IFBB professional bodybuilder Toney Freeman released a statement this weekend describing his recent experience as a victim of “muscle profiling” by police in Sweden. “Muscle profiling” as suggestive of anabolic steroid use is an accepted law enforcement practice in Sweden that has been used to detain numerous bodybuilders in recent years. The muscle profiling policy […]
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British Dragon Founder Soon to Be Extradited to United States for Trial
Edwin Richard Crawley, the founder of British Dragon, will soon join his business partner Ashley Vincent Livingston in the United States to face trial on anabolic steroid distribution and money laundering charges. The Thailand Court of Appeals upheld a lower court ruling authorizing extradition proceedings against Crawley and Livingston. A Thailand Criminal Court originally ruled to […]
Mr. Olympia Jay Cutler Cancels Guest Posing Appearance Due to Muscle Profiling in Sweden
Professional bodybuilder and four-time Mr. Olympia Jay Cutler cancelled his scheduled guest posing appearance at the Fitness Festival (Fitnessfestivalen) in Göteborg this weekend after IFBB pro Toney Freeman was taken into police custody on Thursday. Sweden advocates the controversial practice of “muscle profiling” where muscular individuals can be detained by police and compelled to submit to urinalyis […]
IFBB Pro Bodybuilder Toney Freeman Taken Into Police Custody in Sweden
IFBB pro bodybuilder Toney Freeman was taken into police custody shortly after arriving in Sweden for the 2010 Fitness Festival in Göteborg. Freeman, a victim of “muscle profiling“, was detained during an appearance in Sundsvall solely because he was a professional bodybuilder. Freeman was compelled to submit to a urine test where he tested positive […]
Woman Criticizes “Government on Roids” After Husband Imprisoned in APS Steroid Investigation
Elizabeth Kelley has decided to speak out against the government’s war on steroids in her new blog, “Government on Roids” after her husband was sentenced to 10 years in prison for steroid-related crimes as the principal owner and chief executive officer of Applied Pharmacy Services (APS). Kelley describes how her husband, A. Samuel Kelley II, […]
Floyd Landis: Easy to Take Anabolics in Cycling Without Getting Caught
Disgraced American cyclist Floyd Landis claims that it is easy to use anabolic steroids, human growth hormone and erythropoetin (EPO) in professional cycling without getting caught by the ever more invasive doping controls. He made the following comments regarding his experiences as an elite cyclist in an interview for Sportschau onGerman television ARD last week: […]
Libel and Hypocrisy as VeloNews Violates Their Own Online Comments Policy
Charles Pelkey, the Senior Online Editor at VeloNews.com, may have violated the website’s own online commenting policy when he apparently deleted comments that expressed an opinion with which he disagreed but were not otherwise objectionable. Pelkey expressed his distaste for the opinions I expressed regarding the motivations of athletes that use performance-enhancing drugs shortly before […]
VeloNews Censors Comments Advocating Harm Reduction and Medically-Supervised Doping
VeloNews, the “journal of competitive cycling’, apparently censors comments that are critical of anti-doping policy and/or the United States Anti-Doping Agency. I have been blocked from commenting on their website due to the comments I posted earlier today. In a series of thoughtful and respectful commentaries posted on the VeloNews website, I raised several issue about […]
Lee Thompson Continues to Fight Steroid Charges in Overreaching Texas Steroid Bust
NPC Texas Chairman Lee Thompson continues to fight steroid conspiracy charges that were filed against him in an overreaching Texas steroid investigation that targeted dozens of individuals. Several individuals charged in the conspiracy have already pleaded guilty including Brock Falkenhagen. However, Lee Thompson is NOT one of them. Thompson has repeatedly stated that he has […]
Settlement Represents Model for Steroid Prosecutions Targeting Sports Nutrition Companies
VMG Global, the manufacturer of American Cellular Labs “Tren Xtreme” and “Mass Xtreme“, has pleaded guilty to one count of introducing unapproved drugs into interstate commerce and has agreed to a fine of up to $500,000. The VMG Global case is the first of several pending investigations targeting the marketing of steroidal compounds as dietary […]