Gabe Mackin once asked 100 athletes, "Would they take a special pill that would guarantee a gold medal in the Olympics, but it would kill them within a year?" Out of the 100 athletes, more than half of them said yes (Steroids . . . Attitude). Anabolic Steroids are a growing problem that has gone overlooked for several years, but now this bulky problem is being brought out into the open.
             Steroids are a derivative of male testosterone and have been in use since the early 1960's. Several acts and laws have been past trying to stop the vast usage of Anabolic Steroids. Such acts as the Federal Anti Drug Act of 1988 place Anabolic Steroids within a special category in the prescription class, and all violations involving the sale or possession with intent to distribute Anabolic Steroids became a felony. The Anabolic Steroid control act of 1990 gave enforcement power to DEA which created harsher punishments for the people to that continue to use.
             Despite supposive reductions in recent years, Anabolic Steroid use is still greatest among the youth of America, than among the youth in any other industrial nation. Twenty percent of kids ranging from ages twelve to seventeen have admitted to taking drugs (Blaken). Steroid distribution is said to be between 500 million and 1 billion dollar a year business (Gilmor). About one million young people between twelve and seventeen, just in the United States are suspected to be taking performance enhancing supplements or drugs of some sort (Kreiger and Ostrov). Also another problem plaguing this nation are steroids being produced outside the United States that are being smuggled in. Even some law enforcement officials that are supposed to be protecting the streets are involved in Anabolic Steroids. New York has convicted police officers of selling Anabolic Steroids. The dosages that users take are just guesswork. Sometimes ten or more times stronger than the norm...