[Sonny M]

As my son said, tell me something I don’t know. But the use of this stuff is endemic. It is used by participants in every sport, including a lot of high school football plays, and the coaches and managers looked the other way, because the pressure to win is so great.

The son of one of my mothers friends wanted to try out for the baseball team with his friends.

Junior Varsity, not even varsity.

His friends hit the needle and juiced, he didn't (not out of health concerns, the kid just hates needles), He didn't make the team, he now accepts that if he wants to make the team, he either gets over his fear of needles and uses, or tries and fails.

His mother would rather he not play at all and has told him he can not use steroids, but she hates the fact that thats the only he would make that team.

I saw a picture of the team coach, I can take a pretty good guess where some players get the stuff from.

[RobbyS]

I recently saw a high school game. The speed of these kids amazed me. I bet that at least five of those I saw on one team were quicker than the fastest player on my team fifty years ago, and he could run the 100 in 10-flat.