... bodies for certain sports, however they completely disregard the obvious short term and long term effects that are associated with the steroids. From past high school experiences I have seen the effects of steroids first hand. All of the male athletes that used steroids only had one reason to take them, which was to get an advantage over their opponents ... would change extensively. The National Institute of Drug Abuse estimates that 500,000 young Americans are taking steroids every year. The number of sophomore boys taking steroids increased from 2% to 2.7% last year and since 1991 the...

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