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Steroids Speech. Intro In 1936 a scientist named Ruzika was the first ever to
make a pure form of testosterone from cholesterol (steroid.com). ...
Demonstrative Speech on steroids. GENERAL PURPOSE: To inform SPECIFIC PURPOSE:
At the end of my speech, the audience should be able ...
Steroids. Outline for Speech on Steroids Objective: To inform my audience of the
dangers of steroid use and how it is becoming a growing societal problem. ...
... CONCLUSION I. Signal that Speech is Ending: Imagine all athletes abused steroids,
there would be no true sense of good, healthy, competition. II. ...
... is one of the many reasons that led to my choice on this speech topic which ... I’ve
learned in life is there are two sides to every argument and Steroids are no ...
Submitted by Redalb on October 24, 2006
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Intro
In 1936 a scientist named Ruzika was the first ever to make a pure form of testosterone from cholesterol (steroid.com). It is then that steroids emerged as a performance enhancing drug. I am pretty sure we all have pre conceived ideas and notions about steroids and the people that use them. Today I would like to talk to you all about the fact and fiction of steroid usage. 1st I would like to talk about the History of steroids, 2nd the types of steroids, 3rd anabolic and androgenic affects, and 4th laws and regulations surrounding steroids. Now let’s get pumped and look at some history.
History
In 1936 a scientist named Ruzicka synthesized the compound testosterone from cholesterol, as did two other scientists, Butenandt and Hanisch (steroid.com). Testosterone was, of course, the first anabolic steroid ever created. In 1967, the International Olympic Council banned the use of anabolic steroids and by the mid 1970´s most major sporting organizations had also banned them. In the 80s testosterone was a prescription drug. Media reports began to associate steroids with performance enhancing efforts in the context of competitive sports. Steroids were decried as cheating to gain an unfair advantage. It then was proposed in the media that steroid abuse had trickled down to high school boys. In 1988 there was a Canadian sprinter named Ben Johnson who was stripped of his Olympic gold medal for testing positive for the Steroid Stanozol. Stanozol is an oral steroid, but what other types of steroids are there? Let’s take a look.
Types of steroids
There are two way to take steroids, either orally or by injection. In a seminar I listened to called Pumped, it was said in order for oral steroids to withstand the breakdown from the liver the drug is modified by alkylation beforehand. Alkylation is the addition of a carbon atom or atoms at the alpha position of the number 17 carbon atom. They are also known as C-17 steroids....
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