USC Medical School Cell/Neurobiology Department Chair and Professor Ruth Wood claimed anabolic steroids promote premeditated violence. As proof, she cites the cases of Anders Breivik and Omar Mateen.
Breivik killed 77 people in Norway. He admitted doing a cycle of 4 weeks Dianabol + 2 weeks Winstrol to physically prepare for the attack.
Mateen killed 49 people in Orlando. He was "likely a long-term steroid user" according to anonymous law enforcement officials and had a "history" of steroid use according to his ex-wife.
Wood made her case in a recent LA Times op-ed article:
Anabolic steroids taint Olympic competition, but it's what they do to the human brain that is terrifying
Breivik killed 77 people in Norway. He admitted doing a cycle of 4 weeks Dianabol + 2 weeks Winstrol to physically prepare for the attack.
Mateen killed 49 people in Orlando. He was "likely a long-term steroid user" according to anonymous law enforcement officials and had a "history" of steroid use according to his ex-wife.
Wood made her case in a recent LA Times op-ed article:
Anabolic steroids taint Olympic competition, but it's what they do to the human brain that is terrifying
"Last month, as more than 100 Russian athletes were banned from Olympic competition for doping, federal investigators revealed that Omar Mateen, who killed 49 people at an Orlando nightclub on June 12, had a long history of steroid use. That detail had a chilling echo: Norwegian killer Anders Breivik deliberately used steroids to fuel his 2011 attack that killed 77 and injured hundreds. It received little attention in the American news media at the time, but Breivik methodically experimented with the drugs and, as documented in his diary, carefully selected the steroid and dose for his “mission.”
"These cold-blooded killings should tell us that even the direst health warnings about steroids — damage to the heart, liver, and reproductive system — don’t go far enough. It’s what anabolic steroids do to the brain that can be truly terrifying.
"The popular image of ’roid-rage is a sudden and exaggerated response to a minimal provocation, like “The Incredible Hulk.” But that’s not how it works. Instead, studies in animals show that steroid-induced aggression is not impulsive, nor uncontrolled. Steroid-treated rats remain attuned to the context of the fight: who their opponent is and where the fight takes place. This suggests that anabolic steroids can promote not only spur-of-the-moment aggression, but also premeditated violence."
"These cold-blooded killings should tell us that even the direst health warnings about steroids — damage to the heart, liver, and reproductive system — don’t go far enough. It’s what anabolic steroids do to the brain that can be truly terrifying.
"The popular image of ’roid-rage is a sudden and exaggerated response to a minimal provocation, like “The Incredible Hulk.” But that’s not how it works. Instead, studies in animals show that steroid-induced aggression is not impulsive, nor uncontrolled. Steroid-treated rats remain attuned to the context of the fight: who their opponent is and where the fight takes place. This suggests that anabolic steroids can promote not only spur-of-the-moment aggression, but also premeditated violence."
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