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As the human race has progressed, so have the methods in which we modify ourselves. The alterations of the human body have tremendously increased with the generations, due to the craving to quench every futile desire. The Societies in which we live have instilled powerful, but passive templates through media on how we should experiment and who we should be. We are promoted to idolize the faces of movie stars, the clothes of celebrities, and most of all the bodies of athletes. Due to the inevitability of human desires to achieve these goals, we will use any tool we can to ascertain them. One of the most drastic tools for change in the history of the Human Experiment is the anabolic steroid.
Steroids are drugs that can be legally prescribed to people for hormone deficiency and to solve problems associated with puberty. Where the epidemic is created however, is when these drugs are used with out a prescription illegally. With the increase in hormones unnecessarily, the user can have spikes in aggression, chemical imbalances leading to damage to the liver, and the reproductive systems. Some users have been recorded to have such severe mood swings that it lead to suicide. Many Cases of cancer, sleep apnea, dysfunctional thyroid glands, and drug abuse from counteracting the drug have been reported in direct relation to anabolic steroids. (vhttp://www.sportsci.org/encyc/anabstereff/anabstereff.html)
Now why would anyone use these dangerous drugs? Steroids are used because they show quick results for those who demand their ideal outward appearance or athletic ability. Illegal steroid users are the humans who aren’t afraid to enter the laboratory of change, no matter how dangerous it may be. Steroid use is a topic often treated as insignificant, but in 2005 alone, 660,000 students (14 to 17 years of age) admitted to steroid use and those numbers only include the use being reported! (http://www.steroidabuse.com/steroid-statistics.html) Most users of steroids never report that they use them so many of the statistics display much less use than is actually occurring. Although most of us think that epidemic of steroids is non-existent, many men and women begin to suffer from the influences of society and develop personality disorders like muscle dysmorphia. This is a disorder that is the opposite of anorexia and makes the person believe that they are never muscular enough no matter how much they workout. (http://www.askmen.com/sports/bodybuilding/56_fitness_tip.html) The awareness of this syndrome by name isn’t widely known, but even you may know some of these people. The friends who are constantly flexing, looking in the mirror but become depressed and complain that they are too small and need to bulk up. Victims of this syndrome feel real anxiety when they are away from the gym. Those who have this syndrome and others like it share the characteristics of someone who will result to steroid use. With advertisements everywhere showing what we should look like and what bodies we must have, many of us crack under all of the pressure and become societies’ lab rats.
In the world of human alteration, steroids have destroyed the lives of many people and have become prevalent and easily accessible. There is little surprise and lack of concern when people begin to undergo steroid experimentation with themselves in today’s manipulative society. Societies “lab rats” begin dedicating every moment of their life to shooting up on steroids and working out due to societal requirements and pressures. They have undergone the human experiment and have not made it out alive.
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