Response to Blog #5

1.) My reaction to this video was that I was somewhat surprised by what i saw. I had thought steroid use was more widespread, according to the video, there is more hype about steroid use and abuse than there actually are cases of it. This video fails to mention or give actual statistics on steroid abuse and on the percent of abusers.users who develop or experience negative/harmful side effects. A weak argument that could result would be thats teroid use is widespread. As with almost anything steroids "can" be used responsibily, but there is almost no practical way to have responsible use enforced. If laws were passed to require doctors to only prescribe steroids in limited amounts then people who wanted more would simply get them illegally, which apparently isn't that hard to do.

2.) Steroid use in undesirable, and should not be allowed for either highschool or proffesional athletes. In this area the standards for both should be the same. All sports should have the same standard on steroid use, which should be that no steroid use is acceptable. I feel that steroid use is not expected in our culture. It is encouraged only in some indivual situations. Such as when coaches or parents push their children/athletes to use them. I feel that by discouraging steroid use we can avoid creating a double standard for athletes. If all athletes simply do their best then the best athlete should win. Testing for steroids can be the right thing to do in certain situations, random testing should only be implemented if an outbreak of steroid use is suspected in a certain area, meaning a certain proffessional team or a local highschool sports team, ect. By discouraging use of steroids and when neccessary, testing for steroid use, society can effectively combat steroid use and reduce its occurence.