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Topic: Steroid Testing in Baseball Position: The testing should be more strict

previously known information
 * 1) the test in usually a urine test
 * 2) some of the more well known athletes often use steroids

"Steroid testing." n. pag. Web. 26 May 2010. [].
 * 1) the tests are taken five times a year at random
 * 2) getting caught the first time gets you suspended for half a season and a fine, a second time getting caught gets a full year suspension a fine, and a third time getting caught gets a permanent suspension from the sport and a fine

"Anabolic Steroids." //Toxicology Associates inc.// (1999): n. pag. Web. 27 May 2010. []. "Steroids In Baseball." //Steroids In Baseball// n. pag. Web. 27 May 2010. [].
 * 1) corticosteroids are steroids produce in the adrenal cortex of the brain
 * 2) the two types of corticosteroids are glucocorticoids which invole glucose balance, and mineralocorticoids which regulate the body's electrolyte balance
 * 3) anabolic steroids are synthetic stubstances related to testosterone
 * 4) anabolic steroids are used by some well known athletes to promote and speed muscule development
 * 5) some types of anabolic steroids are Oxymetholone (Anadrol), Testosterone Cypionate (Depo-Testosterone), Stanozolol (Winstrol)


 * 1) there is a steroid that used to be undetectable
 * 2) called tetrahydrogestrinone and it was used by some of the worlds top athletes in 2003
 * 3) in 2007 a former senator put out a 409 page report that had 21 monthes of research to back it up and had 89 individuals that were suspected of steroid uses