Steroids are now easier to buy - here’s what they’re doing to young men

Steroid use isn’t just for bodybuilders anymore. With the proliferation of social media, experts say they’re easier to get than ever. And as young men grapple with the same, mounting pressures to achieve “the perfect body” as young women, the temptation to try out a shortcut can be simply too great. In this episode, Stay Tuned profiles Diego Mercado, 23, whose fitness journey was ignited by Taylor Lautner’s abs during a pivotal “Twilight” screening in high school. He wound up with the abs and then some… but he says, the toll it took on his health wasn’t worth it.
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