Playing with Fire. / Sean Horgan.
by Horgan, Sean; SIRS Publishing, Inc.
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BookSeries: SIRS Enduring Issues 2003Article 66Health. Publisher: Dallas Morning News, 2002ISSN: 1522-323X;.Subject(s): Athletes -- Drug use | Dietary supplements | Drugs -- Side effects | High school athletes | Steroids -- Side effects | Teenagers -- Drug useDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Various studies show that between 23 and 58 percent of the roughly 6.5 million students participating in high school sports use performance-enhancing products, which often are called dietary or nutritional supplements. In August, Blue Cross and Blue Shield released projections that more than 1 million young people between 12 and 17 have taken performance-enhancing supplements even though 96 percent of the respondents acknowledged potential health risks." (DALLAS MORNING NEWS) This article reveals that teenagers are using performance-enhancing drugs at an alarmingly high rate.
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Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2003.
Originally Published: Playing with Fire, Feb. 17, 2002; pp. 1B+.
"Various studies show that between 23 and 58 percent of the roughly 6.5 million students participating in high school sports use performance-enhancing products, which often are called dietary or nutritional supplements. In August, Blue Cross and Blue Shield released projections that more than 1 million young people between 12 and 17 have taken performance-enhancing supplements even though 96 percent of the respondents acknowledged potential health risks." (DALLAS MORNING NEWS) This article reveals that teenagers are using performance-enhancing drugs at an alarmingly high rate.
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