*names changed to protect identity Sophomore Charlie Cooper* couldn’t watch more than three videos on Instagram without seeing another fitness influencer with a perfect, toned physique, huge biceps and six-pack abs flexing in the mirror. But he knew that getting a physique like that wasn’t possible for him naturally. It was obvious that a majority of these influencers were on steroids. Despite working out for two hours a day, seven days a week for a few years, he wasn’t seeing much progress. And he definitely wasn’t anywhere near any of the fitness influencers he’d see on Instagram or TikTok. His regimen of protein powder and supplements wasn’t working as he’d hoped, so he began researching Selective Androgen Receptor Modulators, or the steroid-like drug better known as SARMs. He was fascinated by the near-instant gains that fitness influencers promised from them.  
A few months later, he went on a research chemical website and bought enough pills for his first cycle. “All over the...