Department of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Institutet at Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Karolinska University Hospital, Sweden.
Drug Alcohol Depend. 2010 Jun 1;109(1-3):144-6. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2009.12.024. Epub 2010 Jan 12.
Anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS) have long been used by body-builders seeking to increase muscle size, strength and beauty. AAS are sometimes used together with narcotic agents and are thought to serve as a gateway to narcotic substance use, but this theory has not yet been substantiated clinically or sociologically.
Mandatory interviews were carried out with individuals (n=56) suspected of infringement of the narcotic laws in Sweden with confiscated and/or confirmed use of AAS. Data were collected over 12 months.
Seventy-three percent of subjects with confirmed use of AAS were also using narcotic substances. The use of AAS was preceded by the use of narcotic agents in 55% of subjects. Only one-fifth of the subjects in the study had used AAS before using narcotic agents.
Co-use of AAS and narcotics agents is frequent among young people taken into custody for criminal activity and investigated by the police in Sweden. The study does not lend support to the hypothesis that AAS are commonly a gateway drug to narcotic use.
合成代谢雄激素类固醇（AAS）长期以来一直被健身爱好者用于增加肌肉大小、力量和美感。AAS 有时与麻醉剂一起使用，被认为是使用麻醉物质的门户，但这一理论尚未在临床或社会学上得到证实。
对在瑞典因涉嫌违反麻醉品法而被没收和/或确认使用 AAS 的个人（n=56）进行强制性访谈。数据收集历时 12 个月。
73%的 AAS 使用者同时也在使用麻醉物质。55%的使用者在使用 AAS 之前曾使用过麻醉剂。研究中的五分之一的受试者在使用麻醉剂之前使用过 AAS。
在因犯罪活动被拘留并接受瑞典警方调查的年轻人中，AAS 和麻醉剂的共同使用很常见。该研究不支持 AAS 通常是使用麻醉物质的门户药物的假设。
