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Article: Steroids: what you have to lose.
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- Current Events, a Weekly Reader publication
- Article date:
- February 1, 1994
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Maybe you want to go that extra mile for your football team. Or maybe you just want to pump up to look good on the beach. If these are your goals, weight lifting has a lot to offer. But if you think steroids are the way to go, maybe there's one "muscle" you forgot to exercise--the one between your ears.
What About Them?
Anabolic steroids--also known as "'roids," "rocket fuel," and "juice"--are artificial hormones that act like testosterone, the hormone responsible for male sex characteristics like facial hair and a deep voice. Steroids are legally used to treat medical problems like anemia and bone loss. Because they can also increase a person's ...