Steroids (anabolic) are a drug discovered and manufactured by medical scientists in the late 1930s to solve medical problems. The drug was designed to help with many medical issues such as testosterone, growth, sexual functioning and other medical issues such as helping HIV positive people develop their music. It also helps fight many other diseases. Like any other medication on the market, people learn that this medication can be used in many other ways. Steroids can improve the performance of athletes as well as bodybuilders and are used in almost all sports. Steroid use has become a widespread problem. The use of steroids has caused many problems related to the misuse of the drug and has made its use in any type of sport illegal. Steroids are only prescribed to people who need them for medical conditions. The way anabolic steroids work lies in the release of hormones. They can change the sexual characteristics of the body. When changing these characteristics, the body can become confused and have the opposite effect on the body. They accelerate the growth of muscles and bones in the body. Steroids can be taken by injection into the muscles, orally, or even used in the form of skin gels or creams. When using injections, they could spread some life-threatening illnesses such as HIV and hepatitis B and C. People who abuse this drug use 10 to 100 times more than they should if a doctor had prescribed it. They also misuse the term pyramiding; with this, they use steroids more and more slowly. (According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse.) . They combine several different types of steroids, which is called stacking. (Wesson, McGinnis, 2006) There are many ways to use ster...... middle of paper ....... (2009) Performance-enhancing drug snare Nonathletic, too. The Journal of Family Practice. Vol58(1):16-23Lumia, A., McGinnis, M. (2010) Impact of anabolic steroids on adolescent males. Physiology and behavior. Vol 100 (3): 199-204 Montallo P., Sales-Ramirez, Sisk, C. (2010) Anabolic steroids have lasting effects on male social behaviors. Behavioral brain research. Vol 208(2):328-335Souza GL, D., Hallak, J. (2011) Anabolic steroids and male infertility: a comprehensive review. Blackwell Science. Vol 108(11):1860-5Wesson, D., McGinnis, M. (2006) Anabolic-androgenic steroid (AAS) stacking during puberty in rats: a neuroendocrine and behavioral assessment. Pharmacology, biochemistry and behavior. Vol 83 (3): 410-419 (2006) National Institute on Drug Abuse. Anabolic steroid abuse. http://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/research-reports/anabolic-steroid-abuse