Steroid Abuse Is a High-Risk Route to the Finish Line
Starting last fall, capitalizing on the interest raised by the Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, NIDA intensified its campaign to warn young people that steroid abuse is a dangerous way to become faster, stronger, and bigger. Boys and girls who abuse these drugs before reaching their full natural height may prematurely halt bone growth, resulting in permanently shorter stature. Boys and men who abuse steroids risk shrinkage of the testicles, reduced sperm count, infertility, baldness, development of breasts, and an increased risk for prostate cancer. Girls and women are subject to menstrual