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yeah i saw one young guy on there that looked definatly on although he would not admit it.

i cant remember the figure's but there is quite a high percentage of teenagers in the states that have or are using.

I read about this years ago, it was more teen american football players etc. that were using. They were using for gaining size in chest and arms.. thats about all I can remember..

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In 1988, a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association examined Anabolic Steroid use patterns among the male adolescents. In this particular study, overall participation rate on a school-wide basis was 68.7% and on an individual basis was approximately half (just over 50%). The participants in this survey were 12th-grade male students in 46 high schools across the nation who completed a questionnaire which asked them several questions concerning their current or previous use of Anabolic Steroids. The results indicated that 6.6% of 12th grade male students use or have used AS and that over two thirds of the users were 16 years of age or younger when they did their first cycle (5).

The results of a 1990 survey of 2113 high school students show that Ninety-four (4.4%) of 2113 students admitted using anabolic steroids. When that is categorized further by gender, we find that 67 (6.5%) of 1028 males and 27 (2.5%) of 1085 females were users of steroids. Predictably, athletes had a statistically significant greater use of steroids (79 [5.5%] of 1436 subjects) than did non-athletes (15 [2.4%] of 636 subjects) (6). Still, the survey shows a total of roughly 4% of the surveyed high school population had used steroids.

Now, let´s fast forward a couple of years to examine a survey by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. According to that survey, steroid use among high school students more than doubled between 1991 and 2003. Slightly over 6% of 15,000 students surveyed admitted trying steroid pills or injections. Huh? Wait and in 1988, 6% of the students in the survey had done steroids. Yet, in 2003 the number was still the same, though it had "doubled since 1991" according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. At this time, it should be noted that fewer than 4% of the nation´s high schools were testing for steroids, according to the National Federation of State High School Associations´ survey of athletic directors.

Are you confused yet? It seems that the rates of steroid use is holding relatively steady at between 4 and 6%, yet we´re being told that it´s an epidemic. So what´s the real story about steroids in high school?

In 2005, if we look at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance, 6.1% of students from grades 9 through 12 had taken anabolic steroids (7). Once again, we´re seeing about 6% or so of high school students are using anabolic steroids. Sorry, but that´s still basically the same rate as the previous two decades. Is this a "mounting problem" as many in the media would have us believe? Hardly. In fact, it´s holding steady.

So where is the media getting their information? Well, probably not from scientific journals or reliable sources for statistics. In fact, anecdotal evidence is frequently used in news reports, and that type of evidence typically greatly over estimates the widespread usage of anabolic steroids among athletes and often claims reach as high as 20-90%. On the other hand, scientific studies show a trend towards indicating that usage is actually rare and generally no higher than 6% (8). And, to look further into the hard scientific research instead of the soft anecdotal evidence, there is strong indications that suggest that anabolic steroid usage actually declines progressively from high school to college and beyond(8).

From http://www.steroid.com/steroids-in-sports.php

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Very interesting. And even though the rate may not be increasing, 6% is still pretty high. Especially when you consider we're not talking 6% of gridiron-playing males - it's of the entire school population (girls, fatties, and nerds included), over 1 in 20 has used steroids.

Even more alarming is where they get the steroids from. I'm sure in most cases it will be passed from friend to friend ("Hey bro, try this!"), with no instructions on how to use it safely, or even whether the gear's authentic.

I recently experienced this first-hand as a particularly dodgy gym-member tried to sell me some "deca" pills - "10 a day and your sex drive will be through the roof". I know enough to know how wrong that is, but most people won't. It's very scary to think how common this must be. And bodybuilders wonder why steroids get a bad rep... :shock:

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pretty mean for a young guy, good shit i say. lets be honest hes geared up but so what, his choice and nut sack hes shutting down. he still has been training and eating hard for 4 years to get to where hes at and wants to compete and to do that, particularly in the states in this day and age you gotta get on it.

and thats weird i dont even know what your on about with his jaw line haha

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