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Article: NIDA Initiative Targets Increasing Teen Use of Anabolic Steroids.(National Institute of Drug Abuse )
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- Pediatrics for Parents
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- December 1, 1999
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To reverse the rising us of anabolic steroids by high school-age children, the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) and seven national partners have launched an initiative designed to alert the public about the risks associated with anabolic steroid use.
"The most recent data from our Monitoring the Future survey tell us that the trends in use of these drugs and in teenagers' attitudes about them are going in the wrong direction," said NIDA Director Dr. Alan I. Leshner. "More than a half million 8th- and 10th-grade students are now using these dangerous drugs, and increasing numbers of high school seniors say they don't believe the drugs are risky."
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