5% of high school females abusing steroids Is this True?

Question

These stories pointed to CDC survey data showing that over 5% of high school women had reported using steroids. According to experts, the women using these drugs are not just high school and college athletes looking for a competitive advantage, but girls with body image problems hoping to achieve a lean and muscular look.Separate data from National Institute of Drug Abuse surveys shows much lower usage among women, indicating that 1.1% of high-school aged women are using steroids. In both cases, the government data shows a disturbing trend, with reported steroid use among women increasing four-fold over the last decade. Stewart is also concerned by a study that showed not only football players and weightlifters, but females in the 9-to-11-year-old age group using them to enhance their build. "That's scary because it means parents are buying them for kids. And it's a scary thing that society is dictating to kids that young that it's OK to put your health at risk to have a body type that seems so critically important," Stewart says.A U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention survey suggested that 5 percent of high school girls have abused steroids. And when the Oregon Health and Sciences University assessed its steroid abuse-prevention programs in 13 Oregon high schools, it found twice as many female non-athletes used steroids as athletes, which researchers attributed to a desire to look thin yet fit.

Answer 1

wow, I never thought of that. 9 to 11 year old little girls now that is just sad, people are getting to involved in sports and wining instead of having fun.

Answer 2

I believe it, it's called birth control. Ortho tricyclen is a steroid and they give it to Teenage girls to prevent pregnancy. They also prescribe the steroids to AIDS victims to help regenerate muscle and mass.

My question to you all is why are AIDS victims and teenage girls allowed to have steroids but not healthy tax paying adults? So it completely healthy for teens and the diseased to use them but not healthy people?

Doesn't make sense, especially when tax payers are paying for the birth control and AIDS medications, hospitalization and research.

Why is it accepted that people who make mistakes get what they want but people who want to better themselves get no help?

ALSO, show me 1 report that says that steroids are bad for you when taken in moderation with proper post cycle therapy? you wont find one because they arent, that's why they prescibe them to teenage girls and AIDS victims, they help you.

Answer 3

Crap! That's all we need now... a bunch of female Arnolds marching around PMSing.

Answer 4

more than 5%.do u believe it?

Answer 5

yes