Brett Cavanaugh’s calendar includes an entry for a prescription refill (8/21/82) but I haven’t heard any mention of what he was being treated for. Because healthy teenagers (especially back then) don’t typically have medical diagnoses that require chronic prescription therapy, I’m wondering what it could be. Acne or allergy meds are the obvious conditions, but could it be anabolic steroids?
Before 1990, steroids weren’t highly regulated. A 1988 study found that 6.6% of male high school seniors at that time use or used steroids and 21% reported a physician as the source. As an athlete at an elite school preparing for an upcoming season during a time when the risks of steroids were not widely understood, it would not be surprising if Kavanaugh and fellow football team members were juicing. A propensity to anger and impulsive behavior, commonly known as “’roid rage” is a known side effect of chronic anabolic steroid abuse. Of course, the same could be said of excessive drinking.
The calendar indicates quite a number of weightlifting sessions, so using steroids to promote faster muscle mass growth would not be out of the question. Of course, this is pure conjecture based on idle speculation. We can be sure someone is questioning the stories and motivations of the women who have come forward with even less evidence.