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.
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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.
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.’
Federal Prosecutors Use Wikipedia as Source for Steroid Information
Federal prosecutors apparently don’t require the use of scholarly or authoritative sources when discussing the side effects of anabolic steroids. They are perfectly satisfied with citing Wikipedia as proof that steroids are evil. Why take the issue of steroid side effects seriously when cutting and pasting from Wikipedia is so much easier?
How Lance Armstrong Can Win Against the United States Anti-Doping Agency
The battle between Lance Armstrong and the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) is shaping up to be much more than a doping case. USADA has formally accused Armstrong of using a variety of performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) during his accomplished career as a professional cyclist. And USADA rarely loses a case when it decides pursue an athlete. So, how […]
UK Bodybuilders Who Import Steroids Considered Criminals Beginning Today
British bodybuilders who order anabolic steroids over the internet will be considered criminals beginning today – April 23, 2012 – under a new amendment to the British steroid law. Fortunately, the possession of anabolic steroids for self-administration remains perfectly legal under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (“MDA”). However, the new amendment makes the importation of […]