2. WHAT ARE ANABOLIC STEROIDS?
• THERE ARE MANY KINDS OF STEROIDS, INCLUDING SOME THAT
ARE NOT SPORT RELATED
• SPECIFICALLY ANABOLIC STEROIDS ARE MADE OF SYNTHETIC
TESTOSTERONE THAT CAN BE TAKEN ORALLY OR INJECTED
• THERE ARE CURRENTLY 32 COMMON ANABOLIC STEROIDS, THESE
CAN BE USED MEDICALLY FOR THERAPEUTIC PURPOSES OR FOR
PERFORMANCE
3. WHAT ARE ANABOLIC STEROIDS?
• ANABOLICS ARE ILLEGAL WITHOUT A DOCTORS PRESCRIPTION
• MEDICAL STEROIDS ARE USED TO TREAT CERTAIN KINDS OF
ANEMIA AND MEN WHO DO NOT PRODUCE ENOUGH
TESTOSTERONE
• THEY ARE ILLEGAL RECREATIONALLY AND CONSIDERED A CLASS III
DRUG
4. WHAT ARE ANABOLIC STEROIDS?
• SCHEDULE III/IIIN CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES (3/3N)
• SUBSTANCES IN THIS SCHEDULE HAVE A POTENTIAL FOR ABUSE LESS THAN
SUBSTANCES IN SCHEDULES I OR II AND ABUSE MAY LEAD TO MODERATE OR
LOW PHYSICAL DEPENDENCE OR HIGH PSYCHOLOGICAL DEPENDENCE.
• EXAMPLES OF SCHEDULE IIIN NON-NARCOTICS INCLUDE: BENZPHETAMINE
(DIDREX®), PHENDIMETRAZINE, KETAMINE, AND ANABOLIC STEROIDS SUCH AS
DEPO®-TESTOSTERONE.
• HTTPS://WWW.DEADIVERSION.USDOJ.GOV/SCHEDULES/INDEX.HTML
5. WHAT ARE ANABOLIC STEROIDS?
• THESE ARE SOME SLANG TERMS FOR ANABOLIC STEROIDS :
• ROIDS GEAR A’S
• JUICE STACKERS AAS
• HYPE TRAINERS
• PUMPERS ARNOLDS
• GYM CANDY BALLS AND BULLS
6. HOW ARE THEY MADE?
• THEY ARE MADE IN LABS TO CREATE A SYNTHETIC TESTOSTERONE
EITHER IN A PILL OR LIQUID
• THEY CAN BE MADE PROFESSIONALLY FOR MEDICAL USE OR IN
UNDERGROUND LABS AND SOLD ON THE BLACK-MARKET
• PRICE CAN RANGE FOR A 10-WEEK CYCLE FROM 500-1200$
7. HOW ARE THEY TAKEN?
• THEY CAN BE TAKEN ORALLY OR INJECTED, DEPENDING ON THE
TYPE OF STEROID.
• TO IMPROVE EFFECTIVENESS USERS WILL “STACK”
MULTIPLE TYPES OF STEROIDS IN A “CYCLE”
• TO STACK IS TO TAKE MULTIPLE TYPES AT ONCE
• TO CYCLE IS TO STOP TAKING STEROIDS FOR A PERIOD OF TIME TO
GIVE YOUR BODY A BREAK
8. WHAT DO THEY DO?
• ANABOLIC STEROIDS HAVE THE MUSCLE BUILDING POTENTIAL THAT NO OTHER
DRUG HAS, WITH ITS CONSEQUENCES
• THESE DRUGS CAN REPAIR YOUR MUSCLES MUCH FASTER THAN NORMAL, THIS
MEANS AN ATHLETE CAN PUSH THEIR BODIES HARDER AND FASTER THAN A
NON STEROID USING ATHLETE
• USING STEROIDS CAN IMPROVE MUSCLE MASS AND STRENGTH TO LEVELS THAT
A PERSONS GENES COULD NOT GET THEM NORMALLY
10. WHAT DO THEY DO?
• SOME SIDE EFFECTS OF STEROIDS ARE DANGEROUS AND CAN
CAUSE PERMANENT DAMAGE
• THESE INCLUDE :
• LIVER DAMAGE SHRINKAGE OF TESTIS
• HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE SEVERE ACNE ON FACE
AND BACK
• ACHING JOINTS INCREASED RISK OF TENDON
INJURY
• HEART DISEASE
11. WHAT DO THEY DO?
• THOSE SIDE AFFECTS ARE FROM THE INCREASED AMOUNTS OF
SYNTHETIC TESTOSTERONE IN THE BODY
• BOTH MEN AND WOMEN SHARE THESE CONSEQUENCES, WOMEN
WILL ALSO GROW FACIAL AND BODY HAIR
12. WHO TAKES STEROIDS?
• OBVIOUSLY ATHLETES ARE DRAWN TO THESE DRUGS, MOST
NOTICEABLY BODYBUILDERS AND PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES
• BUT HIGH SCHOOLS STUDENTS AND NON COMPETITION
RECREATIONAL USE IS ALSO VERY COMMON
13. WHO TAKES STEROIDS?
• THIS IS A QUOTE FROM NATIONAL DRUG INTELLIGENCE CENTER
STATING :
• “DRUG PREVALENCE DATA SHOW AN OVERALL INCREASE IN RATES
OF PAST YEAR USE FOR STEROIDS AMONG EIGHTH, TENTH, AND
TWELFTH GRADERS SINCE THE MID-1990S. HOWEVER, RATES OF
USE APPEAR TO HAVE PEAKED AND MAY NOW BE DECLINING”
• HTTPS://WWW.JUSTICE.GOV/ARCHIVE/NDIC/PUBS11/12620/STEROIDS.HTM
15. FAMOUS USERS
• ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER
• FLOYD LANDIS
• ROGER CLEMENS
• MARK MCGWIRE
• CHRIS BENOIT
• ALEX RODRIGUEZ
• BARRY BONDS
16. PERSONAL INTERACTION
• I HAVE KNOWN A FEW PEOPLE PERSONALLY WHO HAVE TAKEN STEROIDS.
• THEY NEVER HAD ANY REAL ISSUES, THEY ALL SAID IF YOU TAKE THEM
“CORRECTLY” THEN YOU SHOULD BE FINE. YOU JUST NEEDED TO GIVE YOUR
BODY A REST IN BETWEEN CYCLES. MANY PEOPLE WHO DON’T GET THE SERIOUS
HEALTH ISSUES.
• SO IF THIS IS TRUE, SHOULD WE LET PEOPLE TAKE STEROIDS RECREATIONALLY?
• THIS WOULD BE SAFER FOR THEM, AND WOULD CREATE REVENUE FOR THE GOV.
17. PERSONAL INTERACTION
• I DO NOT BELIEVE STEROIDS ARE GOING AWAY ANY TIME SOON.
• THE ABILITY TO GET AHEAD ABOVE EVERYONE ELSE IS A GREAT TEMPTATION
• IS THERE A WAY TO CUT ALL STEROIDS FROM SPORTS?
• WE TEST BUT NEW STEROIDS ARE MADE ALL THE TIME AND ARE UNDETECTABLE
IF NOT CAUGHT SOON ENOUGH.
