The document discusses the history and reasons for steroid usage despite known health risks. It notes that while steroids have been around since the 1930s and banned since 1991 due to health effects like organ damage and lowered sex drive, some people still use them. The document suggests people use steroids not because they are unaware of risks but because of pressures to succeed in sports for money, fame or appearance reasons. It provides an example of a football player who said he did not care if steroids killed him as long as he finished the season, and notes how sports have become a huge industry with huge contracts, increasing pressure to enhance performance.