Gym candy, pumpers, roids, stackers, weight trainers, juice. From athletes to bodybuilders, people have been taking steroids in hopes to further better their physical appearance, strength, and endurance. But they have also been putting themselves at risk for major life-threatening side effects.

Now, even high school students are getting “juiced”.

Steroids 101
Anabolic steroids are synthetic versions of an already naturally occuring hormone, testosterone. This hormone is produced by both men and women- but by ingesting/injecting steroids into the body, the balance of hormones becomes off balance. It is during (and after) these times of hormonal off balance that the body can react unexpectedly.