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I’d be willing to bet that most kids are referring to creatine and weight gainers. When asking kids if they use anything to enhance their appearance that leaves a lot to interpretation. “12% of boys reported using products to enhance appearance, muscle mass or strength” vs “12% of boys reported using steroids” would have been more in line with the clickbait headline. The author clearly doesn’t know the difference. And he refers to “one study” for his data set. A quick peek at his LinkedIn says he has “research experience”. This article might be the full extent of that experience. This is the actual cited reference from the article “According to a 2016 study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, the prevalence of PED use among high school athletes in the United States ranged from 2.7% to 4.0%, depending on the specific sport.6 Another study found that 8% of girls and 12% of boys used products to improve appearance, muscle mass, or strength, and 3.3% of high school students admitted to using steroids.7 “3.3% of high school athletes admitted to using steroids” is the actual number. This is the cited study: Dandoy C, Gereige RS. Performance-enhancing drugs. Pediatr Rev. Jun 2012;33(6):265-71; quiz 271-2. doi:10.1542/pir.33-6-265 It’s from 2012. Not sure that it qualifies as “still a major issue”. Why did I waste my time going down this rabbit hole? I must be bored out of my skull this morning.

what a bs study. here is a small list of things that would qualify for "enhance appearance, muscle mass, or strength". 1. hair gel 2. anything you can buy at gnc whoever wrote this should be shunned from society for intentionally misleading people

Covid broke this mans brain.

Updates so far: DJ Moore says it's different with Williams, "When you turn around the all is just there." ESPN Chicago Bears Beat Reporter says Booker stands out on the field as very long. Phyically looks the part of a good Edge Rusher

https://reason.com/2024/05/10/nearly-half-of-all-masters-degrees-arent-worth-getting/ A lot of useless degrees out there. Yet people keep going into debt to earn them. Insane.

note that I put "scientific study" in those quotation thingy's👍🍻

A PLACE AT THE TABLE!

12% using various legal supplements, sure... 12% using the illegal juice, NO SHOT. If so, I'd have won A LOT more games (or so I'd like to believe). 😂

I agree TOTALLY that this study is outdated and irrelevant to the headline created by said media outlet (IndyStar). However, I do feel it's dangerous (because of society's insistence that they/ we know more than the experts in *insert any field of study here*) to suggest that "any 'scientific study' can be crafted to get the data you want," due to the fact that ACTUAL researchers (not whatever this guy was/ claims to be) take the time to minimize bias and the skewing of results in their studies. Even this not so great study that this letter to the editor references are not "alarming numbers" and the data (as @Just a dad pointed out kindly) CLEARLY indicates/ explains how their study was conducted, what the results were. The problem there is that people have to read (and know how to) in order to understand WHAT the study says/ studied, and A LOT of folks won't go through that effort and thus, the headline wins... I truly believe the REAL PROBLEM, as you pointed out, is the misleading headline, writing, and publishing of a "letter to the editor" article that references data that is 12 years old (well outside of the appropriate mark for quality research) by a newspaper/ publication that (I assume) many on this forum either read, have read, respect, or have respected previously. This is essentially my point above.

Zero percent chance there are 12% of kids using steroids lol

This is a letter to the editor. Please don't click on the link...it just encourages the Star to do more of this. I agree on all points from Just a Dad. The headline was likely generated by IndyStar and not the letter writer. The cited study does not state 12% use steroids, that 12% includes MANY over the counter, legal supplements and stimulants (would I recommend the use of all these "legal" products to an athlete...No)...and it appears the headline purposely misconstrues this data to generate clicks. Also, the 3.3% of athletes that "USE STEROIDS"????...It comes from this question on the survey: "In relation to steroid use, the survey asks if the teenager “ever took steroid pills or shots without a doctor’s prescription one or more time during their life.” Should kids being doing this....hard No. But taking a single dose of Prednisone off label one time in your life, is NOT what most of us would consider a "user of steroids". This study and the accompanying letter to the editor are perfect examples of how any "scientific study" can be crafted to get the data you want...and then any "news" article can then cite that study and create a headline to influence the minds of suburban moms everywhere (no offense to my wife who is, in fact, a suburban mom).😁

Thank you for your post. When I read the original article, I thought the exact same. Is the author referencing steroids, or are they grouping in products such as protein supplements, creatine, etc.? Appreciate the data you shared.

In person as a fan/chain gang member is Bronson Yoder from Northwood. Not only did he singlehandedly beat us but observing him on the sidelines and his leadership impressed me just as much as his physical ability. As a player I played Dan Brandenberg from Rensselaer. He was a one man wrecking crew. I went in to tackle him and with some help from my teammates we brought him down my face mask was removed from my helmet on the hit.

Yet the "missed" FG at Plymouth in 2018 still haunts...

For those in the PLAC/MSC world. Steve Matheny a.ka. Clarksville Steve, passed away Sunday. Steve was Clarksville's biggest supporter. He attended almost every Football and Basketball game for the last 40 years. He was also known for making PLAC/MSC Football schedules. The last few years he wore out anyone who would listen that Clarksville should join the PLAC and would probably have what the schedule should be on a napkin or newspaper. It was a pleasure to know him for 6 years. He will be missed!

That is not exactly accurate. The IHSAA has been found to be a “state actor” in a number of legal decisions. It depends on the issue as to whether the IHSAA is considered an arm of the state, or a private association.

I am still waiting on Doyel's apology/retraction article for claiming fans at the Indianapolis 500 would be the most irresponsible thing ever, that there is no way that college football could be played safely in 2020, that JJ McCarty was unworthy of anyone's Heisman vote and that Carson Wentz was the most selfish person on the planet. Dude is a fraud. But he is protected because he is a southpaw. A righty would have already been fired.

Doyel has carried the woke flag on numerous occasions. Shouldn't he play by the rules he lives by?

https://www.indystar.com/story/opinion/readers/2024/05/13/steroid-use-is-still-a-major-issue-in-schools-we-need-to-confront-it/73526479007/ Is this really that bad of a problem in Indiana? What can be done to prevent it?