The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a Public Health Advisory (PHA) warning consumers to avoid using bodybuilding supplements claiming to contain “steroids”, “steroid-like substances”, “steroid alternatives” and “hormone products”. The FDA warning failed to give guidance on the specific product ingredients that were problematic. The extremely broad language cast suspicion upon all “body building supplements” marketed for performance enhancement […]
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DecaVol Steroid Scandal at Government Nuclear Weapons Facility
Russ Walker, a security police officer at a high-security government nuclear weapons facility, was fired after testing positive for anabolic steroids. Walker attributes the positive steroid test to his use of the over-the-counter supplement identified as “DecaVol” manufactured by Advanced Muscle Science (AMS). Russ Walker was a model employee at Wackenhut Services Inc. Oak Ridge (WSI-OR). WSI Oak Ridge […]
Tren Xtreme Steroid Investigation Leads to Raids of American Cellular Labs and Max Muscle
FDA Special Agent Jeff Novitzky, the agent who has become the face of the federal government witch-hunt against steroid users in professional sports during the BALCO scandal, has move his attention to investigating dietary supplement companies suspected of selling designer anabolic steroids. Novitzky’s latest steroid investigation targeted two popular products sold and marketed as dietary […]
United States Attorney General Praises Use of Terrorism Laws to Disrupt Illegal HGH Market
United States Attorney General Eric Holder praised the Justice Department’s use of terrorism laws to disrupt the illegal distribution of human growth hormone (hGH) during his remarks at a Justice Department leadership conference. Holder celebrated the use of the Patriot Act to eliminate a top supplier of performance enhancing drugs (PEDs). The Patriot Act law “permitted” the […]
Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Profiling Bodybuilders as Steroid Users
Oklahoma law enforcement has arrested numerous amateur and professional bodybuilders in an ongoing investigation into the distribution of anabolic steroids that started in December 2007. Special Agent R. Brian Surber, of the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control (OBNDD), has spearheaded the investigation that has resulted in numerous arrests. It has also resulted […]
Oklahoma Steroid Investigation Targets Secret Service Agent Because of Muscular Physique
The Maryland residence of a United States Secret Service Agent was raided in July 2008 based on unverified allegations of steroid possession and distribution. The allegations were obtained during the course of the Oklahoma steroid investigation targeting competitive bodybuilders that started in December 2007. At least fifteen members of the Maryland State Police SWAT team led by Matthew Newman […]
Feds Investigating Girlfriends of Defendants in Major Texas Steroid Bust
Federal prosecutors with the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Houston are investigating the girlfriends of defendants indicted in the major Texas steroid bust codenamed Operation Pharmacia Juicy Fruit according to recently filed court documents. Prosecutors have made it clear to defendant Bruce Zaccaria and his attorney that they have the goods on a former girlfriend; she was identified by first […]
Defense Attorney Exposes Government Abuses in Texas Steroid Case
The detention of Bruce Zaccaria without bail has been exposed as inappropriate by a local defense attorney in the latest court filings from the major Texas steroid bust codenamed Operation Pharmacia Juicy Fruit. Attorney R. Trent Gaither, representing Bruce Zaccaria, has outlined seven factors that legally limit and confine government detention authority. Gaither argues that the Government has violated […]
Steroid Underground Lab Compared to Meth Lab in Utah Bust of Liquipharm
The Iron-Garfield Counties Narcotics Task Force has compared anabolic steroid underground labs (“UGLs”) to dangerous and hazardous methamphetamine labs (“meth labs”). Task force officer Melissa Fritz-Fuller made the comparison when announcing the arrest of Mark Sherratt of Liquipharm Labs. Sherratt allegedly manufactured steroids from raw powders in a clandestine laboratory at his home; Liquipharm steroids and […]
Hysteria Over Anabolic Steroids for Antler Growth in Texas White-Tail Deer
The public hysteria over anabolic steroids has spread to the debate involving the use of banned drugs to enhance antler growth in Texas white-tailed deer. There is concern that hunters’ trophies and records for huge racks could be tainted or subject to asterisks suggestive of the steroid era in baseball. Anabolic steroid use does NOT appear […]