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Steroid Dealer Pleads Guilty in Canada Operation Jellybean

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The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Drug Section arrested at least eight individuals suspected of involvement in anabolic steroid trafficking during steroids bust as a result of Operation Jellybean in January 2007. The steroid bust disrupted hundreds of thousands of dollars in anabolic steroids sales throughout New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and even Ontario. Defendant Mark … [Read more...] about Steroid Dealer Pleads Guilty in Canada Operation Jellybean

Steroid Testing for Texas High School Athletes

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I'm fundamentally against the use of state or federal taxpayer funds to finance drug testing for private sports leagues or to finance steroid testing for high school athletes. I am not necessarily against the idea of drug testing for high school athletes. But I am against the type of "feel-good" drug-testing policies that do little to eliminate the use of performance enhancing … [Read more...] about Steroid Testing for Texas High School Athletes

Dietary Supplements Contaminated with Steroids

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A recent study revealed approximately 25% of popular dietary supplements in the U.S. were contaminated with low levels of steroids; 11% of supplements were contaminated with stimulants, most commonly ephedrine.  These steroidal and stimulant ingredients were not declared on the product label.The study was done by Informed Choice, a nonprofit coalition of dietary … [Read more...] about Dietary Supplements Contaminated with Steroids

Steroids Found in Popular Dietary Supplements

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A recent study revealed approximately 25% of popular dietary supplements in the U.S. were contaminated with low levels of steroids; 11% of supplements were contaminated with stimulants, most commonly ephedrine. These steroidal and stimulant ingredients were not declared on the product label.The study was done by Informed Choice, a nonprofit coalition of dietary supplements, … [Read more...] about Steroids Found in Popular Dietary Supplements

Ephedra – Interpreting the New Ruling

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On April 13, 2005, a federal court in Salt Lake City [U.S. District Court for the District of Utah, Central Division] issued its decision on a legal challenge to FDA’s 2004 Final Rule banning all ephedrine-alkaloid dietary supplements.  Judge Tena Campbell’s decision made two key points:It held that the analysis used by FDA was incorrect and improper.  FDA’s analysis … [Read more...] about Ephedra – Interpreting the New Ruling