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Maryland Anti-Steroid Program Students Sign Pledges and Receive Refrigerator Magnets
[January 30th, 2009] by Millard Baker
The St. Joseph Medical Center’s Powered by Me! anti-steroid education program has started encouraging Maryland high school students to sign pledges promising they will abstain from using anabolic steroids. Parents are provided with refrigerator magnets that remind them of the warning signs of steroid use. The abstinence-type pledges have not been shown to be particular effective in other morally-based education programs (”Anti-steroid program launches second phase for parents,” January 30).
“Parents play a critical role in teaching their children to play their sport safe, fair and free of all drugs,” program director Mike Gimbel said in a statement.
The first phase of PASS, Physician Awareness of Steroids and Supplements, reached out to doctors to look out for the signs and symptoms of steroid use. They were provided with small cards listing the symptoms to make it easier to review during a checkup.
In the latest phase, Parents Awareness of Steroids and Supplements, Powered by Me! will be distributing 15,000 refrigerator magnets to 24 Baltimore County public high schools. The magnets are printed with information to help parents start a discussion about steroids and energy drinks.
The Parents Awareness of Steroids and Supplements program is the second phase of the anti-steroid education program administered by Powered by Me! was launched this week in Maryland with much fanfare. A Physician’s Awareness of Steroids and Supplements initiative was launched last year by Powered by Me!
Tags: maryland, steroid education, steroids, supplements
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