Thank you for your note, ********,
1st, you are incorrect. Anabolic steroids are the ONLY illegal drug that Taylor was using. Period.
2nd, you seem to be hung up on “where did Taylor get his money to buy steroids”? Like other drug dealers, he was stealing to purchase his drugs.
3rd, you state that “Some 16 year-old child that is dead set on using any drugs will not listen to this message”. Maybe you are right. I pray that you are wrong. I believe that providing kids (human beings) with the truth about what steroids will do to their bodies and minds can provide them with a reason to say “no” and to stay around from these drugs.
I am interested in hearing any constructive ideas that you might have to keep our children away from these illegal (felony) drugs.
Sincerely,
Donald M. Hooton
President
Taylor Hooton Foundation
7713 Thistledown Dr.
McKinney, TX 75071
972-403-7300
214-725-9590 (cell)
www.taylorhooton.org
"It's not what happens to you that makes you who you are, it's how you handle it and what you do with it that matters."
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After reading your foundations articles and link as a medical professional I must comment that I am a bit confused. It seams that there is a message on this website that abuse of anabolic agents by teens and other young people for none medical purposes is wrong; which I fully agree with.
Perhaps an a centerist conservative I disagree with the over-all message. In the United States children (under the age of 18) are the responsibility of parents/legal guardians. Drug nor guns kill people; sir people kill people. Parents that provide the funds to children to buy drugs contribute to the death of those children. In case of Taylor Hooten did his drug money majically appear or was it given to him by others? Is it not the responsibility of Don Hooten to know what is child is and is not doing? Frankly I have a problem with the over-all message. Some 16 year-old child that is dead set on using any drugs will not listen to this message! Why is it the responsibility of parental monatery over site not stated? This seams like the same old song and dance about ¨it is not my fault the drugs made me do it¨ and that is just wrong.
Franly sir, I also do not understand why usage of other drugs that Taylor Hooten had in his blood is not stated as a contributing factor to his death! It has been confirmed that steroid use was not the sole drug by Taylor Hooten.