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Using Steroids STEROIDS, also known as Anabolic ("building")-androgenic (masculinizing) steroids, include the male hormone testosterone, and its artificial derivatives. Steroids are used for treatment of certain diseases such as specific types of anemia, some breast cancers, and testosterone deficiency. Non-medical use of steroids is strictly illegal. However, because of their performance-enhancing and body-building properties, steroids have been illegally used by both athletes and nonathletes since the late 1950s to improve their athletic ability and to look better.

Steroids are taken orally or injected into the muscles. Both males and females use steroids, though males account for higher rates of use. Numerous health hazards are associated with short-term use of steroids.

--Courtesy of the Indiana Prevention Resource Center

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Sites and Documents in Spanish or Portuguese
button Instituto Nacional sober el Abuso de Drogas (NIDA). Series de Reportes de Investigación: Esteroides Anabólicos. Spanish.

button NIDA. Select "En Español." Steroids. Spanish

button NIDA. INFOFAX. Esteroides (Anabólicos). Spanish.

button National Library of Medicine. Medline Plus. Información de Salud para Usted. Escoge "Temas de Salud." "E." "Esteroides Anabólicos." Spanish/English

button Drug Strategies. For youth. Información veraz y exacta sobre las drogas. Spanish

button ONDASALUD.com (La Salud en el Deporte). Los jóvenes estadounidenses abusan de los esteroides. Spanish

button Brazilian Antidrogas.org. Portuguese


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Additional Information in English for General Population
button National Institute on Drug Abuse. Anabolic Steroid Abuse. Publications Online. Video, "In the Mix." English

button National Institute on Drug Abuse. Steroids: The Hard Truth. Kevin Sorbo. English

button National Institute on Drug Abuse. SteroidAbuse.org Special Website. English

button Drug Enforcement Agency. Drug Descriptions. Steroids. English

button ONDCP. Facts and Figures. Steroids. English.

button NIDA. NIDA Research Report: Anabolic Steroids. English

button Partnership for a Drug-Free America. Enter Main Site. Drug Guide. Steroids, Anabolic. English

button United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) web site. English

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