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STEROID USE IN HIGH
SCHOOL FOOTBALL

DEMOGRAPHICS
• 40% OF COLLEGE ATHLETES WHO USE STEROIDS STARTED BACK WHEN THEY
WERE IN HIGH SCHOOL (STILGER & YESALIS,1999)
• “AN AUTHORITY ON YOUTH SPORTS, DR. JORDAN D. METZL OF THE HOSPITAL
FOR SPECIAL SURGERY IN NEW YORK, CALLS STEROID USE „A BURGEONING
EPIDEMIC‟" (ALDER, 2004).

SIDE EFFECTS OF STEROIDS
•

“1) INCREASED RISK FOR CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE, INCLUDING HEART
ATTACKS AND STROKES; 2) THE RISK OF VARIOUS LIVER DISEASES, ESPECIALLY
FOR THOSE WHO USE THE ORAL STEROIDS; 3) TUMORS, INCLUDING THOSE OF THE
PROSTATE AND LIVER; 4) TENDON RUPTURE; 5) KIDNEY FAILURE;... 7) STUNTING
THE HEIGHT OF CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS” (GOLDBERG, 2005).

• “8) PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTURBANCES RANGING FROM SUICIDAL DEPRESSION TO
UNCONTROLLED AGGRESSION” (GOLDBERG, 2005).
• ENLARGED BREASTS, SHRUNKEN TESTICLES, LOWERED SPERM COUNT,
IMPAIRMENT OF ADRENAL GLANDS AND ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION (ADDICTION411,
2013).
• ACNE, BALDING, PROSTATE ENLARGEMENT, DANGEROUSLY HIGH CHELESTORAL
LEVELS, CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (HUIZENGA, 1994).

STEROIDS= SUBSTANCE ABUSE
• ALTHOUGH STEROID USE IS NOT COMMONLY THOUGHT OF STEROID USERS EXHIBIT THE
SAME KING OF BEHAVIOR LIKE OTHER DRUG ADDICTIONS.
• THAT 40% OF THE ADOLESCENT ANABOLIC STEROID USERS THEY SURVEYED WOULD NOT
STOP USING STEROIDS EVEN IF THEIR COMPETITORS STOPPED, AND 25% INDICATED THAT
THEY WOULD CONTINUE TO USE STEROIDS REGARDLESS OF SUCH DIRE HEALTH
CONSEQUENCES AS LIVER CANCER, HEART ATTACK, OR STERILITY. THESE DATA CLEARLY
UNDERSCORE BOTH THE ADOLESCENT'S NEED TO MAINTAIN SELF-IMAGE EVEN IN THE LIGHT
OF POSSIBLE HARM AND SUGGEST THAT, IN HIS OR HER EYES, THE REWARDS ASSOCIATED
WITH „WINNING THE GOLD‟ ARE WORTH ANY DIRE CONSEQUENCES (GOLDBERG AND
CHANDLER, 1995).

• USERS LIKE HOW STEROIDS MAKE THEM LOOK AND FEEL (ALDER, 2004).
• ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUGS TAKE YEARS TO TAKE IT‟S TOLL BUT STEROIDS CAN HAVE
LASTING IMPLICATIONS IN JUST A COUPLE OF USES (ALDER, 2004).

GREGG VALENTINO, THE EXTREME OF
STEROID ADDICTION
• HTTP://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=OYLNFVWFN_I

WHAT COACHES, TRAINERS, TEACHERS,
PARENTS, AND SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS
CAN DO
• THERE IS NO OVERSEEING ORGANIZATION FOR HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS. RESPONSIBILITY LIES IN
THE SCHOOL TO TAKE ACTION TO MAKE SURE THIS DOESN‟T HAPPEN
• PROVIDE HEALTHY VIEW OF WINNING IN FOOTBALL: DON‟T LET WINNING TAKE PRIORITY OF THE
HEALTH AND WELL BEING OF THE STUDENT-ATHLETE
• ESTABLISH DISCIPLINARY MEASURES FOR PEOPLE WHO USE STEROIDS AS A PREVENTATIVE
MEASURE
• IF THERE IS SUSPICION INVESTIGATE, FAILING TO ACT CAN HAVE HUGE IMPACTS ON YOUR
SCHOOL LEGALLY AND ALSO THE HEALTH OF THE USER.
• PREVENTATIVE EDUCATION PROGRAMS SUCH AS A.T.L.A.S. (ADOLESCENTS TRAINING AND
LEARNING TO AVOID STEROIDS)
• SEEK MEDICAL HELP. IT IS LIKELY THAT THE USER WILL NEED EXTENSIVE HORMONE THERAPY TO
TREAT. PSYCH WARD MIGHT BE NEEDED TO DEAL WITH THE UNCONTROLLABLE BEHAVIOR.

ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE A LOT HELP
• ADDICTION411.COM
• A.T.L.A.S. PROGRAM
• NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE

WORKS CITED
Addiction411, (2013). "Steroids." Addiction Symptoms and Withdrawal. Retrieved from
http://www.addiction411.com/steroids/

Adler, J. (2004). TOXIC STRENGTH. (cover story). Newsweek, 144(25), 44.
ESPN. (Producer). (2009). E:60: Super Freak. Retrieved from
Huizenga, R. (1994). The Family That Plays Together. “You’re Ok, It’s Just a Bruise”(pp. 5253). New York, NY: ST. Martin’s Press.
National Institute on Drug Abuse (2003). Preventing Drug Use among Children and
Adolescents. Retrieved from http://www.drugabuse.gov/sites/default/files/preventing
druguse_2.pdf

Steroid Use In Sports, Hearing before the Committee On House Energy And Commerce
Subcommittee On Commerce, Trade, And Consumer Protection, Cong. (2005)
(testimony of Linn Goldberg head of the division of Health Promotion in the Oregon
Health & Science University).

Stilger, V. G., & Yesalis, C. E. (1999). Anabolic-androgenic steroid use among high school
football players. Journal Of Community Health, 24(2), 131

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