing drugs. this report was created by former United States Senetor George j. Mitchell. It took senetor mitchell about 21 months to investigate and create this report.

big mac admits to steroid use

2010-01-21T07:19:00.000-08:00

mark mcgwire adimited to steroid use, stating that almost for a decade he used it on and off. he also said that he was on it at time when he broke baseballs homerun record in 1998. mr. mcgwire now regrets the fact that he had used the steroids cause of all the problems it has brought him. the reason mcgwire admitted to using steroids was beacause he wanted to become the hitting coach of his former team the St louis Cardinals. mcgwire was the second baseball star who admitted to using steroids.

suspensions due to roid use.

2009-12-14T06:34:00.000-08:00

A major league steroid policy was created in 2002. and this policy stated that if the player tested positive for the use of anabolic steroids they will be put under a treatment. during this time there was not one player suspended. in 2005 there was a strickter policy due to steroid use which stated that the first positive test will result in a ten day suspension. the second one would result in a thirty day suspension, the third would be sixty days, the fourth would be a full year of active baseball gameplay, and the fifth would result at the discretion of the the commisioner of

Cheaters in the Hall Of Fame

2009-12-14T06:22:00.000-08:00

The Baseball Hall Of Fame was created to showcase the best and only the best. During these times in order to be the best you have to sometimes bend the rules, and it can be from corking your bat to juicing yourself with something. some people say that they think it is wrong and that these players should'nt be inducted in to the hall of fame for the reason being that they acutally cheated to make it there. players like sammy sosa, mark macguire, ty cobb, mike scott, ken hrbeck, pete rose and ect, these players are all marked as offenders of americas favorite game, and yet they still find a way to be the leaders of this proffesional sport.

Do you sware to tell the truth nothing but the truth so help you baseball?

2009-12-09T07:20:00.000-08:00

All of the players that were put on trial for steroid use were forced to swear unde oath, and yet they still denied the fact that they used steroids. Jose Canseco was one of the players which couldnt admit to using anabolic steroids till about 3 months of trial. this was in 2005 when he and a couple of other players had admitted to using anabolic steroids. there was even a book on him called "juiced" written by Jose canseco himself. this book spoke about his career and the time he had started to use anabolic steroids.

Bud Selig and big ol bonds

2009-12-07T17:48:00.000-08:00

bud selig's worst time while being commisioner of Major League baseball was when he found out the tie breaking homerun wasnt done only with Hall of famer barry bonds talent. barry bonds was one of the most concentrated steroid cases in baseball. mr. bud selig felt horrible during that time cause realized that his of his career.

The History of Anabolic Steroids

2009-11-25T06:20:00.000-08:00

In the 1930's the germans discovered a drug which they were not very interested in. about two decades later the germans came to see that it was a physical and mental enhancer. the germans tested the steroids on dogs and then on their nazi soldiers so they could smarter, stronger, and faster. steroid use was prohibited in the 1970's. the reason why steroids were prohibited was because there were emense cases of deaths due to anabolic steroids between athletes and american soldiers. i honestly think steroids should only be used if youre required to use it like for example a child with a sickness or even an adult.

Roids and government

2009-11-20T06:14:00.000-08:00

In 2004 the house reform government comittee had gotten involved with the prohabition of anabolic steroids.in 2005 there was a hearing which involed famous baseball players, sammy sosa, mark mcgwire, and jose cenceco, and also mlb comissioner bud selig due to the use of anabolic steroids which were illigal in the major leagues. this hearing went on for several months because the government was concerned of americas favorite game apparent failure to regulate the the use of performance enhancing drugs which are steroids. even the president of the united states George w. bush had to be involved. Since the congress leaders did not feel that baseball players and executives could not be trusted in order to solve that issue on their own, they demanded stricter testing policies and punnishments to be active immediately.

How has steroids affected youth ballplayers?

2009-11-12T06:28:00.000-08:00

Well there has been many cases of youth players using steroids, many of which we do know of and many of which we dont know of. i honestly think that mlb players have alot to do with the blame of why the youth uses steroids such as pony league players, high school players and, many college players. the reason i think the younger baseball generation uses steroids is because they think they have alot to prove to the major league scouts which expect them to be able to play at the major league level, and to compete against those players who are secretly on steroids. I personally think that steroid use is getting worst by the years because the competition in baseball is now getting harder, due to the use of steroids although there are many players who do not believe in steroids and are aginst it because it takes opportunies away from others. I honestly think that the youth ballplayers should also be tested for steroid use.

what are the causes and effects of baseball players using steroids?

2009-10-28T06:28:00.000-07:00

well the effects of ballplayers using steroids are that many of them do become stronger, faster, and even their reaction becomes quicker, but in the longrun when they decide to stop using stertoids it usually harms them. It can even lead up to being diagnosed with a various amounts of types of cancers. the different types of cancers that you can inherrit from steroid use can be liver cancer, breast cancer.

Americas game on roids

2009-09-29T06:34:00.000-07:00

Steroids has had alot of effect on baseball and many other sports. many proffesional athelets have been suspended or even banned from their sport because of steroid use. now in many sport organazations there are random steroid test which has led sports to not seem the same anymore because of what people findout about thier idols. the reason i am interested in steroid use is beacuse i am an athlete myself, i play baseball to be exact which is the sport that has the most steroid cases.