Drugs used by Young Children to excel at sport
by admin ~ August 9th, 2009.
Children as young as eleven are using drugs to excel at sport, as per a recently concluded study by researchers from France that was published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. This revelation clearly suggests that popularity of steroids has seen an upward trend due to easy availability.
The fact that steroids help sportsmen gain advantage due to increased body mass, development of lean muscle mass, and less fatigue is considered as a good enough reason for sportsmen to take steroids.
From News-Medical.Net:
The French team found that more than one per cent of eleven year olds admitted to using performance enhancing drugs to do better in sports but by age 15, the number had increased from 1.2 to 3% and they were then being used on a regular basis.
While 62% of eleven years olds used doping agents less than once per month, at 15 the same number were using them at least every week and 24% on a daily basis.
Most commonly used to improve sporting prowess was the drug salbutamol, which was taken by 45% of users; 10% took corticosteroids and 6% cannabis and other stimulants and 38% anabolic agents.
Boys were more likely to take the drugs than girls and 4% experienced health problems, because of doping including becoming violent, changes to the voice and loss of consciousness.
Drug use was linked to sex, number of hours of practice per week, intention to use, other drug use, low self-esteem and anxiety.
The fact that steroids deliver so much with no harmful effects, unless they are abused by the users, is primarily responsible for their success and popularity in the last few years. This is also one of the biggest reasons why sportsmen of today do not want to stay behind and therefore using steroids to improve their on-field performance.
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