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Articles about Steroid Abuse

Long-Term Effects and Complications of Steroid Abuse

Steroid abuse is currently becoming rampant not only in the world of athletic sports but progressively more in high schools, colleges and even the workplace. Although anabolic steroids are available only through a doctor’s prescription, they are often regulated like narcotics. Illegal distribution of different types of steroids is prevalent in gyms, sports competitions, and [...]

Helping Your Teen Overcome Steroid Abuse

Steroid abuse in teens can be a frightening thought to many parents. Not only because their kids’ academics is can be at stake but more so because of the dangerous side effects that can be brought about by steroid use. It would take more than a series of lectures to be able to help your [...]

How to Pinpoint the Signs of Teen Steroid Use

Teen steroid abuse is now becoming an epidemic in US high schools. Because anyone can easily avail of the substance on the internet and because teens, especially those who are involved in sports, want a fast track to a more buffed physique and aim for better performance, steroid use is becoming a popular trend in [...]

Extreme Steroid Use: Affects & Consequences

Steroids can provide some benefits that will give athletes a competitive edge. It allows them to train for longer periods and at higher intensities than normal. Plus, steroids can help reduce downtime for healing. Whether or not you want to consider that an unfair advantage, the real dangers of steroids is when they are used [...]

Steroid Abuse in Interesting Sports

While we’ve heard a great deal about the use of steroids in baseball in recent years, America’s favorite past time is not the only sport to be plagued with rumors over the use of performance enhancing drugs. In fact, many sports you might not even think about have reportedly had players and participants admit to [...]

History of Anabolic Steroids – How It All Started

What are anabolic steroids? Anabolic steroids are basically hormones that interfere with the rate of cell division and growth of a person’s body by increasing them. All steroids have androgenic and anabolic properties and therefore they are known as AAS which stands for Anabolic and Androgenic Steroids. The most common and natural of these steroids [...]

State by State Steroid Testing in High Schools

Like drug abuse, steroid testing use and abuse is becoming rampant in the United States especially amongst school going children especially high school. It is because of this that each state has developed its own set of laws to deal with steroid use. States where steroid testing is mandatory The states of New Jersey, Texas [...]

What Happens When You Use Steroids?

When someone mentions the word steroids, the tendency is to associate it with athletes and them using these drugs to enhance their performance. There are also a lot of stories of horror that are associated with them. Steroids are very dangerous if they are not used in the right way and research also shows that [...]

Prohibited Substances Abuse & Methods in Professional Sports

The professional sporting scenario is highly competitive and this has given rise to numerous under the belt practices which are considered both unethical as well as illegal. In order to put a halt to such malpractices, authorities have formulated an action plan which clearly states that certain medications such as anabolic androgenic steroids selective androgen [...]

Most Common Type of Dope Tests & Dope Testing

Dope, as the name well suggests, refers to the process wherein an athlete is found guilty of administering banned substances which may be used to enhance his/her performance. While most banned substances are considered illegal, there are some which may be allowed if in case the athlete is administering these for therapeutic purposes. While there [...]