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List famous athletes that have been caught or admitted using performance-enhancing drugs with a little background and stats from their career. Use books for player information. Write about the symptoms of the drugs already listed and the affects that have happened to athletes already. What drug they used, why, when, or how they were caught or admitted it. There is also no history in this article so adding this very important section will improve it tremendously. Talk about agencies such as (WADA) (World Anti-Doping Agency) or (USADA) (U.S. Anti-Doping Agency).

References: ESPN, (ESPN Wikipedia), (Lance Armstong), WADA, (The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) is recognized by the United States Congress as the official anti-doping organization for all Olympic, Paralympic, Pan American and Para Pan American sport in the United States.) USADA Bio. MLB.com

Famous Athletes: Lance Armstong, EPSN Baseball players

Symptoms/Long/Short Term affects:  (For example, at least 1 in 16 high school students admits to using performance-enhancing steroids.) WebMD USADA

Physical: Acne, Blading, Liver Damage, Can Stunt growth in youths, Heart attack, Stroke, Dehydration, Lowered blood pressure, Nausea, Increased heart rate.

Psychological: The famous behavior known as "Roid Rage" results from heightened aggressiveness and sexual aggression as well as hypertension. Withdraw from these drugs cause depression and in extreme cases suicide.

Gender Specific

Males: Begin to develop feminine breast, Testicle begin to shrink, Lowered sperm count and fertility.

Females: Voice begins to lower, Facial and body hair begin to grow, unusual menstruation.

*History*:

Information: There are agencies such as WADA and USADA that try to prevent athletes from abusing these drugs by performing drug test. WADA was founded on November 10, 1999 by Dick Pound. The World Anti-doping Agency focuses on establishing and enforcing rules and codes of all sports around the world. Their goal is to make all sports played fairly between all athletes in a doping free organization. Aimed to prevent athletes from abusing any form of Performance-enhancing Drugs. USADA started October 1, 2000 as non-profit and was composed of nine members. Five of which were former Olympic athletes with the other four elected from independent companies. This is the United States Anti-doping Agency and have the ability to test athletes across the nation. Steroids and performance-enhancing drugs are used across all sports organizations around the world.

Athletes: Chart to organize athletes

Lance Armstrong- Professional Cyclist, Tour De France, Blood doping, 2013 Stripped of all 7 Titles

Mark McGwire- MLB player for St. Louis Cardinals, Admits to using PEDs in 2010, Already retired and received no penalty

Jose Canseco- MLB player for Oak Athletics (Most of Career), Admits to using PEDs in 2005 with book published, already retired no penalty

Alex Rodriguez "A-Rod"- MLB player for New York Yankees (Most of Career), Tested Positive in 2003 and admitted to using in 2009, Suspended for entire 2014 season

LaRon Landry- NFL player for Washington Red Skins (Most of Career), tested positive for PED, 4 game suspension in 2014 season for PED, Suspended for first 10 games of 2015 season no pay

Notable Athletes Who Used Performance-Enhancing Drugs

Althete	Sport	How?	Penalty
Lance Armstrong	Professional Cyclist, 7 time Tour De France Winner	Admitted to Blood Doping	Stripped of all seven titles and medals
Mark McGwire	MLB First Baseman	Admitted to using PEDs in 2010	Retired No Penalty
Jose Canseco	MLB Left Fielder, Designated Hitter	Admitted to using PEDs in book in 2005	Retired No Penalty
Alex Rodriguez	MLB Short stop, Third Baseman, Designated Hitter	Tested positive in 2003 Admitted using PEDs in 2009	Suspended entire 2014 season
LaRon Landry	NFL Strong Safety, Free Safety	Tested positive for PEDs in 2014	4 Game suspension in 2014 Suspended first 10 games of 2015