“It’s time to get tough and to get rid of steroids now!”
President George W. Bush
2004 State of the Union Address
“The important aspect of this issue is that high school kids all over America believe that this is the only way they can make it. Ask any high school coach. This is the tragedy of steroids. And we all know that it will destroy a young person’s body. And that’s why we’ve got to bring this to a halt.”
Sen. John McCain, R-AZ
Fox News Sunday
“The Steroid Deceit is really, really good. I wish that we had been able to read something like this before we lost Taylor.”
Donald Hooton
Chairman, The Taylor Hooton Foundation
“Players who break the law and cheat should be severely punished and their records and stats from when they used steroids should be wiped out….players can’t forget that like it or not they are role models. By using steroids, they’ve sent the wrong message to kids and the public.”
Sen. Jim Bunning, R-KY
Baseball Hall of Fame Pitcher
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Jeff takes us behind the veneer of muscles and gives us a personal look at the insidious hold that steroids had on his life.[/blockquote]
“At a time when the use of steroids appears to be at an unprecedented level among young men and women, Jeff Rutstein’s book, The Steroid Deceit, helps to clarify the risks associated with the use of these substances in a powerful and effective format. This is a great reference for schools, educators, and coaches. I highly recommend it.”
Alexander Vuckovic, M.D.
Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Medical Director, Pavilion at McLean Hospital
“I represent people who, if they’re caught with a Schedule III drug, go to jail. I have no sympathy, none, for people who cheat. What I’d like to see is, after that second time (of testing positive for steroids), they get thrown out of the game. We need to send a message to some of the kids in my neighborhood.”
Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-MD
Member of the House Committee on Government Reform
“Jeff takes us behind the veneer of muscles and gives us a personal look at the insidious hold that steroids had on his life. I would strongly recommend The Steroid Deceit: A Body Worth Dying For? to any young person who is using steroids or considering using them, and to parents worried that their children might be using steroids.”
Harrison G. Pope, Jr., M.D.
Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Co-author of The Adonis Complex
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The Steroid Deceit takes us beyond ‘buff’ bodies and toned physiques and explores the dark side of anabolic steroids…this book should serve as a reference to every high school and college throughout the country.[/blockquote]
“If our professional athletes aren’t clean, and if the perception they give is that you can cheat and make the Super Bowl, it trickles down, and the effect is huge.”
Rep. Mark Souder, R-IN
Chairman, Government Reform’s Subcommittee on Drug Policy
“The Steroid Deceit takes us beyond “buff” bodies and toned physiques and explores the dark side of anabolic steroids. Jeff Rutstein’s personal story was truly moving and hard to put down. As a clinical psychologist this book should serve as a reference to every high school and college throughout the country.”
Subhash Mukherjee, Ph.D.
Administrator, Baldpate Hospital
“It’s a huge issue that needs to be taken care of, and members [of Congress] are pretty united on this. It will send a message to amateur and professional sports that if it’s illegal, it won’t be tolerated.”
Rep. Tom Davis, R-VA
Chairman of the House Committee on Government Reform
“Jeff Rutstein’s book The Steroid Deceit: A Body Worth Dying For? is a must for at risk athletes, coaches and parents. Rutstein shares his gut wrenching, personal experience on how he got off of the steroid merry-go-round and the ultimate price it paid on his body.”
Mimi Stoneburner
Host of Body Talk