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Article: Big muscles, big problems: the unnatural aftereffects of anabolic steroids.
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- Current Events, a Weekly Reader publication
- Article date:
- November 1, 1990
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Big Muscles, Big Problems
Rick was on the football team, and his coach told him he should do some weight lifting to build up his muscles. But Rick was worried. What if he couldn't gain strength fast enough to make the first string during the current season?
"Steroids. That's what I'll do," he thought. "I'll find a way to get some steroids. They make your muscles grow fast, and they make you feel confident. And, besides, I'll only take them for a while until I bulk up and get on the first string. They can't hurt me." Or can they?
Rick's situation is not uncommon. The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) recently reported that ...