It is common knowledge that steroids are a consistently abused device in the sports world. Acknowledging this, the level of drug and steroid testing conducted by professional sports organizations has increased tremendously in recent years in a concerted attempt to stop these athletes and prevent others from using these dangerous drugs. In 2009 there were [...]
Steroids have become a major problem in the sports industry. Recent admissions by famous professional players who use them, has sent a firestorm of controversy through the entire world as everybody reacted to the news that even heroes cheat the system. It should be no surprise then that steroid use is just as much of [...]
The problem of drug use in the workplace has placed employers to implement and conduct company drug-testing policies. Along with five major drugs recommended for testing by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), steroid testing is now being conducted in many companies. Because of the concern for growing illicit market and prevalence [...]
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 and Florida [...]
The anabolic-androgenic steroids have been used since the early 1950s for medicinal purposes and to enhance athletic performance. The incidence of non-medicinal use has been found to be increased considerably in recent years. This is followed by a strikingly increased frequency of their use among adolescents & high school student groups in particular.
A 2001 CDC [...]
Anabolic steroids, also known as anabolic-androgenic steroids or AAS, are a class of steroid hormones related to the hormone testosterone which is known to build muscle tissue & to cause the development of male secondary sex characteristics. However, testosterone in its natural form has a half life of only about ten minutes in the body. [...]
Anabolic steroids help in increasing the muscle mass and physical strength, and are consequently used in sport and bodybuilding to enhance strength or physique. No wonder, one of the most common words in gyms & sports nowadays is “steroids”! So, other than prescribed medicinal users, there are many user groups who look towards steroids to [...]
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