Anabolic Steroids

"E" is for Empty: Daniel's Story

On how he felt when he was on ecstasy:

"I didn't care about anyone or anything. I just cared about doing my own thing, selling and partying. I'd take out anyone who got in my way."

"Ecstasy is a roller coaster. It brings you up so high that you feel like you're on top of the world. When you come down you feel like a complete outsider, like you don't belong anywhere."

On how he saw ecstasy affect others:

"I'd see people get real bad with E. They'd sell the shirt off their backs. This guy once offered me his dirt bike for 40 pills. People tried to give me watches and stuff that I knew they stole from their families. Another guy wanted to give me a bunch of women's jewelry and a 40-speed bike for a couple pills of E."

On what he'd tell other kids:

"I'd like to join an N.A. (Narcotics Anonymous) panel and talk to kids who are using. I'd tell them, Get out while you can. It starts out as all fun, games and parties but it leads to real nasty things. You become your own worst enemy."

From Scholastic, Inc and the Scientists of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

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