The growing teens and steroids nexus is one of the major problems of recent times. Society is witnessing a noxious nexus between teens and steroids. The use of anabolic steroids is rising among the high school-age children. Most of the teens are using steroids because of cosmetic reasons and concern about body image.
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), a branch of the National Institutes of Health in the United States, along with seven national partners has launched an initiative to cut off the link between teens and steroids.
The NIDA Director Dr. Alan I. Leshner at a Washington, D.C., press conference to announce the initiative, The most recent data from our Monitoring the Future survey tell us that the trends in teens and steroids are going in the wrong direction.
The statistics on teens and steroids are really stunning. NIDA says, More than a half million 8th- and 10th-grade students are now using these dangerous drugs steroids), and increasing numbers of high school seniors say they don’t believe the drugs are risky.”
Anabolic steroids are synthetic compounds imitating the actions of the male sex hormone testosterone....