Criminal Offences Linked To Steroid Use
by admin ~ July 6th, 2009.
A Swedish study provided a warning about the dangers of the muscle-building drugs. It revealed that steroid users were no more likely than nonusers to commit violent crimes such as murder, assault, rape and property crimes.
The researchers studied the relationship between steroids associated with increased aggressiveness and impulsive violent outbursts and criminal behavior. They looked at people using steroids without a doctor’s prescription
From Bio-Medicine:
The researchers led by Dr. Fia Klotz of Uppsala University in Sweden wrote “Our findings indicate that the use of (anabolic steroids) is associated not only with impulsive antisocial behavior but also with an antisocial lifestyle involving various types of criminality.”
241 Swedes who tested positive for steroid use out of a sample of 1,440 tested for the drugs from 1995 and 2001 at a laboratory in Huddinge, Sweden were found to have a strong connection to some criminal acts but not others.
The steroid users were roughly twice as likely to have been found guilty of a weapons crime and 1-1/2 times as likely to have been found guilty of fraud.
The people in the Swedish study were of average age 20 who were referred to the laboratory for drug testing by police, substance abuse clinics, customs agents, and psychiatric facilities. Three of the 214 steroid users were women.
Several athletes and bodybuilders and others use steroids without a prescription to build muscle bulk and strength to look better.
Steroid abusers also show depression, mood swings, delusions, impulsiveness, paranoia, irritability, and impaired judgment. The association between steroid use and convictions for weapons offenses was explained by researchers as a need among those committing armed robberies or collecting crime-related debts might feel the need to be more muscular. The researchers concluded that steroids combined with other drugs might make a person more prone to commit fraud.
Category: Anabolic Steroids | Tags: Anabolic Steroids, crimes, steroids, Swedish study