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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The number of high school students using human growth hormone more than doubled in the past year,&amp;nbsp;according to a survey from the Partnership for Drug-Free Kids.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A survey found that out of the 3,705 high school teens in grades 9-12 that were polled, 11 percent say that have used synthetic HGH without a doctor\u2019s prescription.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In 2011 and 2012, the number was five percent. Steroids use also rose among teens, according to survey.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;African-American and Hispanic teenagers report using synthetic HGH at higher rates, with 15 percent of African-American teens and 13 percent of Hispanic teens saying they have tried the hormone. Nine percent of Caucasian teens say they used synthetic HGH at least once in their lifetime.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u201CThe results of this study further demonstrate the importance of educating young people, their parents and coaches on the risks associated with the use of performance-enhancing drugs, and the need to protect young people from those who would prey on them as easy marketing targets,\u201D Travis Tygart, CEO of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, said.\r\n\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- &lt;em&gt;Scooby Axson&lt;/em&gt;\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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