The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) spends considerable money funding research aimed at catching athletes who use prohibited performance enhancing drugs (PEDs). WADA has always been on the losing end of an ongoing cat-and-mouse game. Anti-doping agencies are faced with several emerging doping methods such as synthetic blood doping, gene doping and designer steroids created via […]
Anabolic Steroids Proximate Cause of Assault by Jersey City Police Officers
Mathias Bolton was wrongly attacked and beat in his residence by at least two police officers. He blames anabolic steroids for causing one of the officers to attack him in a lawsuit filed last week; no explanation was provided explaining why the other officer(s) attacked him (“Cop “shot up” before attacking: Claims ‘roids fueled beating on […]
Texas High School Caught Cheating on Steroid Testing
The $6 million University Interscholastic League (UIL) anabolic steroid testing program in Texas high schools has been besieged with criticism lately. The steroid testing program only found two positive results in 10,117 samples tested during the first semester. Furthermore, Texas UIL misled the general public about the scope of the testing program. Texas UIL lists 36 […]
Judge Believes Death Threats, Physical Abuse and Sexual Violence Consistent with Roid Rage
A Connecticut man was convicted and sentenced for second-degree assault and first-degree unlawful restraint. Carlos Ramos threatened the life of his girlfriend, punched and kicked her on the ground and then forced himself upon her; he did not face rape charges because she allegedly consented. He invoked the “dumbbell defense” blaming his behavior on his use […]
Planet Pharmacy Case – Government Protects Americans from Cheap Generic Medications
Hi-Tech Pharmaceuticals President and CEO Jared R. Wheat, Vice President Stephen D. Smith, co-founder Tomasz Holda and Sales Associate Sergio Oliveira pleaded guilty last week to one count of conspiracy i.e “conspiring to violate federal prohibitions against mail and wire fraud and the importation and distribution of adulterated, unapproved, and mislabeled drugs.” The defendants admitted to […]
Joseph Biden Criminalized Anabolic Steroids with Harsher Penalties for Steroid Users
Advocates of steroid law reform are very disappointed that Democratic presidential candidate Barrack Obama selected Senator Joseph Biden as his vice presidential nominee. Senator Biden was the chief architect of the Anabolic Steroid Control Act of 1990 that criminalized the possession of anabolic steroids for non-medical purposes. Biden also wrote the Anabolic Steroid Control Act […]
Pro Pharm Labs Pleads Guilty to Federal Steroid Distribution Charges
Bryan Wilson of Pro Pharm Laboratories pleaded guilty to federal steroid distribution and money laundering charges as a result of Operation Raw Deal. Bryan Wilson and with his ex-wife, April Wilson, partnered illegally in the underground steroid business as well as legally in the “Smoothie Shop” located inside the Maximum Edge Discount Sport Supplement Store in […]
Steroid Doctor for Pro Wrestlers Pleads Guilty in Applied Pharmacy Services Investigation
Two additional guilty pleas have been linked to the Applied Pharmacy Services federal steroid investigation. Dr. David A. Wilbirt and his fiancée, Candace V. Toler, have both pleaded to conspiracy to illegally dispensing and distributing anabolic steroids. Physicians Scott Corliss, Kenneth Olds, Kelly Tucker and Pamela Pyle have previously pleaded guilty to steroid conspiracy charges while dispensing […]
Gymvet – Internet Steroid Source Busted in Kentucky
The Owensboro Police Department in Kentucky seized 150 vials of anabolic steroids when they busted Charles Jowers on August 21, 2008. They also seized $200,000 cash along with a car and motorcycle. He has been alleged to have sold steroids on various bodybuilding forums under the following handles – “HCP,” “QGL Rep,” “Gymvet,” “The Champ,” and […]
Infinite Number of Undetectable Designer Steroids with Combinatorial Chemistry
Researcher Jason Thomas, a graduate student in the doctoral program for synthetic organic chemistry at City University in New York, takes us inside the mind of a designer steroid chemist in an interview with Culturekiosque. Thomas describes a powerful tool that has the potential to create an infinite number of undetectable, designer anabolic steroids. Once steroid […]