Growing penetration of HGH in sports
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Coaches have already started worrying about the growing abuse of Human Growth Hormones by the athletes to enhance their performances. The added advantage of HGH over steroids is that though like creatine and steroids, HGH reduces fat and builds lean muscle, helping to create an all-star athlete’s build, it is difficult to test for it thus saving the athletes from the risk of getting caught.
Let us have a look at some instances where the coaches express their concern for improper use of HGH by their players and athletes.
The instance of Arizona Diamondback pitcher Jason Grimsley has put the coaches under worry that students will take Grimsley’s lead and start using HGH to improve their performances and physiques. Jason will be sitting out 50 games because he used performance enhancing substances, including human growth hormone.
Same concern has been expressed by Rob Davini, executive director of the National High School Baseball Association, who was both a high school and college baseball coach for more than 35 years in Arizona. David stated that it is difficult to detect the use of HGH by high school players. “On the high school level kids are getting bigger and stronger, but I can’t tell if that’s to do with HGH or if they’re just going through a growth spurt,” he said. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, approximately 8 to 10 percent of high school students have experimented with or are using anabolic steriods.
Gary Wadler, a fellow at the American College of Sports Medicine, said the use of HGH could approach that of steroids. “We were all concerned about steroid use in schools; now we’re concerned with HGH use trickling down to high schools because they’re role modeling off these sports figures,” said Wadler.
Jim Hall, a baseball and football coach for 32 years at Rockport High School, in Rockport, Ill., said the use of HGH is nothing new in sports. “Major League Baseball knew about this for a long time, and they just turned their back,” Hall said. “No one complained because they were hitting home runs and making megabucks.” Hall said he hoped that Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and other legislators would stand by their word to clean up Major League Baseball. “It’s scary that it’s out there. It’s scary that kids want to use it,” Hall said.
Despite the known dangers of HGH, the Drug Enforcement Administration doesn’t patrol it, because HGH doesn’t fall under the Controlled Substances Act and although the Department of Justice could bust you for having the intention to distribute the substance, HGH is still considered legal because it can be used for medicinal purposes.
Source: ABC news
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