Steriods

My reaction to the You-Tube video was kind of what i had expected. The only exception to this was that the video talked about the good in steriods rather thatn 90% of the other stories you hear talking about the harmful side of them. I was not as shocked or surprised at the video because have been hearing about steriods for a long time now. Being an athlete, I was constantly reminded about the side effects...good and bad, since about the age of 15. My parents and coaches all shared thier opinions on that subject matter. To the completely obvlivious, I think the video failed to talk about the side effects of steriods, but I also believe that the producers thought most people have at lesat heard what steriods can do to a person. I think the fallacies this video produces is one that says steriods are completely harmless and are more harmless than harmful. the problem with that, is that the people being interviewed are educated geniuses on this certain topic and all of them know how to use them the proper way. As far as being able to use steriods responsibly, I think you can use anything in a responsible manner, so yes, they can be used in a right way. I myself don't trust or think they are worth my time. Even if they were legal in sports, i still am not sure if i would venture down that road. Its almost like cheating your true self out of what your'e capable of.
Some people say that steriods constitutes cheating and some say that they are perfectly fine. But if you look at who is saying what, the bodybuilders and professional weightlifters are the ones that say they are perfectly fine. this is because there is no risk of losing out on something for them. Professional athletes on the other hand, know what the consequesnces of taking steriods or any other performance enhancing drug are. Knowingly still taking them is incompetant and shameful, especially when others are not taking them and still competing with the users. Partaking in any organized sports and any age is wrong and is, in my mind cheating. I think highschoolers should ahve to take random drug tests just liike NCAA students do. If a highschool athlete is taking these drugs and seeing that they cannot use them in college, it will only slow the athlete down when he/she gets to university. They cannot take the risk and use steriods for fear of losing scholarship money. That means when they get to college, they will either get blown away by the other athletes, or completely fail at the expectations that were suppose to be met.