Transcript Marion Jones

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Warm – up: On a sheet of notebook paper
 Why
do you think teenagers take
performance enhancing drugs?
 Rank the following reasons in order:
 Desire to gain muscle mass or strength
 Pressure from others to gain weight or muscle
 To win at all costs
 To overcome negative body image
 To become competitive in a sport or
competition
 Belief that “everyone else is doing it”
Unit 2: Alcohol, Tobacco, and
other Drugs
Warm – up Questions
2. Steroids Guided Notes
3. Venn Diagram
4. Male/Female picture
5. Steroids Crossword
6. Marion Jones: Press Pause
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9.ATOD.1: Understand the health risks
associated with alcohol, tobacco, and
other drug use.
General Facts
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Once viewed as a problem strictly associated with
body builders, fitness "buffs," and professional
athletes, the abuse of steroids is prevalent in today’s
society.
This is an alarming problem because of increased
abuse over the years, and the ready availability of
steroids and steroid related products.
The problem is widespread throughout society
including school-age children, athletes, fitness
"buffs," business professionals, etc.
Teenagers are the leading group of steroid users due
to body appearance – 1/3 are not athletes
Both males and females abuse steroids.
What do studies show?
The national institute on drug abuse (NIDA)
estimates that more than a half million 8th
and 10th grade students are now using
these dangerous drugs, and increasing
numbers of high school seniors don’t
believe steroids are risky.
 Another study indicated that 1,084,000
Americans, or 0.5 percent of the adult
population, said that they had used
anabolic steroids.
 These are just a couple of examples of
how widespread the problem has become.
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What are anabolic steroids?
Synthetically produced variants of the
naturally occurring male hormone
testosterone.
 Both males and females have testosterone
produced in their bodies: males in the
testes, and females in the ovaries and
other tissues.
 The full name for this class of drugs is
androgenic (promoting masculine
characteristics) anabolic (tissue building)
steroids (the class of drugs).
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The Effect
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Androgenic Effect
 refers to the physical changes experienced by a
male during puberty, in the course of
development to manhood
 males and females have similar effects
 This property is responsible for the majority of
the side effects of steroid use.
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Anabolic Effects
 refers to promoting of anabolism, the actual
building of tissues, mainly muscle,
accomplished by the promotion of protein
synthesis.
Methods
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Injection (most common)
 Using non-sterile needles can result in blood-
borne diseases
Orally (most common)
 Pellet implantation under the skin
 Application to the skin (e.g. gels or
patches).
 Steroids are taken anywhere from 1 up to
100 times the normal therapeutic doses of
anabolic steroids.
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Methods cont.
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Stacking
 This often includes taking two or more steroids
concurrently
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Cycling
 Abusers will often alternate periods (6 to 16 weeks in
length) of high dose use of steroids with periods of
low dose use or no drug at all
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Pyramiding
 users slowly escalate steroid use ( during a 6-12
week period increasing the number of drugs used at
one time )
 Reaching a peak amount at mid-cycle and gradually
taper the dose toward the end of the cycle.
Physical Effects
High blood cholesterol levels - high blood cholesterol
levels may lead to cardiovascular problems
 Severe acne
 Thinning of hair and baldness
 Fluid retention
 High blood pressure
 Liver disorders (liver damage, jaundice and tumors)
 Risk of contracting HIV and other blood-borne diseases
from sharing infected needles
 Nose bleeds
 Damage liver and heart
 Enlarging hands and feet
 Growth plate to close and stunt growth
prematurely
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Psychological Disturbances
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Mood swings (including manic-like symptoms
leading to violence)
Impaired judgment (stemming from feelings of
invincibility)
Depression
Nervousness
Extreme irritability
Delusions
Steroid psychosis is a mental illness and often
results in “roid rage”
 Resembles temper tantrums and user loses control
and may harm others or themselves
Steroids and Athletics
Creates an unfair competitive advantage
 International Olympic Committee has
tested competitors since 1976
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 Several winners have been stripped of their
medals after testing positive
Use of drugs for a competitive edge is
unhealthy
 Destroys the major purpose of sports
competition
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Controlled Substances Act
On February 27, 1991 anabolic steroids
are defined as any drug or hormonal
substance chemically and
pharmacologically related to testosterone
that promotes muscle growth.
 The possession or sale of anabolic steroids
without a valid prescription is illegal.
 Steroids are legal with a prescription.
 People are prescribed anabolic steroids
because of a disease that causes a
decrease in muscle tissue and burn victims
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Barry Bonds
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Played for Pittsburgh
Pirates and San
Francisco Giants
7 time NL All-Start
3-time MLB Player of the
Year
Holds record for home
runs in single season
Holds record for career
home runs
2005
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Accused of using
performance-enhancing
drugs
Indicted for perjury and
obstruction of justice
Sentenced to house
arrest, probation, and
community service
2007
Marion Jones
Accused of using
performanceenhancing drugs
Lied to
Congressional
Committee
Convicted of perjury
Acknowledge
cheating
Served 6 months in
federal prison
Stripped of all
medals and records
Graduate of UNC
 National
collegiate
champion in
basketball
 World champion
track and field
athlete
 Winner of five
gold medals in
the 2000
Olympics
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2007
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Chris Benoit
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Professional
Wrestler for
WWF and WWE
National
Heavyweight
Champion
World
Heavyweight
Champion
Winner of Raw
and Smackdown
2005
Murdered wife and
7 year old son,
committed suicide
 Autopsy showed
elevated levels of
synthetic
testosterone
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2007
Maurice Greene, shown at the
2004 Olympics in Athens, has
been named by a witness in the
federal investigation into
performance-enhancing drugs,
according to a report by The New
York Times.
Sylvester Stallone used
steroids to bulk up his body
for his last Rocky Balbo
movie. Stallone is 63 years
old.
Athletes Caught in the Act
Barry Bonds
 Marion Jones
 Maurice Greene
 Chris Benoit
 Sylvester Stallone
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Male, Female or both
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Increases blood cholesterol
Deeper voices
Increases risk for heart attack & stroke
Water retention & bloating
Increases liver disorders (jaundice, tumors)
Stunted growth (in developing adolescents)
Increased irritability violent mood swings
Major depression
 Overgrowth of skull and facial bones
 Withdrawal with insomnia
 HIV or hepatitis B
 Infection (from needle use)
 Loss of appetite
 Aggressive behavior
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Fatigue
 Frequent, painful urination
 Breast enlargement
 Nausea, vomiting, diarrhea
 Breast reduction
 Prostate enlargement
 Infertility
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Frequent, prolonged headaches
 Increased acne
 Bad breath
 Pattern baldness
 Yellow staining of eyes (due to liver
malfunction)
 Excess body hair
 Changes in genitalia
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Class Discussion – Answer these
questions on your warm-up paper
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What are the ethical issues surrounding the use of
steroids in the athletic arena?
What does it mean to you as high school students
that teenagers are the leading population for abuse?
What can you do about it?
How do you perceive steroid use, after seeing many
athletes succeed with anabolic steroids? (Arnold
Schwarzenegger, Jose Canseco, and Jesse
Ventura)?
Were you aware that Arnold Schwarzenegger was
appointed by President Busch Sr. to the Council on
Physical Fitness and Sports? What message could
that send to young people?