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1. Only 1.4% of 8th and 10th graders have ever tried steroids and 2.2% of 12th graders. 2. Steroids are most often used if the user is under high pressure by parents or a coach about a sport. 3. They are most used by athletes involved in football, baseball and bodybuilding. 4. For males the effects include: baldness, development of breasts, and increased risk for prostate cancer. 5. For females the effects include: growth of facial hair, male-pattern baldness, changes in or cessation of the menstrual cycle, and a permanently deepened voice. 6. As one uses steroids, they tend to have major mood swings often. One moment they could be happy and the next they could be throwing something out the window. 7. Almost every user of steroids doesn't follow their doctor's prescription. It's normally 10 to 100 times the amount prescribed. (because of other medical reasons) 8. The effects of using anabolic steroids are usually permanent. Meaning even if you try them once or twice, you could be stuck with an effect forever. 9. Since teens ranging from age 12-18 are still growing, they are at risk (if they take steroids) of getting stinted growth. This means they will be short for the rest of their life, and their body will not be able to grow properly again. 10. A large risk once someone starts using steroids is that they could get jaundice (yellowish coloring of skin, tissues, and body fluids). 11. Even though it is rare, in some cases users get kidney and liver tumors. (http://teens.drugabuse.gov/facts/facts_ster1.php).
Facts About Anabolic Steroids By Amy A.
12. Unlike some drugs, Anabolic Steroids are quite easy to get. In a survey for highschoolers, it was found that 44.5% of seniors thought they would easily find them. 13. The average age of someone using steroids is only 15 years old. 14. Many people think that just because you can't immediately die from steroids, they're safer than most drugs, but that isn't the case. They cause tons of incurable diseases. 15. Anabolic steroids don't just affect the user, but they affect their family and friends as well. If the user gets terrible mood swings, and is around their family members or friends, they can't control what they say. (http://www.anabolicsmall.com/Steroid_Statistics.html).
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Intro Anabolic steroids are a drug normally used by atheletes. It increases muscles size, and in turn, makes the user stronger. It may help them buid muscle, but it also makes them irritable and can change them majorly. There are many side effects linked to the use of steroids, and most of them are permanent.
