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2014-0126-F [ ] Friday, July 24, 2015 FOIA Marker This is not a textual record. This FOIA Marker indicates that material has been removed during FOIA processing by George W. Bush Presidential Library staff. Domestic Policy Council Halaska, Terrell Location or NARA Number: FRC ID: OA Number: Stack: Row: Sect.: Shelf: Pos.: Hollinger ID: W 8 18 7 2 5933 18868 5009 5169 Folder Title: Steroids Memo to the Record To: LP-GWB Archivists From: Elizabeth Lanier Date: 07/24/2015 Collection: Domestic Policy Council Series: Halaska, Terrell Container number: FRC 5933 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 geriads 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 Preservation Copy 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 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 Preservation Copy