Reading on the Net

[mlong23]

Came across this on the internet, and thought it was crazy. They say that 2/3's of steroid abusers are 16 or younger. Wow, I was just starting to lift at that age, and had no clue what any supplements were untill I saw someone on the football team with creatine. Check out the reference section, all the research is supposedly from 1988. Funny too, because steroids were not frowned upon then.

http://www.anabolicsmall.com/roidb1a.htm

Two-thirds of steroid abusers began to use them at age 16 or
younger.(1) Of the estimated 1 million U. S. steroid
abusers, three-fourths are thought to be in high school.(2)
Those not in high school average about 25 years old.(3)
This is the same average age of bodybuilders at sports and athletic
clubs.(3)

The younger a person is, the greater the potential for tragic
side effects from anabolic steroids.(4) Female babies
accidentally exposed to steroids in the womb develop external male
genitalia while retaining female reproductive organs.(4)
Altered genital development and severely reduced height are effects
seen in young children who are accidentally exposed to steroids.

Fortunately, steroid abuse is rare in pregnant women, and
steroids seem not to be abused by children less than 12.


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REFERENCES 1. Buckley WE, Yesalis CE, Friedl KE, Anderson WA, Streit AL, Wright JE. Estimated prevalence of anabolic steroid use among male high school seniors. J Am Med Assoc 1988 Dec 16;260(23):3441-5. 2. Giannini AJ, Miller N, Kocjan DK. Treating steroid abuse - a psychiatric perspective. Clinical Pediatrics 1991 Sep;30(9):538-42. 3. Lindstrom M, Nilsson AL, Katzman PL, Janzon L, Dymling JF. Use of anabolic-androgenic steroids among body builders - frequency and attitudes. J Intern Med 1990 Jun;227(6):407-11. 4. Wilson JD. Androgen abuse by athletes. Endocrine Reviews 1988;9(2):181-99. by Trent Tschirgi, R. Ph. (c) 1992 University of Maryland Office of Substance Abuse Studies. All Rights Reserved.

 

[Mr.X]

I don't know the accuracy of the article because I haven't seen the ref. data. That being said, I do believe there is misuse of steroids by individuals, and it's mainly because of bad advice they get from people.

Even on this forum, we have people who advocat the "just do it" mentality, then we have kids "just doing it".

 

[nuevo laredo]

An abstract of one of the article references:
"Participants in this investigation were 12th-grade male students (N = 3403) in 46 private and public high schools across the nation who completed a questionnaire that established current or previous use of AS as well as user and nonuser characteristics. Results indicate that 6.6% of 12th grade male students use or have used AS and that over two thirds of the user group initiated use when they were 16 years of age or younger. Approximately 21% of users reported that a health professional was their primary source."

If you dissect it:
1) surveyed 3,403 12th graders
2) Determined that 6.6% of those were users or had previously used AAS - these are the "user group"
3) Two thirds of the user group which I read as 2/3 of the 6.6% = 4.4% started use at 16 or younger.

So out of 3,403 12ht graders who were using or had used AAS, 150 of them did it at or ealrier than 16 years of age. Then you have to apply the bullshit factor considering you are asking 3,403 raging fanatics some questions that just tempt them to be smartasses in their answers.

 

[BigCracker]

Polls shmolls-stats can be manipulated to reflect whatever you want. Like printed matter, the web is 90% bullshit on all subjects. They call this the information age-more like the misinformation age me thinks.

 

[phatrr]

"Lies, damned lies, and statistics."

Samuel Clemens.

 

[BigCracker]

"Lies, damned lies, and statistics."

Samuel Clemens.

Wow, you're an edumucated mo fo.

 

[i am what i am]

Kind of interesting since most users will remain in the dark even if there is a anonimous poll.