4:55 pm today

Social media pressure leading young men to take PIED's

From Checkpoint, 4:55 pm today

Fuelled by fitness and gym content online, some young men say they're turning to risky and illegal measures to change their appearance. Checkpoint spoke to men in their twenties, who say the pressure from social media to look a certain way led to them using performance and image enhancing drugs. They say conversations about using steroids and other banned substances are becoming more open in gyms and among younger people, with even high school students talking about using, Bella Craig reports.