A letter by Steve Courson discovered posthumously reveals his disappointment with NFL players’ lack of honesty regarding their use of anabolic steroids. He believed the successs and popularity of the NFL and pro football arose from the myth of steroid-free football players (“Courson’s letter assailed ‘myth’ of drug-free players,” July 3). “I believe the NFL […]
DEA Pushes for Easier Online Access to Anabolic Steroids
The Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) is pushing for easier online access to anabolic steroids and other scheduled drugs. Physicians will soon be able to digitally prescribe steroids to patients. While it is generally agreed that this is a good move to reduce medical mistakes, some drug law policy experts feel it will make the DEA’s […]
Swimmers Don’t Use Anabolic Steroids
Chuck Wielgus, the executive director for USA Swimming (the governing body of competitive swimming in the United States), tells the Washington Post that the sport of swimming is inherently more ethical than other sports; as a result, athletes in their sport don’t use anabolic steroids or other performance-enhancing drugs (“Hall Raises the Specter of Doping,” […]
Anabolic Steroids and Roid Rage in Bigger Stronger Faster Documentary
A scene examining anabolic steroids and roid rage that was deleted from the steroid documentary “Bigger Stronger Faster*” has been posted on Youtube. Roid rage is addressed by various experts including Rick Collins, William Llewellyn, John Romano and Harrison Pope. The number of interesting clips about steroids that were deleted from the final production of […]
Australian Mastermind Behind Chinese Steroid Trade?
Australian Customs and the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA) are telling the press that an Australian-born Caucasian man living in China is the steroid kingpin and mastermind behind a massive scale distribution of anabolic steroids and performance-enhancing drugs to Olympic athletes competing in Beijing China this summer. The speculation is based on a case involving […]
RIP George Carlin on Anabolic Steroids
George Carlin, the great stand-up comedian, died of heart failure on Sunday, June 22, 2008 in Santa Monica at the age of 71. Carlin had a problem with many aspects of American culture. But one thing he did not have a problem with was steroids in sports. He wrote about steroids in his best-selling book, […]
Top Criminal Justice Blog Believes Steroids Should Be Legalized
Scott Henson’s Grits for Breakfast, a top criminal justice and civil liberties blog, believes that side effects from anabolic steroids are relatively modest and that steroids should be legalized. He still believes that steroid use among law enforcement represents a potentially serious problem, but only because the non-medical use of anabolic steroids has been criminalized.
Lonnie Teper Denounces Anabolic Steroids in Bodybuilding
Ironman Magazine’s Lonnie Teper, the popular bodybuilding writer, promoter and contest emcee, has denounced the use of anabolic steroids in bodybuilding competition on same day that Regis Philbin announced his support of steroids for bodybuilding. Teper’s comments were made in a recent interview with the Pasadena Weekly about the 2008 NPC Junior California Bodybuilding and Figure […]
Regis Philbin Supports Use of Anabolic Steroids to Build Muscle
Regis Philbin and Kelly Ripa had a discussion about anabolic steroids this morning on “Live with Regis and Kelly” (airing June 19, 2008 on ABC). Regis wonders why steroids are demonized because they build muscle. Regis: Steroids have gotten a bad rap. Boy oh boy, everyone is condemning them and you are not allowed to have […]
China Revokes GeneScience Pharmaceuticals License for Jintropin Human Growth Hormone
China announced the revocation of the GeneScience Pharmaceutical license to manufacturer Jintropin brand human growth hormone. This represents a major success in efforts towards the internationalization of steroid and doping law by the United States. The U.S. federal government indicted CEO Lei Jin and GeneScience Pharmaceutical Inc. last fall as part of Operation Raw Deal (“China Cracks Down […]