How Steroids Became More Popular Than Heroin | News on Drugs

Steroids are more popular than heroin. In fact, by some estimates, they are the second most popular illicit drug, after cannabis.

And we need to talk about it.

Why are people using steroids? What are the effects? And why do users often not even think of themselves as “drug users”?
We dive deep into the world of steroids, and ask what this massive, unexplored drugs scene tells us about the way we think about bodies, masculinity and drug use in general.

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