UK: Boys as young as 12 abuse steroids to impress girls, warn drug experts

Boys as young as 12 are taking muscle-building anabolic steroids in an attempt to make themselves more attractive to girls, drugs advisers are warning.

But many teenagers who regularly abuse the drugs – traditionally associated with athletes, bodybuilders and security guards – have no idea that they can make their testicles wither, enlarge their breasts or cause acne and sterility, experts say.

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