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Performance Enhancing Drugs This Lesson Plan Produced By Your Drug Demand Reduction Program

Performance Enhancing Drugs This Lesson Plan Produced By Your Drug Demand Reduction Program. What are Steroids?. Powerful compounds closely related to male sex hormone testosterone Current legitimate medical uses include treatment of certain kinds of anemia

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Performance Enhancing Drugs This Lesson Plan Produced By Your Drug Demand Reduction Program

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  1. Performance Enhancing Drugs This Lesson Plan Produced By Your Drug Demand Reduction Program

  2. What are Steroids? • Powerful compounds closely related to male sex hormone testosterone • Current legitimate medical uses include treatment of certain kinds of anemia • Users claim steroids give them a competitive advantage and/or improve their physical appearance and use these drugs illegally

  3. What Do They Look Like? Steroids come in tablet or liquid form.

  4. How They Appear

  5. What are some of the signs that a person is using steroids? • Use produces increases in: • Lean muscle mass • Strength • Ability to train longer and harder

  6. Some Short-term Effects • For women, side effects include: • Growth of facial hair • Changes in or cessation of menstrual cycle • Deepened voice • For adolescents, side effects include: • Growth halted prematurely through premature skeletal maturation • Accelerated puberty changes • g • For men, additional side effects include: • Shrinking of the testicles • Reduced sperm count • Infertility • Baldness • Development of breasts

  7. Some Long-term Effects DEA indicates long-term, high-dose effects of steroid use are largely unknown.

  8. What is the DEA Federal Classification Schedule for steroids? Steroids are listed as DEA Federal Classification Schedule III drugs, which have a stimulant effect on the central nervous system.

  9. Penalties for Possession • Penalties for possession of steroids range from the following: • First offense: 5 years imprisonment • Second offense: 10 years imprisonment

  10. As a member of CAP, what should you do if you know someone who is using steroids? Notify one of the following: Deputy Commander for Cadets / Cadet Programs Officer Chaplain / Moral Leadership Officer Unit Commander

  11. Why do people use steroids? To bulk up. To become the “best.” Gives them an edge in sports. They see professionals do it. Believe it will make them more popular.

  12. What are some of the ways you can say “No” to drugs without isolating yourself? That’s not me! I might get caught. My trainer won’t let me. What? And get kicked off the team? No way, Man!

  13. Summary • Performance enhancing drugs are a serious business. • People participating in athletics are pressured to win. • Are a few hours of “fun” or awards worth all the side effects? • Ask yourself, “Is it really worth it?” • DO NOT USE STERIODS!

  14. Steroids by National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Available on www.drugfree.org U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Available on www.dea.gov Lesson Plan Resources

  15. Don’t march with these guys,say NO to drugs! DEAD MEN WALKING

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