I hate having to write another post about how "society is growing more ridiculous" it makes me sound old and cynical--which I am neither. But nobody waits for anything today. Want to go somewhere? Get in the car and drive--your phones gps will get you there. Want food? McDonalds. Want info on "6 packs"--google it and watch tren pop up. We are a society that waits for nothing and everyone is as smart as google can make you. I don't even know very many people that still watch a regularly scheduled TV program. They catch it in a marathon when it's "on demand."
You see the same thing all across the board. Even in my PLing gym, guys always expect to get stronger every second of every day. Plateaus help solidify strength and allow for your infrastructure to adapt to new loading...but tren and anadrol can push you beyond that plateau when used liberally enough. Injury ensues. Then the whys start.
Kids using roids epitomize the problem, but when "no" is not an option based on the designs of society, they will always be the ubiquitous example of the problem. They no more care about their linear growth, cardiovascular system, sexual disfunction, or hairline than anything else that stands in the way of what they want here and now.
The unfortunate statistic that I've encountered is that I have only been able to chase one kid away from the juice and I did it by appealing to his sense of pride...because self preservation fell on deaf ears. Appealing to their sense of pride is essentially telling them that they don't posses the drive or genetic capacity to achieve what they want and that they aren't smart enough to figure out what it takes to be a real competitor.
Keeping kids off steroids is a self preservation thing for me. When kids take steroids, it becomes a "children are our future and they are all on steroids" argument that you could never hope to win, and become soapbox campaigns for politicians and objectives for law enforcement. Nobody gives a damn about a 34 year old PLer that juices to be competitive, but mothers of the world unite when one high school baseball player commits suicide because he had a "I want it all...right now" impulse control problem--which is why he most likely shot himself anyway--if I may be so crude. The very same impulse control problem that makes kids believe that "they are a special flower unlike any other" and have a bright future by Devine right--and ultimately pick up an ar-15 and tote it to school when they figure out its bullshit.
If today's kids are out future, join me in creating a time machine.
