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Mind Over Matter: Anabolic Steroids

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Shows young teens how anabolic steroids can cause liver damage and cancer and weaken the immune system.

NIH Pub Number: 09-3860
Published: January 1997
Revised: January 2009
Author: National Institute on Drug Abuse
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Shows young teens how anabolic steroids can cause liver damage and cancer and weaken the immune system.
Publication Cover
NIH Pub Number: 
09-3860
Date: 
January 1997
Revision Date: 
January 2009
Author: 
National Institute on Drug Abuse

This page was last updated January 2009.

Mind Over Matter

Invites young teens to take a scientific journey to learn about the brain’s complex responses to specific drugs, including cocaine, hallucinogens, inhalants, marijuana, nicotine, opiates, prescription drugs, and steroids.

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