(Reuters) - The recent wave of positive tests has thrust sports doping back in the headlines but it is not just athletes seeking to enhance performance who are taking banned substances, a Norwegian anti-doping official has told Reuters.
Morten Heierdal of Anti-Doping Norway said ahead of a lecture to youngsters about the dangers of doping that teenagers are taking steroids and other substances just to look and feel better.
Heierdal has personal experience of the subject -- a promising soccer goalkeeper, he started taking steroids to cope with the physical demands of the switch from the junior to senior ranks, which led to a 10-year period of abuse.