Following a huge increase in steroid use, NICE has updated its guideline on the provision of needle and syringe programmes for adults and young people, as reported by Human Kinetics

Many needle and syringe programmes have reported an increase in the number of steroid users, particularly among men aged 18-25, presenting in the last few years, fuelled by the increasing pressures to look good.

For example, CRI runs 21 needle exchanges in England and in 2010 it saw 290 people who were using steroids. By 2013 that number had increased to 2,161, a rise of 645%.

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