...uses. The latter application most often occurs among athletes who desire to positively affect their physical (or even sexual) prowess and/or appearance. The drug of choice in athletic applications (most often testosterone) falls into the classification of an anabolic-androgenic steroid, those steroids which function in the stimulus of the production of cellular protein (Kruskemper). This utilization is all too often associated with definitive risks and side effects, a fact which unfortunately is seldom successful in deterring those who are bent on improving their bodies. The negativities of steroid use are even more concerning given that a growing number of those who use them are of high school age, an age for which it seems to be more and more difficult to effectively intervene in potentially dangerous practices when the predominant mindset is acceptance of that practice. The problem which confronts us as a society, therefore, is not only effectively communicating the potentially dangerous aspects of unsupervised steroid use but also in providing an alternative to such practices which has the capacity to...