STEROIDS

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STEROIDS

• FACTS AND CONSEQUENCES

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WHAT ARE ANABOLIC STEROIDS

• Anabolic steroids are the synthetic derivatives
  of the naturally occurring male anabolic
  testosterone.
• Anabolic meaning to build and androgenic meaning
  masculinizing. They are taken primarily to
  increase muscle mass.

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Fact

• Steroid use is in violation of Marine Corps Order
  1700.24B.

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Some possible Consequences

• Men who take steroids may experience
• 1. Reduce Sperm Count
• 2. Impotence
• 3. Development of Breast.
• 4. Shrinking of the Testicles
• 5. Difficulty or Pain when Urinating

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Some possible Consequences

• Woman who take steroids may experience
• 1. Facial Hair Growth.
• 2. Deepened Voice.
• 3. Breast Reduction.
• 4. Menstrual cycle changes

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HOW ARE STEROIDS TAKEN

• Steroids can be taken orally or they can be
  injected.
• Side effects have associated with the oral form
  were discovered to be more dangerous to the
  liver.
• But the injectable steroids are not free from
  side effects.

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WHO TAKES STEROIDS

• It use to be just the athlete or only men.
• Today research has found an alarming increase in
  high school students ( 5-12 males and 1 female
  adolescents use steroids before their senior year
  in high school).
• All linked by the desire to hopefully look,
  perform and feel better about oneself, regardless
  of the dangers.

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WHAT ARE THE HEALTH HAZARDS OF STEROIDS

• Some are Physical, others are psychological.
  With unsupervised steroid use, megadosing or
  stacking (using a combination of different
  steroids), the effects can be irreversible or
  undetected until it is too late.
• Also if steroids are injected, transmitting or
  contracting HIV and Hepatitis B through shared
  needle use is a real concern.

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WHAT ARE THE HEALTH HAZARDS OF STEROIDS

• Unlike almost all other drugs all steroid based
  hormones have one unique characteristic-their
  dangers may not manifest for months, years and
  even decades.
• Therefore long after you give them up you may
  develop side effects.

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WHAT ARE THE BEHAVIORAL SIDE EFFECTS

• Anabolic Steroids can cause severe mood swings.
  
• The steroid user will experience bouts of
  depression or extreme irritability to feelings of
  invincibility and outright aggression, commonly
  known as ROID RAGE.
• This is a dangerous state beyond mere
  assertiveness.

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WHAT ARE THE BEHAVIORAL SIDE EFFECTS

• Adolescents who use steroids can halt their
  growth prematurely.
• What happens is that steroids closes the growth
  center in a kids bones once these growth plates
  are closed, they cannot re-open so adolescents
  that take too many steroids may end up shorter
  than they should have been.

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ARE STEROIDS ADDICTIVE

• Recent evidence suggest that long-time steroid
  users and steroid abusers will experience the
  classic characteristics of addiction.
• They will have cravings, difficulty in stopping
  steroid use and withdrawal symptoms. It will be
  psychological and physical depending on the
  length of use.

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ARE STEROIDS ADDICTIVE

• They experience withdrawal pains when they stop
  taking the drug so they start up again and the
  pain goes away.
• They have difficulty stopping even though they
  know that it is bad for them.

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TESTING

• Navy drug labs do not test for Steroids, these
  urine samples have to be sent to a different lab
  at a cost of 245.00 a sample.
• Steroid users have found ways of beating the test
  by buying STEROID CLEANSE KITS.
• These kits come in a three part system
  consisting of Pre-cleanse pills, a regiment of
  fluids and the suppliers anti-toxin solution.
• They have proven to be 100 safe and effective.
  These kits remove ALL traces of steroids from the
  urine and blood in three days and have proven to
  beat the EMIT and GC/MS confirmation drug tests
  performed by drug testing labs.
• If a Marine was going to be tested for Steroids
  he must be tested right there on the spot, DO NOT
  GIVE THE MARINE TIME BEFORE THEY TEST.

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STEROIDS TODAY

• There are over two dozen types of steroids that
  our Marines may have access to. Here in
  California the Marines can go to Mexico and
  purchase them, some of the pharmacies give them
  different brand names to keep up with supply and
  demand and avoid detection of sale.