The year 1954 was perhaps unfortunate year in the sports history of steroids when the anabolic steroid substances were first used by the team of Russian weightlifters at the World Weightlifting Championship.
The U.S. history of steroids in sports began in 1954. The first ever of the anabolic in history of steroids in sports, Dianabol (Methandrostenolone) was first marketed in the United States in 1956. Dianabol, which virtually cleared the way of the U. S. athletes for the use of anabolic steroids, was developed by Dr. John Ziegler with the help of Ciba pharmaceutical company.
Anabolic steroids began to be widely used and abused in the United States. The first ever survey on steroids in the U.S. history of steroids was conducted in 1970 in which 5 US Universities were surveyed. The survey report revealed that 15% of college athletes were steroid abusers in 1970.
The history of steroids in the United States further articulates that anabolic abuse in Arizona high schools was 0.7% over all, with 4% of athletes admitting steroid use in 1975. And by 1984, 20% of college athletes were using steroids in the United States.
According to a survey in...
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