Taylor Hooton, a 16-year old, 6 foot 2, 180 pound, muscular high school athlete was told by his high school coach that “he needed to be bigger” in order to effectively compete in his senior year. Like others on his team, Taylor decided to take a short cut to help him achieve his objective. Unfortunately in his efforts to “get bigger,” Taylor was unaware of the depression he would experience as a result of using anabolic steroids.
On July 15, 2003, Taylor took his own life.

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Hoot's Chalk Talks - Hoot’s Chalk Talk is the name of a family of programs that have been created to raise awareness and provide education on the subject of anabolic steroid and other performance enhancing drugs (PED’s) use by the youth of America. This is the core educational program of the Taylor Hooton Foundation.
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Major League Baseball, Taylor Hooton Foundation extend commitment. Baseball pledges additional $1.5 million to fight use of steroids and other performance enhancing substances.
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Players should talk the talk.
Where is their message on dangers of steroids?
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News examines relationship between steroids and heart-related deaths
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