Vermont Cocaine Dealer Blames Steroids for His Actions

[Steroid News]

The attorney for the largest drug kingpin in Vermont history blames anabolic steroids for his client’s actions. Michael Olsen pleaded guilty to seven counts involving cocaine distribution, money laundering, and illegally obtaining telephone records. Olsen faces life in prison after distributing over 50 kilograms of cocaine and laundering proceeds through Rizzo Brothers auto detailing business…

Vermont Cocaine Dealer Blames Steroids for His Actions

 

[Michael Scally MD]

Has the “dumbbell defense” ever been successful?

 

[Millard]

Has the “dumbbell defense” ever been successful?

The dumbbell defense was successful in the case of Michael D. Williams, who was a competitive bodybuilder in the 1980s that broke into six homes and set fire to three of them. Williams was acquitted of his crimes because the judge believed “toxic levels of anabolic steroids” resulted in a mental disorder which meant he could not be criminally responsible for his actions.

The case of Maryland vs. Michael D. Williams (1986) was cited by Yesalis and Bahrke in their article on the psychological and behavioral effects of steroids reprinted on MESO-Rx; I found additional information on this case in a recent news story about a man who was fired when he was caught injecting steroids in the workplace.

Dumbbell Defense - Anabolic Steroids Made Me Do It! - MESO-Rx

The dumbbell defense is the legal strategy of blaming criminal acts on the psychological effects of anabolic steroids. The criminal defenses of steroid

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[ergomaniac]

maybe it was the cocaine that made him make all those bad choices. drugs can make you do stupid things. reduce his sentence for that reason. the coke made him do it.
"perhaps anabolic steriods were a gateway to other bodybuilding supplements like creatine monohydrate." thats funny. and i didnt think you could snort creatine.

 

[HUGE.HULK]

Yeah, the roids made him cocaine distribution, money laundering, and illegally obtaining telephone records. It had nothing to do with the fact the scumbag was just that. I'm sick of people blaming roids for everything.