The district's school board approved a drug-testing pilot in the wake of a steroid scandal that revealed that a handful of Florida high school athletes were provided with performance-enhancing drugs.
In just one year, the number of teens who report using synthetic human growth hormone more than doubled, according the Partnership for Drug-Free Kids.
A significantly higher percentage of U.S. gay and bisexual boys use anabolic-androgenic steroids compared to heterosexual boys, according to a study published online in the journal Pediatrics.
The initiative, which Little League hopes to unveil by the start of the 2014 season, will be created in conjunction with the Taylor Hooton Foundation.
In the wake of Major League Baseball's drug scandal, Florida's student-activities association will review its policies on PED use.
Over three-fourths of young U.S. males feel that performance-enhancing-drug (PED) use in professional sports puts pressure on young athletes to use steroids, according to a survey.
Fewer than one in five adults believe steroid use to be a major problem among high school student-athletes, according to a national survey.
Male students reported no less recent use of alcohol, marijuana, or cigarettes, regardless of whether their schools conducted drug testing, according to the study of 943 high school students.
Student-athletes who play team sports are less likely to smoke cigarettes or marijuana or use other drugs, but they're more likely to drink alcohol, according to a new study.
The Texas Legislature tentatively approved a budget bill this week that reserves $1.5 million for student-athlete steroid tests over the next two years.
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