South Plantation Highschool Warning Teenagers on the Dangers of Steroid Use (1987) (no video link)
Title
South Plantation Highschool Warning Teenagers on the Dangers of Steroid Use (1987) (no video link)
Subject
Steroid abuse
Drug abuse--Juvenile
URL
No video link found. This content is associated with a videotape in the CCDR Collections audiovisual library originally recorded by Joann W. Kealiinohomoku. No link has yet been found to provide online access and the original videotape has not yet been digitized.
Description
Content description from South Sentinel's Archives () :
Linda Wilhoit, principal of South Plantation High School, said that a nationally televised news story on Thursday night about high school students using steroids was the kind of exposure needed to combat a growing problem.
"They did what I was trying to do, which was to educate the nation and the parents and the high school students that this is a problem. Don't get involved with it," Wilhoit said.
Wilhoit and students at her school were featured in a story by ABC-TV's 20/20 dealing with the dangers and popularity of steroids, which increase muscle development. The drugs apparently have become a fad among image-conscious teen-agers, a situation reported in the South Plantation school paper by senior reporter Lori Shnider. Physicians warn of possible long-term damages caused by steroids, including liver, heart and kidney ailments. Wilhoit told a 20/20 reporter that parents call her wondering how to tell if their child may be using the drugs. She said that if a teen-ager suddenly grows "from 130 pounds to 210 pounds ... you have a pretty good idea that's what they're doing." ABC researchers for the program came to the school in February to do the interviews after local news accounts of steroid use by students.
Ephemera: Available through the CCDR Collections at Arizona State University. Three small pieces of paper with handwritten notes.
Limitations: This page displays video content associated with a videotape in the CCDR Collections audiovisual library recorded by Joann W. Kealiinohomoku. Please be advised that, because this videotape has not yet been digitized for direct access, we cannot guarantee that the video content on this page is an exact match with the content originally recorded by Dr. Kealiinohomoku. We also cannot guarantee function or access for re-hosted video content.
Linda Wilhoit, principal of South Plantation High School, said that a nationally televised news story on Thursday night about high school students using steroids was the kind of exposure needed to combat a growing problem.
"They did what I was trying to do, which was to educate the nation and the parents and the high school students that this is a problem. Don't get involved with it," Wilhoit said.
Wilhoit and students at her school were featured in a story by ABC-TV's 20/20 dealing with the dangers and popularity of steroids, which increase muscle development. The drugs apparently have become a fad among image-conscious teen-agers, a situation reported in the South Plantation school paper by senior reporter Lori Shnider. Physicians warn of possible long-term damages caused by steroids, including liver, heart and kidney ailments. Wilhoit told a 20/20 reporter that parents call her wondering how to tell if their child may be using the drugs. She said that if a teen-ager suddenly grows "from 130 pounds to 210 pounds ... you have a pretty good idea that's what they're doing." ABC researchers for the program came to the school in February to do the interviews after local news accounts of steroid use by students.
Ephemera: Available through the CCDR Collections at Arizona State University. Three small pieces of paper with handwritten notes.
Limitations: This page displays video content associated with a videotape in the CCDR Collections audiovisual library recorded by Joann W. Kealiinohomoku. Please be advised that, because this videotape has not yet been digitized for direct access, we cannot guarantee that the video content on this page is an exact match with the content originally recorded by Dr. Kealiinohomoku. We also cannot guarantee function or access for re-hosted video content.
Original Format
TV broadcast recorded off air by JWK: Betamax tape
Creator
Linda Wilhoit (principal of S.P High School during the time of filming) (interviewee)
Students of South Plantation High School (interviewees)
Publisher
American Broadcasting Company (ABC)
Date
1987 April
Citation
“South Plantation Highschool Warning Teenagers on the Dangers of Steroid Use (1987) (no video link),” Cross-Cultural Dance Resources Collections, accessed April 24, 2024, https://ccdrcollections.omeka.net/items/show/569.