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In recent years it has become overwhelmingly obvious that steroids have been present in most American sports. Though steroid use is a problem in all sports, it has been acknowledged mostly in Major League Baseball, probably due to the commissioner's lax opinion of the drugs. But despite the beliefs of any baseball authority, steroid use is undoubtedly an act of cheating and is a matter that needs to be resolved with this country's judicial system.
Everyone has heard of steroids, but many people do not know exactly what they are. Natural steroids play a key role in the body processes of living things. They are naturally produced by plants and animals, and are used for various reasons. Steroids include sterols, such as cholesterol, bile acids from the liver, adrenal hormones, sex hormones, and poisons in certain toads. Sex steroids in humans give men and women the characteristics that make up the sex, such as the type of voice, and the physical build. Adrenal steroids, produced in......

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