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Young kids idolize their professional heroes in hundreds of different ways. They may wear their favorite players jerseys, shoes, or warm-up gear or perform their celebration dances once they hit a homerun or score a touchdown. Kids establish goals to look like and play at the level of the superstars. “If the pros are doing [steroids], the college kids aren’t far behind, and the high schools and junior highs are right behind them” (Verducci). Along with steroids come injuries, and these kids are hurting their future by trying to become their hero. James Andrews, a noted sports orthopedist from Birmingham, says in the Sports Illustrated article that he is seeing the same injuries that have sprung in professionals from using steroids in younger and younger athletes. These such injuries may prevent these kids from ever playing again, when they are trying to land a starting spot on their high school team or earn a scholarship to a college.
The use of steroids is growing in the high schools throughout the country. The high schools in Maryland have developed many ways to try to educate kids about the dangers of using steroids, and coaches are also urged to discuss the problems that may arise. Even with this process put in place, the numbers are growing. According to Fink's article in the Baltimore Magazine called “Student Bodies”, the Maryland State Department of Education conducted a poll among high school seniors in public schools. “Its results show that 1.9 percent of the state’s public high school seniors have tried steroids. This may sound tiny, but there are approximately 55,000 twelfth graders in Maryland—which means about 1,045 of them have used steroids.” To add to this fact, these 1,045 students are only the seniors.
While these drugs can boost physical strength, they can have horrible side effects, particularly on young growing bodies. Girls can develop masculine characteristics, such as deepened voice, excessive body hair, and balding. Boys may experience irreversible breast enlargement (called gynecomastia), baldness, painful urination, impotence, and shrinking of the testicles. In both genders, they can provoke severe acne outbreaks and prematurely end a child’s growth spurt (Fink).
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Young kids idolize their professional heroes in hundreds of different ways. They may wear their favorite players jerseys, shoes, or warm-up gear or perform their celebration dances once they hit a homerun or score a touchdown. Kids establish goals to look like and play at the level of the superstars. “If the pros are doing [steroids], the college kids aren’t far behind, and the high schools and junior highs are right behind them” (Steroids in Baseball). Along with steroids come injuries, and these kids are hurting their future by trying to become their hero. James Andrews, a noted sports orthopedist from Birmingham, says in the Sports Illustrated article that he is seeing the same injuries that have sprung in professionals from using steroids in younger and younger athletes. These such injuries may prevent these kids from ever playing again, when they are trying to land a starting spot on their high school team or earn a scholarship to a college.
The use of steroids is growing in the high schools throughout the country. The high schools in Maryland have developed many ways to try to educate kids about the dangers of using steroids, and coaches are also urged to discuss the problems that may arise. Even with this process put in place, the numbers are growing. According to an article in the Baltimore Magazine called “Student Bodies”, the Maryland State Department of Education conducted a poll among high school seniors in public schools. “Its results show that 1.9 percent of the state’s public high school seniors have tried steroids. This may sound tiny, but there are approximately 55,000 twelfth graders in Maryland—which means about 1,045 of them have used steroids.” To add to this fact, these 1,045 students are only the seniors.
While these drugs can boost physical strength, they can have horrible side effects, particularly on young growing bodies. Girls can develop masculine characteristics, such as deepened voice, excessive body hair, and balding. Boys may experience irreversible breast enlargement (called gynecomastia), baldness, painful urination, impotence, and shrinking of the testicles. In both genders, they can provoke severe acne outbreaks and prematurely end a child’s growth spurt (Student Bodies).
Edited on 2005-12-09 09:40:46 by MichaelNiffeneggerTestUser
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These effects can alter a student’s body for life. When I think of kids using steroids in high school, I always think of boys, but the article says up to a third of steroid users may in face be girls. As parents, friends, and peers, we need to inform the young of the harm that steroids may cause. We can do this by creating classes in schools to teach about the dangers. Moreover, creators of these classes can make videos, interviewing people that have had effects from steroids, showing the kids that they are dangerous so they will hopefully choose not to take them.
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These effects can alter a student’s body for life. When I think of kids using steroids in high school, I always think of boys, but the article says up to a third of steroid users may in face be girls. As parents, friends, and peers, we need to inform the young of the harm that steroids may cause.
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Young kids idolize their professional heroes in hundreds of different ways. They may wear their favorite players jerseys, shoes, or warm-up gear or perform their celebration dances once they hit a homerun or score a touchdown. Kids establish goals to look like and play at the level of the superstars. “If the pros are doing [steroids], the college kids aren’t far behind, and the high schools and junior highs are right behind them” (Steroids in Baseball). Along with steroids come injuries, and these kids are hurting their future by trying to become their hero. James Andrews, a noted sports orthopedist from Birmingham, says in the Sports Illustrated article that he is seeing the same injuries that have sprung in professionals from using steroids in younger and younger athletes. These such injuries may prevent these kids from ever playing again, when they are trying to land a starting spot on their high school team or earn a scholarship to a college.
The use of steroids is growing in the high schools throughout the country. The high schools in Maryland have developed many ways to try to educate kids about the dangers of using steroids, and coaches are also urged to discuss the problems that may arise. Even with this process put in place, the numbers are growing. According to an article in the Baltimore Magazine called “Student Bodies”, the Maryland State Department of Education conducted a poll among high school seniors in public schools. “Its results show that 1.9 percent of the state’s public high school seniors have tried steroids. This may sound tiny, but there are approximately 55,000 twelfth graders in Maryland—which means about 1,045 of them have used steroids.” To add to this fact, these 1,045 students are only the seniors.
During my junior year of high school, a couple of my teammates on my football team were experimenting with different supplements and steroids. The leader of this little group, the wealthiest kid in school, gained access to these enhancers on the internet. He would buy them in bulk, and spread them evenly among the users. My teammates gradually became huge, and rocketed up the rankings in each of the weightlifting charts. Senior year, the leader had to sit out the second half of our season because of a “back problem.” He was very quiet about his doctor visits and was very shady around the coaches about his availability to play. The muscles that he had developed plumped into excessive fat. I could tell that some of the effects of steroids had begun to hit him, as his chest turned into a forest of uncontrollable hair. I am not aware of any problems with the other users. A few of my former teammates that are seniors now are fighting for recognition and maybe a chance to play college football. Aside from steroids, a player that has set the touchdown record at my school uses pain-killers before each game so he can’t feel the pain that he would usually feel from helmets bashing into him from every angle. He was determined to succeed with his glassy eyes and has indeed done so; however, what is his body going to be made of in a few years, once football and weightlifting are over?
Steroids cause many of the same problems for kids as they do for professionals; however, they also interfere with the growth process for kids.
While these drugs can boost physical strength, they can have horrible side effects, particularly on young growing bodies. Girls can develop masculine characteristics, such as deepened voice, excessive body hair, and balding. Boys may experience irreversible breast enlargement (called gynecomastia), baldness, painful urination, impotence, and shrinking of the testicles. In both genders, they can provoke severe acne outbreaks and prematurely end a child’s growth spurt (Student Bodies).
These effects can alter a student’s body for life. When I think of kids using steroids in high school, I always think of boys, but the article says up to a third of steroid users may in face be girls. As parents, friends, and peers, we need to inform the young of the harm that steroids may cause.
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