Rick Collins, Esq., J.D. is a principal in the law firm of Collins, McDonald & Gann, P.C.
[www.cmgesq.com], with offices on Long Island and in downtown New York City. He
is nationally recognized as a legal authority on anabolic steroids, human growth
hormone, and other performance-enhancing substances. He has been awarded the
highest accolades for legal abilities and ethical standards, and is listed in
the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers. An experienced trial lawyer, he is an
annual faculty member for the National Institute of Trial Advocacy. He is the
author of the popular book about androgens, Legal Muscle. His practice and
accomplished career have been profiled in diverse periodicals, and he has been
interviewed as a legal expert on national television talk and news shows, in
talk radio interviews and by countless online and print publications including
The New York Times and the Washington Post. He received his undergraduate degree
from Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY, and his law degree from Hofstra School
of Law, where he attended on a full academic scholarship and served on the Law
Review. He was admitted to the New York Bar in 1985 and served as an assistant
district attorney for five years. He is also admitted to practice in
Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Texas, the District of Columbia, and various
federal courts.
Q: What is the “Designer Anabolic Steroid Control Act of 2012″? A: It’s a Senate Bill (SB 3431) introduced by Senators Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and referred to the Judiciary Committee. If passed by Congress, it will amend the Controlled Substances Act to more aggressively regulate steroidal substances being sold as dietary [...]
“Sociologists and anthropologists of medicine have largely focused their research on sickness and illness, thus obscuring social scientific investigations of health and healthiness.” — Robin Saltonstall, 1993 (p. 7) “Apparently so have psychologists!” — Rick and Jack, 2010 The practice of male body hair removal dates back to ancient cultures. The Egyptians and Greeks favored [...]
Congress has unanimously passed a bill (H.R. 6353, S. 980) to place strict controls on Internet pharmacies. Sponsored by Rep. Bart Stupak (D-MI) and Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), the Ryan Haight Online Pharmacy Consumer Protection Act of 2008 (accessible online at http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=h110-6353) is named for Ryan Haight, who died at 18 of a drug overdose [...]
According to the body of common knowledge, anabolic steroids are dangerous and deadly drugs. The mainstream media have thoroughly vilified these hormones for several decades. The use by mature adults of any amount of anabolic hormones to enhance physical appearance is invariably labeled anabolic steroid “abuse” and, consequently, the average American lumps the athletic steroid [...]
On April 13, 2005, a federal court in Salt Lake City [U.S. District Court for the District of Utah, Central Division] issued its decision on a legal challenge to FDA’s 2004 Final Rule banning all ephedrine-alkaloid dietary supplements. Judge Tena Campbell’s decision made two key points: It held that the analysis used by FDA was [...]
(On April 12, 2005, Rick Collins testified before the United States Sentencing Commission (USSC) on behalf of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. The USSC had sought comments on whether federal anabolic steroid offenses should be treated with stiffer punishments, such as by changing the way steroid quantities are calculated. Rick submitted the following [...]
The new federal steroid law has been passed! On October 22, 2004, President Bush signed into law the Anabolic Steroid Control Act of 2004, scheduled to take effect 90 days later. The law adds 26 compounds to the existing 1990 list of steroids that are classified as Schedule III controlled substances. Possession of a single [...]
What if Government authorities develop an interest in you? What if they focus on your online activities, and decide to develop a profile on your habits and contacts? They seek to identify your associates through the email addresses of those you’ve corresponded with. One surveillance approach the Government has used in recent years has been [...]
There was a 22-year-old aspiring bodybuilder who claimed that he used creatine monohydrate at recommended doses for three and a half months. What happened to him? Well, here’s how journalists presented the case in the papers. The story begins by describing the “deep blue and red scar [that] carves the skin on the outside of [...]
How am I most likely to get arrested for steroids? Traditionally, the most likely way to get arrested for any drug charge, including steroids, was probably for selling them to someone who has his own legal problems and is secretly cooperating with law enforcement. Under federal law and the laws of many states, selling steroids, [...]
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