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	Quick Reference: Sports & Doping The following information is excerpted from the resources compiled as part of Drugstory's Special Feature "Sports & Doping"
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	Muscle Madness: The Ugly Connection Between Body Image And Steroid Abuse Uncovers the relationship between anabolic steroid use and poor body image among young men. (Adobe Acrobat File)
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Roundtable Discussions

	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: Steroids

	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.
Information on Common Drugs of Abuse: Steroids Links to NIDA publications, research reports, notes and news releases on steroids.
NIDA Research Report: Anabolic Steroid Abuse Lists the health hazards of anabolic steroid abuse.
	HealthScout.com http://www.healthscout.com A Web site providing consumer health information, news and tools.
Drug Facts: Steroids A page dedicated to stories related to steroids.
	SteroidAbuse.org An NIDA-sponsored Web site featuring 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.
	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 their related health hazards.
	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.
	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/som-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/som-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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General Information: Ephedra and Ephedrine

	Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration http://www.cfsan.fda.gov One of six product-oriented centers that carries out the mission of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the scientific regulatory agency responsible for the safety of domestically produced and imported foods, cosmetics, drugs, biologics, medical devices and radiological products.
Dietary Supplements: Ephedrine Alkaloids Provides information on ephedrine, a derivative of the plant ephedra.
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Personal Stories

	Greg Schwab This aspiring NFL player - turned high school associate principal and coach talks about athlete's pressures to compete, which causes some of them to abuse anabolic steroids.
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