1/30 assignment

The pitch I would do would be on how it starts in high school and transitions to college. Pro athletes get much publicity about taking steroids to win championships and (more often the case) huge contracts. As long as there aremillions of dollars to be made in sports, people will try steroids. However, some students in college take it just to make the team and are often uneducated on the effects they have and don't realise the cost will greatly outweigh the rewards. I think these athletes missed out on education programs that are starting for athletes in states such as New jersey, Texas, Florida, and California to name a few. If the education is more widespread at younger ages, will it have an impact?

Here is a feature story on a student athlete who used steroids and committed suicide
http://www.lexisnexis.com:80/us/lnacademic/results/docview/docview.do?docLinkInd=true&risb=21_T5659879931&format=GNBFI&sort=RELEVANCE&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T5659879934&cisb=22_T5659879933&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&selRCNodeID=22&nodeStateId=411en_US,1,76,11&docsInCategory=773&csi=11063&docNo=7

An article on Florida overnment aproving steroid testing in high schools
http://www.lexisnexis.com:80/us/lnacademic/returnTo.do?returnToKey=20_T5659899522

American Academy of Pediatrics public information on steroid use
http://www.aap.org/publiced/BR_Teen_Steroids.htm

Article on how California requires athletes to attend classes on steroids, particularly note the quote mentioning it costs the state $200 a student for this.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/09/20/MNGNDL90A51.DTL&feed=rss.news

Article on how drug testing is going in Texas high schools. They recieved 2 positive results in 10,000 tests, is it cost effective?
http://www.lexisnexis.com:80/us/lnacademic/results/docview/docview.do?docLinkInd=true&risb=21_T5659879931&format=GNBFI&sort=RELEVANCE&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T5659879934&cisb=22_T5659879933&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&selRCNodeID=22&nodeStateId=411en_US,1,76,11&docsInCategory=773&csi=8213&docNo=6

Dallas news online feature on steroid use in high schools. Note the information given in the "Understanding Steroids" link
http://www.dallasnews.com/s/dws/spe/2005/steroids/index.html