Steriod+Abuse

Settling in, getting everyone ready and seated. (5 minutes.) A quick go-around to get peoples thoughts and opinions. (5 minutes.) What do you know about steroids? Would you fire a player if he took steroids? Can you list the sport in which steroids is taken most? What are some stereotypes you have heard of people that use steroids? Would you take steroids? When the clips are done, we will go around and ask them what they thought about it. We will also ask them if they thought it was valid for the sport officials to handle the player in that manner. (5 minutes.) Transition between next group of students coming in. (2 minutes.)
 * Steroids**
 * Introduction:** Go around, saying names of workshop members and what the workshop is about. (2 minutes.)
 * Ice Breaker:** A little game of guess who takes steroids just by looking at random pictures.
 * Once everyone is settled in, we will be going back to our seats, cleaning up. (2 minutes.)
 * Questions** we will be asking are:
 * Slide Show:** It will give the general information of steroids and teach the viewers the advantages and disadvantages of steroids. We will also be answering any questions the audience has as the slide is being displayed. (10 minutes)
 * Video presentation** (10 minutes.)
 * Ending:** Any last thoughts or comments the students have. (2 minutes.)

__Background summary:__

Steroids have been used in sports such as baseball, wrestling, and pro-body building competitions. Steroids, also known as “performance enhancing drug” is intended to better the strength and the muscle of a athlete. This drug can have a traumatic physical affect on it’s users. Steroids has its consequences, users experience a boost in strength in muscle but it can also cause you terrible side effects. One of the most common side effects of taking steroids is getting a massive amount of acne around the chest and the back. Another side effect that is most common is the decrease in the size of the male’s testicles. The user can also experience infections that are coming from the injection syringes that can cause very serious diseases like std’s. Anabolic steroids is not the tolerated in the world of sports. Baseball is one of the biggest sports in the U.S which strongly disagrees with the drugs and bans it from it being taken by any player. If any player is caught using the drug they are fined or even suspended for the rest of the season. The baseball organization enforces that all players take a drug test to ensure that no player is taking performance enhancing drugs. Steroids is considered as a cheat to be the best and play as the best. Steroids just as the illegal drugs are bought and sold secretly. In our presentation we will discuss the history and the negative effects of steroids. The abuse of anabolic steroids has been a major issue in sports over the last decade. Many athletes use anabolic steroids to enhance their performance and help them get through serious injuries. Many athletes are not aware by the negative effects that steroids can cause to a human being.

Kevin Cano, Herpal Pabla, Tenzin Samphel, Kevin Herrera, Ahmed Kayani.