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Steroids
Memo to the Record
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LP-GWB Archivists
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Elizabeth Lanier
Date:
07/24/2015
Collection:
Domestic Policy Council
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Halaska, Terrell
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RE: Education Weekly Newspaper
Publication Citation: Education Weekly, Volume XXIII, Number 32, April 21, 2004
Notes: This newspaper was removed and destroyed during processing.
Tenell
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6 EDUCATION APRIL 21, 2004
ACROSS THE NATION
Policymakers Tackling
Teenage Steroid Abuse
BY DARCIA HARRIS BOWMAN
admire what they see on a daily
& JOHN GEHRING
basis," said Peter Roby, the execu-
tive director of the Center for the
Renewed concerns about the
Study of Sport in Society, based
role of performance-enhancing
at Northeastern University in
drugs in professional sports have
Boston.
prompted national and state poli-
Today's young athletes are grow-
cymakers to focus on the problem
ing up in a culture where athletic
of steroid abuse by teenagers.
ability is an ever-more-valuable
This abuse isn't a new problem
commodity, Mr. Roby said. "If you
in athletics, but the issue has re-
can find ways to enhance your
cently made its way back into the
performance," he said, "you are re-
national consciousness.
warded, SO it's a risk-reward
President Bush mentioned
proposition."
steroids in his January State of
the Union speech, warning that
Start Paying Attention'
youngsters model the behavior of
Steve
professional athletes and urging
An annual study of 50,000 stu-
From left, state Sen. Jackie Speier, San Francisco 49ers football player Kwame Harris, sports
pro-sports leagues to get tough on
dents led by researcher Lloyd D.
agent Leigh Steinberg, and former 49ers coach Bill Walsh talk about the dangers of steroid use
users.
Johnston showed that among 8th
by high school athletes. They were in Sacramento to testify at a California Senate hearing.
In California and Florida, state
grade boys, steroid use jumped
lawmakers alarmed by the unfold-
from 1.2 percent in 1998 to 1:7.
Jackie Speier said in a March 25
shrunken testicles, and breast en-
in Lowell, Mich., doesn't see
ing doping scandal in professional
percent in 1999 and 2000. And
statement
largement. Women using the drugs
steroids as a major concern for
baseball introduced legislation
usage among boys in the 12th
Ms. Speier, a Democrat, has pro-
may experience irregular men-
his school, use of other sub-
this year that would require
grade peaked at 3:8 percent in
posed mandating random steroid
strual periods, growth of body hair
stances has become a problem.
schools to randomly test student
2001 and 2002, up from 2.8 per-
testing in schools, banning the
and loss of scalp hair, a deepened
For instance, he said, creatine
athletes for steroid use.
cent in 1998.
sale of legal performance-enhanc-
voice, and reduced breast size.
has become more popular with
Experts said those actions were
"In the years immediately fol-
ing drugs such as creatine and
Users tend to bulk up dramati-
his student athletes over the past
well-timed.
lowing Mark McGuire's record,
androstenedione to minors, and
cally and quickly. They develop
few years. A legal supplement
Last month, the U.S. Senate
young people's] perception of the
requiring school coaches to
stretch marks, increased acne,
that can be bought in almost any
Ke
held hearings looking into the use
dangers of steroid use declined
ceive training on the dangers of
mood swings, and jaundice.
nutrition store, creatine is cred-
of steroids in professional baseball
appreciably-all they could see
the drugs.
Often though the outward
ited with helping develop more
an
after the personal trainer of
was that he looked healthy and
signs of steroid abuse can be sub
muscle energy that allows for
San Francisco Giants star Barry
he was playing great," said Mr.
Ugly Possibility'
tle enough to escape even the
longer, more intense training and
Bonds was indicted on charges of
Johnston, a professor at the Uni-
trained eye.
makes recovery time between
selling performance enhancing
versity of Michigan's Institute for
While steroids can enhance
Dr. Stephen G. Rice, a pediatri-
workouts shorter.
drugs out of a Bay-area lab.
Social Research in Ann Arbor
athletic performance, build mus-
cian at Jersey Shore University
"When [the substances are)
ntrc
The last time the nation saw
Mr. Johnston points out that the
and speed up recovery time,
Medical Center in Neptune, N.J.,
being mixed in school, we have
an upswing in steroid use among
upward trend in usage finally
there are a host of medical
who specializes in sports medi
a concern about it, Mr. Hovrla
Your
young people was 1998-the year
showed a slight reversal last year.
sons for teenagers to steer clear
cine, gives physicals to some
said This is just aishortcut and
perfo
Mark McGuire broke profes-
Still, among the boys surveyed
of the drugs.
2,000 high school athletes year
that's what kids want shortcuts
sional baseball's single season
by Johnston's group in 2003, the
Anabolic steroids are synthetic
Even so, he can't recall having
to get bigger and faster
is exc
home run record.
drugs were being used by 1.8
compounds that mimic the effects
recently tagged any of those ado-
Mr. Hovrla's coaching staff didn't
The muscular slugger later ad-
percent of 8th graders, 2.3 per-
of the male sex hormone testos-
lescents as steroid users
pay much attention to creatine in
solutic
mitted to using a steroid deriva-
cent of 10th graders, and 3.2 per-
terone. According to the National
"It's harder than you think to
the past, but students caught
tive called androstenedione, but
cent of seniors.
Institute of Drug Abuse, use of
identify steroid use unless you're
using it know they'll be
medical researchers and other
"Teens are 'juicing' just like
such drugs by adolescents can
really, really, really looking hard,"
punished by having to sit out
experts said the only message
many of the sports figures they so
halt bone growth and damage the
Dr. Rice said. "That said, can't
games.
many adolescents took away
want to emulate-and coaches,
heart, kidneys, and liver.
imagine that if were a coach see-
from the controversy was that
parents, lawmakers, and students
In males, steroids override the
ing a kid day in and day out and
Deterring Steroid Use
steroids equal glory.
need to wake up and start paying
body's natural production of testos-
knowing what normal develop-
"Kids are going to emulate and
attention," California state Sen.
terone and can lead to impotence,
ment looks like,
that] wouldn't
Some experts argued that ed-
see it.
ucation the key to changing
"And that," he added raises
teenagers perceptions about
the very ugly possibility that
steroids and other performance-
Seton Hall University
coaches don't want to see it
enhancing'subst
The question for many schools
One popular approach for boys
Offers a Fast Track
and districts is how best to deter
that is used in schools in more
students from using steroids
than half of the states is ATLAS, or
to a Traditional Ed.D.
Testing for such drugs, even ran-
Athletes Training and Learning
domly, is expensive, and schools
to Avoid Steroids Over the
rarely undertake the endeavor.
course of 10 sessions lasting 45
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minutes each, a faculty adviser
Our accelerated Ed.D. program allows you to complete your
Valley Unified School District in
and peer leaders supervise a
doctoral studies in just 10 weekends and two four-week
Phoenix, for example, spends
number of interactive activities
Last month, the U.S. Senate
under ardoad
held hearings looking into the use
dangers of steroid use declined
ceive training on the dangers of
mood swings, and jaundice.
nutrition store, creatine is cred-
of steroids in professional baseball
appreciably-all they could see
the drugs.
Often, though, the outward
ited with helping develop more
and tl
after the personal trainer of
was that he looked healthy and
signs of steroid abuse can be sub-
muscle energy that allows for
San Francisco Giants star Barry
he was playing great," said Mr.
Ugly Possibility'
tle enough to escape even the
longer, more intense training and
Bonds was indicted on charges of
Johnston, a professor at the Uni-
trained eye.
makes recovery time between
selling performance-enhancing
versity of Michigan's Institute for
While steroids can enhance
Dr. Stephen G. Rice, a pediatri-
workouts shorter.
drugs out of a Bay-area lab.
Social Research in Ann Arbor
athletic performance, build mus-
cian at Jersey Shore University
"When [the substances are]
Introduc
The last time the nation saw
Mr. Johnston points out that the
cle, and speed up recovery time,
Medical Center in Neptune, N.J.,
being mixed in school, we have
an upswing in steroid use among
upward trend in usage finally
there are a host of medical rea
who specializes in sports medi
a concern about it Mr Hovrla
Your distri
young people was 1998-the year
showed a slight reversal last year.
sons for teenagers to steer clear
cine, gives physicals to some
said This is just a shortcut, and
performan
Mark McGuire broke profes-
Still, among the boys surveyed
of the drugs.
2,000 high chookathletes a-year
that want shortcuts
sional baseball's single season
by Johnston's group in 2003, the
Anabolic steroids are synthetic
Even so, he can't recall having
to get bigger and faster."
is exceedi
home run record.
drugs were being used by 1.8
compounds that mimic the effects
recently tagged any of those ado-
Mr. Hovrla's coaching staff didn't
The muscular slugger later ad-
percent of 8th graders, 2.3 per-
of the male sex hormone testos-
lescents as steroid users
pay much attention to creatine in
solutions't
mitted to using a steroid deriva-
cent of 10th graders, and 3.2 per-
terone. According to the National
"It's harder than you think to
the past, but students caught
tive called androstenedione, but
cent of seniors.
Institute of Drug Abuse, use of
identify steroid use unless you're
using it today know they'll be
medical researchers and other
"Teens are juicing' just like
such drugs by adolescents can
really, really, really looking hard,"
punished by having to sit out
experts said the only message
many of the sports figures they SO
halt bone growth and damage the
Dr. Rice said. "That said, I can't
games.
many adolescents took away
want to emulate-and coaches,
heart, kidneys, and liver.
imagine that if were a coach, see-
from the controversy was that
parents, lawmakers, and students
In males, steroids override the
ing a kid day in and day out and
Deterring Steroid Use
steroids equal glory.
need to wake up and start paying
body's natural production of testos-
knowing what normal develop-
"Kids are going to emulate and
attention," California state Sen.
terone and can lead to impotence,
ment like, that I wouldn't
Some experts argued that ed-
see
it
ucation is the key to changing
And that he added, "raises
teenagers perceptions about
the very ugly possibility that
steroids and other performance-
Seton Hall University
coaches don't want to seent
enhancing substances.
The question for many schools
One popular approach for boys
Offers a Fast Track
and districts is how best to deter
that is used in schools in more
students from using steroids
than half of the states is ATLAS, or
to a Traditional Ed.D.
Testing for such drugs; even ran
Athletes Training and Learning
domly, is expensive, and schools
to:- Avoid Steroids. Over the
rarely undertake the endeavor.
course of 10 sessions lasting 45
The 35,000-student Paradise
minutes.each, a faculty adviser
Our accelerated Ed.D. program allows you to complete your
Valley Unified School District in
and peer. leaders supervise a
doctoral studies in just 10 weekends and two four-week
Phoenix, for example, spends
number of interactive activities
Becoming part
summer sessions over a two-year period.
$21,000 annually on the testing,
with a focus on exercise and nu-
family
This rigorous program is designed exclusively for K-12 education
at a cost of $79 per student. Since
trition as ways of building up
administrators who need a flexible schedule that will not inter-
1990, the district has conducted
speed, size, and endurance
fere with career responsibilities. Our cohort approach builds on
urine testing in all five of its high
The program's creator, Dr. Linn
shared experiences and the expertise of seasoned faculty and
schools between one and four
Goldberg, said he can produce
nationally recognized authorities in the educational field.
times a month.
studies that show ATLAS and a
programs
However, school officials said
companion course for girls are
to
Now occepting applications for the April 2005 cohort
they rarely find a student who
effective in decreasing steroid
tests positive for steroid use.
use among articipants: The
Afortunate to
Hall's,Executive E Program
Financial aid loans cover the
They believe the testing serves
U.S. Department of Education
entire program cost, regardless of
SETON
as a strong deterrent.
has agreed, giving the programs
Dun Klussmann
HALL
financial need.
Even without testing, some
its "exemplary" label.
Assistant Superintendent SBISD
UNIVERSITY
athletic directors and coaches say
Steroid abuse "is not a problem
Houston,
godo
they're well aware there's a prob-
of morality," said Dr. Goldberg,
Anticipated
400 South Orange Ave., South Orange, NJ 07079
lem with the use of performance
the head of the division of health
May 2004
www.shu.edu
enhancing substances
promotion and sports medicine
Prices shown an
Although Barry Hovrla, the
at Oregon Health and Science
1-800-345-151
execedd
athletic director at the 1;200-stu-
University in Portland can
dent Lowell Senior High School
be deterred from doing this
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