The dumbbell defense is the legal strategy of blaming criminal acts on the psychological effects of anabolic steroids. The criminal defenses of steroid addiction and steroid-induced cognitive deficits and steroid facilitated rage reaction are all variations of the “dumbbell defense. Most of the time, judges and juries reject being “pumped full of steroids” as a legitimate […]
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Cops and Police Corruption – Steroid Use Causes Criminal Behavior
The defense attorney for Roberto Pulido blamed anabolic steroids for a long list of crimes committed as part of a police corruption scandal. Pulido claims that being “pumped full of steroids” caused him to get involved in transporting cocaine into Boston. He claims that his steroid addiction made him exaggerate many of his behaviors. Roberto Pulido […]
Steroid User Steals From Family Members to Support Steroid Addiction!
Bob Lee, the district attorney for Santa Cruz County, has an explanation for the huge quantity of anabolic steroids and growth hormone linked to a man indicted for steroid importation and distribution – he was a steroid addict! “Like many people who are involved in drugs, they have to pay for that addiction somehow. It […]