As of 2005, 6.8% of male high schoolers admitted steroid use, as did 5.3% of females.
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By the way, steroid use among high schoolers is not a U.S. problem only.
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Major league baseball has launched an investigation into alleged steroid use among its players.
There's no doubt that the Chinese could speak knowledgeably on curbing the problem of steroid use.
George Mitchell, who led a probe of steroid use in the major leagues in 2007.
In Texas, nearly 50, 000 tests since February 2008 have found about 20 confirmed cases of steroid use.
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Barry Bonds was convicted of obstruction of justice in the governmental pursuit of an admission of steroid use.
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That the Mitchell Report on steroid use in baseball and the Barry Bonds trial will have a negative impact on baseball.
In our book we report that the Giants had no interest in confronting Bonds about suspicions of steroid use.
George Mitchell, who led a major league probe of steroid use in 2007.
And then there was the lack of scientific evidence to support the conclusion that shrinking testicles result from steroid use.
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In convicting Bonds in April, jurors said he was "evasive" in his testimony to the federal grand jury investigating steroid use.
The obstruction of justice conviction stemmed from his testimony to a grand jury looking into illegal steroid use by professional ballplayers.
Roger Clemens has been indicted for perjury for lying before Congress about his steroid use, The New York Times is reporting Thursday.
There are notes from team executives and remarks that shows that they kind of knew certain players were under suspicion of steroid use.
In applying different rules to its own athletes and those of other countries, U.S. Swimming undermines the international commitment to fight steroid use.
They've cornered this rampant culture of bigness that seemed to define baseball for the last ten years where steroid use benefited these performances.
He's on target to challenge Barry Bonds' home-run record, and Bonds himself, of course, is accused of steroid use - quite an irony here.
In other words, the mere suspicion of steroid use is enough to deny a baseball player his rightful place in the Hall of Fame.
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President Bush, a former baseball team owner who has spoken against steroid use, is "very disappointed to hear this, " said White House spokesman Tony Fratto.
His entire reign as commissioner has been paralleled by this rampant steroid use where the record books have changed and where baseball has been altered.
Clemens has denied using performance-enhancing drugs, and in 2012, a federal jury acquitted him of lying to Congress during an investigation of steroid use.
So, it's a really, it's a very difficult precedent to set once you start investigating, you know, one or handful of players for suspected steroid use.
The House committee is investigating the Mitchell Report on steroid use in baseball, which cited McNamee's claims to have injected Clemens more than a dozen times with performance-enhancing drugs.
"I look forward to receiving his report and findings so that we can openly address any issue associated with past steroid use, " Selig said in a statement.
Mitchell's name returned to the front pages in 2006 when Commissioner of Baseball Bud Selig asked him to investigate the steroid use by Major League Baseball players.
Longtime Sports Illustrated baseball writer Tom Verducci said it wouldn't matter if a player was a Hall of Fame caliber player before baseball had its steroid use problems.
Allegations of steroid use prompted congressional hearings and new efforts by Major League Baseball to stop drug use, including a probe led by former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell.
Even though excessive steroid use can damage the liver and has been linked with pancreatic cancer and heart disease, athletes are still willing to risk their health for an edge.
The revelations over steroid use may have sent a lot of moralizing sports columnists into hysterics, while turning Commissioner Bud Selig into a punching bag who's now straining for damage control.
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