Steroids and Drugs in the High School Athlete
Use of Prescription Drugs May be Latest Teenage Trend by Frank Uryasz, President, Drug Free Sport There is a good chance that the drugs your athletes are taking aren’t detected through your drug-testing program. Most schools don’t test for prescription pain killers and sedatives. A recent article in the New England Journal of Medicine by Richard Friedman, M.D., (N Engl J Med 354:14 1448-1450, April 6, 2006) describes a disturbing trend toward the use of…
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High School athletes using gym candy, juice, pumpers, stackers or vitamin S, is a cause for concern and a major problem in America; Frank Uryasz, President of Drug Free Sport located in Kansas City, MO talks with Barbara to discuss the dangers, the risks, and the testing of steroids in high school athletes today. Click here to read Use of Prescription Drugs May be Latest Teenage Trend by Frank Uryasz. Click here to read High…
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