[h=2]Bulking up: steroid use still rising[/h]Performance and image-enhancing drugs were another area of growth, with a record number of steroid seizures at Australian borders in the past year.
Steroid arrests were up 29 per cent from the previous year, part of a trend that has seen steroid seizures at the Australia border increase more than 750 per cent in the past decade.
New South Wales is the epicentre of Australia's steroid trade, with the state accounting for nearly half of the performance drug market.
The report lists a number of serious side-effects of steroid use, especially for males, including extreme mood swings, mania, depression, paranoia, delusions, impaired judgement, organ damage, high blood pressure and blood clots.
The ACC draws a connection between peptides and steroids acting as a gateway for injecting drugs, with an Australian Needle and Syringe Program survey finding that 68 per cent of males who started injecting drugs listed performance and image-enhancing drugs as the last drug they used.
Report shows Australias drug trade is at an all-time high, big increase in ice and steroid arrests - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Steroid arrests were up 29 per cent from the previous year, part of a trend that has seen steroid seizures at the Australia border increase more than 750 per cent in the past decade.
New South Wales is the epicentre of Australia's steroid trade, with the state accounting for nearly half of the performance drug market.
The report lists a number of serious side-effects of steroid use, especially for males, including extreme mood swings, mania, depression, paranoia, delusions, impaired judgement, organ damage, high blood pressure and blood clots.
The ACC draws a connection between peptides and steroids acting as a gateway for injecting drugs, with an Australian Needle and Syringe Program survey finding that 68 per cent of males who started injecting drugs listed performance and image-enhancing drugs as the last drug they used.
Report shows Australias drug trade is at an all-time high, big increase in ice and steroid arrests - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)