Some unscrupulous people are also targeting high schools as one of their distribution area. Aside from selling steroids products to professional athletes and bodybuilders, they also offer these to young people who might want to experiment with performance enhancers. Other cases of young teens who tried using anabolic steroids usually lead to fatal health complications and death. The unsupervised use and self medication are the major factors why young teens suffer from the undesirable effects of these drugs.

In Calhoun High School Georgia, police investigators were able to seize numerous vials and pills of anabolic steroids. It becomes a major concern of the authorities since the suspected distributor is still a minor. The Special Operations Division of the Calhoun Police Department executed a search warrant on a vehicle located in the parking lot of Calhoun High School which is suspected to have the illegal substances. Aside from anabolic steroids, police also recovered steroid paraphernalia.

Sgt J. Marquez, who heads the Special Operations Division, said in an interview that the investigation is still ongoing. “The investigation has indicated students from several Northwest Georgia Schools may be involved in the use of these drugs. We are working closely with other agencies on this case,” he said. There is also a possibility that the juvenile is just being used as a distributor of a bigger steroid supplier in the area. Since the suspect is still a minor, the name of was withheld from the media. It was also reported that the minor was already released and turned over to his parents.

On a related story, a former high school coach pleaded guilty for selling steroids to a high school player. James Wilson, 29, is a former volunteer football coach at Stone Memorial High School in Crossville. Based on court records, Wilson sold Oxymetholone, controlled substance classified under Schedule III to one of the football players. The investigation revealed that in February 2009, a player approach Wilson and asked him how to have more muscles. Wilson recommended the anabolic steroids to the player which he said he was also taking. But the student athlete became ill and had to be hospitalized. Doctors found out that it was caused by the pill he was taking which they later found out as a kind of anabolic steroid.

The principal of Stone Memorial Dr. Janet Brooker and Cumberland County Schools Superintendent Aarona Vanwinkle declined to comment on the case. The only information they gave was the employment status of Wilson which they said is not a paid employee of the school system.

The Cumberland County Criminal Court charged Wilson with possession of a Schedule 3 drug. A six-year suspended sentence was also given to him. The court gave him the chance to expunge the records against him if he successfully completes 8 years of probation. The former coach is also prohibited to be in school grounds as part of the plea agreement.

On the other hand, the case of a Royal Marine Cadet, Matt Dear who died at 17 because of the complications of anabolic steroids, caused disappointment to his father. The doctors said that they have not established that it was caused by the anabolic steroids Matt purchased from underground distributors. The UK court also gave the convicted suppliers with light sentence. They were given community order with a year’s supervision and 160 hours of unpaid work. “We have here a kid who is super-fit. Now he is dead and they cannot tell me what killed him. It’s ridiculous,” said Matt’s father.

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