Warning to school boys over illegal anabolic steroids

Roughly one in six schoolboy rugby players are using illegal anabolic steroids, according to a new survey.

The SA Sports Medicine Association issued a warning in response to the survey results and said the use of anabolic steroids is harmful to the health of school boys.

From Eyewitnessnews.co.za:

The association's Dr John Patricious said the illegal use of steroids among school pupils is becoming a dangerous trend.

“It is harmful to the boys’ health and they often do not see the signs because many of the side effects are silent and will only manifest later. These are schedule 5 drugs and it is a criminal offence to use them without a prescription,” said Patricious.

The survey was independently commissioned by several schools and urine samples were sent for analysis in the United States.