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Drugstory Resources

	Muscle Madness: The Ugly Connection Between Body Image and Anabolic Steroid Use Uncovers the relationship between anabolic steroid use and poor body image among young men. (Adobe Acrobat File)
	Foul Play: Sports, Doping and Teens. A Writers Roundtable Read quotes from a roundtable discussion about the use of anabolic steroids and other drugs by student athletes.
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General Information

	HealthScout.com http://www.healthscout.com/ A leading Internet provider and distributor of consumer health information, news and tools.
Drug Facts: Steroids A page dedicated to stories related to steroids.
	SteroidAbuse.org http://www.steroidabuse.org A NIDA-sponsored web site that features comprehensive information on steroids.
	Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/ Establishes policies, priorities and objectives for the nation's drug control program.
Drug Facts: Steroids Contains information about anabolic steroids. Includes prevalence estimates, consequences of use, adjudication, and trafficking.
Drugs and Sports Promotes anti-doping policies to prevent and enforce the use of performance-enhancing drugs in sports at all levels.
	National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) http://www.nida.nih.gov/ A respected scientific research institution that studies and disseminates information on drug abuse and addiction prevention, treatment, and policy.
InfoFacts: Steroids Provides information on steroids (anabolic-androgenic), including health hazards and extent of use.
Information on Common Drugs of Abuse: Steroids Links to NIDA publications, research reports, notes and news releases on steroids.
	The Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention http://www.edc.org/hec/ Provides support to all institutions of higher education in their efforts to address alcohol and other drug problems on college campuses with a primary focus on prevention strategies.
Infofacts Resources: College Athletes and Alcohol and Other Drug Use (revised 2002)
	The Anti-Drug http://www.theantidrug.com/ Educates parents about drugs and emphasizes the impact they can have in curbing their children's substance use.
Drug Information: Steroids Gives an overview of anabolic steroids and its related health hazards.
	Monitoring the Future, The University of Michigan http://www.monitoringthefuture.org An ongoing substance abuse study that publishes yearly results on the behaviors, attitudes and values of American secondary school students, college students and young adults.
National Results on Adolescent Drug Use 2003 This annual survey of 8th, 10th, and 12th graders tracks trends in the use of licit and illict drugs as well as trends in the levels of perceived risk and personal disapproval associated with each drug. (Adobe Acrobat File)
National Survey Results on Drug Use, 1975-2003, Volume I: Secondary School Students This monograph gives the 1975-2003 national trends in smoking, drinking, and illicit drug use among American secondary school students. (Adobe Acrobat File)
	Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) http://www.usdoj.gov/dea Enforces controlled substances laws and regulations in the United States.
Steroids: Drug Information Includes information on the prevalence of use, physical/mental effects and trafficking/production associated with anabolic steroids.
	American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) http://www.aap.org/ Dedicates their efforts and resources to the health, safety and well-being of infants, children, adolescents and young adults.
Steroids: Play Safe, Play Fair (August 2003) Provides information about anabolic steroids-how they are used and what are their health effects.
Adolescents and Anabolic Steroid Abuse: A Subject Review (June 1997) Reviews trends in anabolic steroid abuse and how pediatricians can approach the subject in regard to their patients.
	The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University (CASA) http://www.casacolumbia.org/ CASA's research informs Americans about the economic and social costs of substance abuse and its impact on their lives, and assesses what works in prevention, treatment, and law enforcement.
Winning At Any Cost: Doping in Olympic Sports (September 2000) Describes the pressures that tempt elite athletes to use performance-enhancing substances, the physical and sociological effects of substance abuse and the drug testing regulations in Olympic competition. (Adobe Acrobat File)
	Women's Sports Foundation http://www.womenssportsfoundation.org/cgi-bin/iowa/ A charitable educational organization dedicated to increasing the participation of girls and women in sports and fitness and creating an educated public that supports gender equity in sport.
Press Release: Research Report: Health Risks and the Teen Athlete Discusses how sports involvement can increase the risk of anabolic steroid use among young athletes, although they are less likely to use other substances.
	Athletes Training and Learning to Avoid Steroids (ATLAS) http://www.ohsu.edu/hpsm/atlas.html A drug prevention program designed for high school male athletes that focuses on anabolic steroid use.
	Athletes Targeting Healthy Exercise and Nutrition Alternatives (ATHENA) http://www.ohsu.edu/hpsm/athena.html A program for young women on school-sponsored athletic, dance & drill and rally teams designed to prevent drug use and unhealthy eating habits.
	Juiced Up – PEOPLE Magazine Think steroids are just a problem in pro sports? Think again. In a quest for more beautiful bods, ordinary teen boys and twentysomethings are shooting up too-- sometimes with tragic results.
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Physical Effects of Steroids

	National Institute on Drug Abuse http://www.nida.nih.gov/ A respected scientific research institution that studies and disseminates information on drug abuse and addiction prevention, treatment, and policy.
NIDA Research Report: Anabolic Steroid Abuse Lists the health hazards of anabolic steroid abuse.
	Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/ Establishes policies, priorities and objectives for the nation's drug control program.
Drug Facts: Steroids, Consequences of Use
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Mental Effects of Steroids

	National Institute on Drug Abuse http://www.nida.nih.gov/ A respected scientific research institution that studies and disseminates information on drug abuse and addiction prevention, treatment, and policy.
NIDA Research Report: Anabolic Steroid Abuse Discusses the mental and behavioral effects of anabolic steroid abuse
	Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/ Establishes policies, priorities and objectives for the nation's drug control program.
Drug Facts: Steroids, Consequences of Use
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