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Steroids being sold illegally to 14yr teens. Possible " hidden epidemic"

Seeing so many topics about young kids using steroids lately, i find it only appropriate to discuss this. Came across this 2018 article:

Steroids 'sold illegally to teens', BBC South East finds

Border Force figures show a 35% spike in seizures from 2016-17

young men were increasingly turning to these drugs because of wider societal pressures.

"It is really hard to gauge how big this is," he said. "But everything anecdotally that we're getting is that it could be huge."

Last month, the Cardiovascular Society warned tens of thousands of people may be at increased risk of dying early by misusing anabolic steroids.

Then, read this tens of thousands of people may be at increased risk of dying

What should society do about this? I think it starts at home: parents need to pay attention to their children! Then, in school, information is important. Governments too should act swiftly.

Posted Jan 3, 2018, 1:36 PM UTC

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