When Push Comes to Shove

In 1991 and 2002, seventh, tenth, and twelth graders reported using steroids at least once in their lifetime making that 479,000 high school students across the nation have abused steroids through out their high school career.This means one thing, steroids are becoming way to easy to obtain. "A 2005 study by Monitoring the Future, found that nearly 40 percent of high school seniors said steroids were 'fairly easy' or 'very easy' to aquire." There has to be a reason that teenage athletes are using the drug. It all comes down to the pressure to win. Coaches, teammates, and sometimes even parents can push an athlete to the point that steroids are a must. The pressure to win is that important to them and they are willing to sacrifice their future just to reap the short term benefits of winning.That much pressure should not be put on anyone's shoulders especially the shoulders of a young athlete with a bright future ahead of them. There needs to be a line that should not be crossed when it comes to pushing yourself to the limit. Below I posted a youtube video that really explains how easy it is to obtain steroids and how parents family and friends are really unware that there love ones are taking them.