When cheers turn to depression High school girl got a steroid scare By Stan Grossfeld, Globe Staff FREEHOLD, N.J. – She just wanted six-pack abs. So, Dionne Passacantando, a 17-year-old high school cheerleader, gymnast, and vice president of her Allen (Texas) High School class, made a decision she regrets. She bought anabolic steroids from a […]

An Athlete’s Dangerous Experiment PLANO, Tex., Nov. 25 - After recording one save last season, Taylor Hooton expected to join the starting rotation next spring for the baseball team at Plano West Senior High School. “You could count on the kid to throw strikes,” said Billy Ajello, Taylor’s best friend and a catcher at Plano […]

FORMER doorman Wes Gould used steroids for four years to bulk up for his job. Then he suffered a series of health problems which convinced him to ditch the drugs. Wes, 43, who now owns a shop-lets firm in Norwich, says: “I left the Army in 1994 and started as a doorman at clubs and […]

“Kicking steroids was the hardest thing I've ever done in my life” By Tina Plakinger, Former Female Bodybuilder, Muscle & Fitness, magazine article. Kicking steroids was the hardest thing I've ever done in my life. You go through terrible withdrawal. It takes six months to a year to completely get them out of your system. […]

YOUNGSTERS are being warned of the dangers of anabolic steroids by a former fitness fanatic who developed heart problems. Stephen Pratt was just 18 when he started taking the drugs to improve his physique, and his weight soon leapt from 10 st 7lbs to 13st 7lbs. He stopped taking steroids in January, but was rushed […]

Patrick hall was a good looking kid, extermely popular, and a very talented athlete. But that was not enough. In 2004, Patrick started using Anabolic steroids. That use led to abuse and eventually a full blown addicton that nearly cost him everything. Steroids, and the need to always be bigger and more ripped consumed his […]

A POPULAR student with a "hidden" heart condition collapsed and died after taking anabolic steroids in a bid to "bulk-up", an inquest heard. Matthew Swordy, from Oaky Balks in Alnwick, Northumberland, was unaware that he was living with the rare heart problem Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) when he began injecting steroids to supplement his bodybuilding regime. The […]

Matthew was born in 1991 at Rochford hospital. Matthew attended St Helens R. C Primary School and then went on to St Thomas More High School For Boys. He finished off his education at the South East Essex College. Matthew worked part time for Royal Mail. Matthew’s interests were keeping fit and with passing his […]

(last name withheld by request) From The SUN (a major UK newspaper, 7/28/2010) Ex-user Alex: He won’t be photographed and we can use only his first name but he injected steroids on and off for three years. The 35-year-old unemployed builder, from Crosby, near Liverpool, ended up in hospital after he fell into deep depression. […]

"I'm extremely proud to present Taylor's Award to Bob Copeland. As a result of Bob's leadership, and that of the University of Waterloo, the performance enhancing drug problem in university sports is now being addressed in a much bigger way across Canada," said Don Hooton, President of the Taylor Hooton Foundation. "It is my hope […]