The $20 million dollar Mitchell Report on anabolic steroids in professional baseball relied largely on the testimony of two former baseball trainers, Kirk Radomski and Brian McNamee. And the only reason the Mitchell Report contained such such evidence of steroid use by baseball players was because the Department of Justice forced Radomski and McNamee to […]
Pharmaceutical Companies Sponsoring Pro Bodybuilding Contests?
Could you imagine a pharmaceutical company (whose top-selling drugs are anabolic steroids) becoming the title sponsor of a professional bodybuilding contest? What if Unimed, whose top selling drug products are Anadrol-50 (oxymetholone) and AndroGel (testosterone), sponsored the Mr. Olympia Bodybuilding contest resulting in the “Unimed Pharmaceuticals IFBB Mr. Olympia Bodybuilding Championships”?!! Or how about Savient, […]
Applied Pharmacy Services and Conspiracy to Distribute Anabolic Steroids
It appears that the federal government is mounting a case against Applied Pharmacy Services (APS) based in Mobile, Alabama. APS has been target of a federal probe for several years although no one has yet been charged with a crime. However, in court documents provided to MESO-Rx indicate federal investigators believe APS was part of […]
Creative Steroid Smuggling
A Libyan national tried to import 24, 000 tablets of Anabol also known as Dianabol or methandrostenolone into Malta. Anabolic steroids are considered “restricted medicines” in Malta. Even though Maltese officials recommend that foreigners carry a doctor’s prescription for prescription pharmaceuticals such as steroids, Malta effectively allows foreigners to bring anabolic steroids into the country for […]
Russian Anti-Doping Agency Turns to USADA
Russia has funded the new Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RusADA) with new equipment and $5 million. RusADA is an independent agency created to test athletes for anabolic steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs. Representatives from RusADA are visiting the United States to learn more about the U.S. doping control program – United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) – […]
Sylvester Stallone Interviewed in Time Magazine
Sylvester Stallone is interviewed in Time Magazine as part of his media tour to promote his latest Rambo movie. He continues to defend his use of growth hormone and explains that it is not an anabolic steroid. HGH [human growth hormone] is nothing. Anyone who calls it a steroid is grossly misinformed. He denies ever […]
Steroid Debate Video For Steroid Use in Sports
Here are the video clips of panelists in the steroid debate that argue for the use of anabolic steroids and performance enhancing drugs in competitive sports i.e. Norm Fost, Julian Savulescu and Radley Balko. The video of panelists arguing against the motion, Dick Pound, Dale Murphy, George Michaels is available here. Norm Fost, MD Arguing […]
Steroid Debate Video Against Steroid Use in Sports
Last week, I told you about a fascinating debate where panelists argued for and against the motion “We should accept performance enhancing drugs in competitive sports.” Although I thought the panel against the motion was outmatched by Norm Fost, Julian Savulescu and Radley Balko, it was still a very interesting debate. Now video and audio […]
Watch the Debate Over Anabolic Steroid Use by Athletes
The video of the debate is available at Steroid Report. The unedited audio of the debate over anabolic steroid use by athletes that we reported earlier is now available from NPR. The steroid debate was hosted by Intelligence Squared and featured Radley Balko, Norman Fost, and Julian Savulescu arguing for the motion We should accept performance-enhancing drugs […]
Steroid Testing for Texas High School Athletes
I’m fundamentally against the use of state or federal taxpayer funds to finance drug testing for private sports leagues or to finance steroid testing for high school athletes. I am not necessarily against the idea of drug testing for high school athletes. But I am against the type of “feel-good” drug-testing policies that do little […]