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Article: Deadly search for beautiful bodies. (steroids )
- Article from:
- USA TODAY
- Article date:
- February 1, 1993
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The greatest abuse of anabolic steroids is not by competitive athletes, but in youths who take them for cosmetic reasons to develop a muscular physique. "A recent study suggests that 250,000 to 500,000 high school male seniors under the age of 18 have used or are currently using anabolic steroids," reports Herbert A. Haupt, a St. Louis orthopedist who served as a drug tester for the U.S. Olympic trials.
"Unlike the competitive athlete who finds it convenient to terminate the use of anabolic steroids when competition ends, the young male body builders are likely to continue to take steroids indefinitely to maintain the cosmetic effects. The abuse of steroids by ...