Rabbi Chaim Friedman believes anabolic steroids are incompatible with Jewish law based on his assumption that steroids are harmful to the body. In a lecture entitled “Winning at all Costs: Steroids in Sport”, the South Florida Center for Jewish Ethics addressed the issue of performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) on the same day that Lance Armstrong admitted using testosterone and erythropoietin (EPO) throughout his pro cycling career.
Boxer Przemysław Saleta Advocates Legalization of Steroids in Professional Sports
Everyone has an opinion on Lance Armstrong’s steroid confession. But boxer and MMA fighter Przemyslaw Saleta’s has a different take than most people. He thinks performance-enhancing drugs make cycling healthier. And anabolic steroids should be legalized in all professional sports.
Lance Armstrong Tells the Truth About Drugs and the Spirit of Sport
Lance Armstrong lied about doping. He finally admitted using erythropoietin (EPO), testosterone and blood transfusions. Athletes dope. Always have. Always will. And they lie about it. This is practically a prerequisite for participation in elite sports. The far bigger lie is the one perpetuated by anti-doping crusaders, by sports journalists, by fans and by the general public. It’s the notion that Armstrong’s doping was an aberration, an exception, an oddity in the world of sports. It is the romanticized vision of sports competition free of doping.
World’s Top Tennis Player Wants Lance Armstrong to Suffer for Doping Deception
Novak Djokovic, the number-one ranked men’s tennis player, wants Lance Armstrong to “suffer for his lies” about the use of erythropoietin (EPO) and the anabolic steroid testosterone and blood transfusions. The world’s top tennis player was so contemptuous of Lance Armstrong that he devoted most of a post-match Australian Open news conference to the criticism of the former seven-time Tour de France winner.
Anabolic Steroids are Incompatible with Christian Values According to Catholic Church
Anabolic steroids are incompatible with Christian values according to the Supreme Pontiff Benedict XVI of the Catholic Church. The basis for the Church’s anti-steroid and anti-doping position is the harm that steroids allegedly cause the body. The Vatican is exploiting the Lance Armstrong doping scandal to spread its anti-steroid message. The decision to jump on the anti-Lance Armstrong bandwagon may not be a coincidence.
Whoopi Goldberg: Steroids May Have Caused Lance Armstrong’s Testicular Cancer
Whoopi Goldberg, an actress, comedian and the moderator of the daytime talk show The View on ABC, irresponsibly suggested that anabolic steroids may have caused Lance Armstrong’s testicular cancer in 1996. “Do the steroids cause cancer? That’s the question. Did [Lance Armstrong] get the cancer because of the steroids? If he was doing it for the thousand years that they say he was doing it, it’s quite possible,” claimed Goldberg.
Do Anabolic Steroids Cause Fungal Meningitis?
The deadly fungal meningitis outbreak has been linked to contaminated injectable solution of the corticosteroid methylprednisolone acetate. It has been a tragedy for the families involved. For anti-steroid crusaders, it has simply provided another tool to unfairly demonize anabolic steroids. The fungal meningitis infections were solely due to contaminated epidural injection directly into the CNS. Anabolic steroids are injected intramuscularly.
Charlie Francis Was Honest About Steroids in Sports
Many athletes who get caught using steroids choose to convert into anti-doping crusaders. Charlie Francis, best known as Ben Johnson’s coach at the 1998 Seoul Olympics, refused to apologize and repent. Instead, he chose to tell the truth: steroid use is still pervasive and practically a requirement at the top. To tell athletes differently would be a lie.
Could Government Hold FedEx & UPS Accountable for Steroid Shipments?
Are FedEx and UPS breaking the law when they (unknowingly) transport illegal anabolic steroids on behalf of their customers? If a domestic steroid source uses FedEx, has FedEx “aided and abetted” the distribution of steroids? How about when steroids are shipped by compounding pharmacies and/or TRT clinics? Or when illegal synthetic steroids are sold as dietary supplements by online supplement shops? If the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has its way, the answer may be ‘yes.’
USADA Promotes Steroid McCarthyism with Truth and Reconciliation Commission
“Are you now or have you ever used anabolic steroids? Erythropoietin? Human growth hormone? Insulin-like growth factor-1?” The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) wants to know. USADA’s investigation of Lance Armstrong was just the beginning. Now, the anti-doping organization wants to initiate a full-scale witch-hunt in the entire sport of cycling and look under each and every rock for dopers. Steroid McCarthyism is alive and well.