The Australian Government Solicitator has ruled that a secret pilot program involving the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA) and Medicare was illegal. ASADA had been reviewing government Medicare prescription records and cross-referencing them with names of athletes in an effort to catch athletes using prohibited substances. Not surprisingly to anyone, the Government Solicitator determined that ASADA illegally violated athlete […]
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Presidential Candidates Positions on Anabolic Steroids
USA Today recently asked the the “top” presidential campaigns about their positions on anabolic steroids and anabolic steroids in sports (“Where the candidates stand on sports issues,” May 8). Senator Hillary Clinton supports federal efforts to eliminate steroids from professional sports: Senator Clinton sees our sports leagues as public trusts and our sports heroes as […]
Steroid Testing Disrupts High School Awards Ceremony
The lack of sensitivity exhibited by the companies and organizations that administer doping and steroid testing is upsetting a lot of people. I understand certain protocol must be followed but the invasive nature of such procedures will inevitably have a negative backlash. The latest instance of drug testers invading events of personal significance comes from […]
Director Christopher Bell on Muscletech Hypocrisy Regarding Anabolic Steroids
Percy Crawford interviewed Christopher Bell, director of the steroid documentary “Bigger Stronger Faster”, in a good piece appearing on Fight Hype. Chris Bell criticizes the hypocrisy and dishonesty of bodybuilding supplement companies like Muscletech in their approach to anabolic steroids (“Christopher Bell: What’s Really the Big Deal About Steroids?,” May 12). I talked to a fitness […]
Proposal for Major Steroid League Baseball
Mike Markson has an interesting proposal for confronting the problem of anabolic steroids (and performance enhancing drugs) in baseball – “let them cheat.” His steroid comments were included in suggestions to make baseball more exciting. I started thinking, if I was to come up with a baseball variant to try and take on MLB, what […]
PBS Documentary East German Doping Scandal
Secrets of the Dead, the PBS documentary series that has explored topics such as ritual cannibalism, Salem witchcraft trials, Auschwitz death factories and Aztec massacres, has turned its attention to an episode exploring the East German steroid doping scandal. The steroid documentary “Doping for Gold” by Alison Rooper premieres on PBS on Wednesday, May 7, […]
Bigger Stronger Faster Movie Trailer
The movie trailer for the documentary “Bigger Stronger Faster” from director Christopher Bell has finally been released. The trailer is pretty good; I appreciate the challenges of trying to encapsulate such a thought-provoking steroid documentary within a three-minute promotional trailer. I was disappointed to see Gregg Valentino at the beginning of the trailer conveying the […]
Anti-Aging Expert James Abernathy Linked to Federal Steroid Investigation
The federal steroid investigation involving Applied Pharmacy Services has been linked to self-proclaimed anti-aging expert James Abernathy. Physician Pamela Pyle, of Personal Touch Aesthetic Laser and Skin Rejuvenation Center in Myrtle Beach, pleaded guilty to withholding information about illegal steroid distribution. She admitted to writing prescriptions for James Abernathy, owner and director of Body Solutions […]
Anabolic Steroids at Tribeca – Injecting the American Dream
Christopher Bell, the director of the steroid documentary Bigger Stronger Faster, joined a panel discussion on anabolic steroids on May 3, 2008 at Pace University in New York City. “Tribeca Talks: Injecting the American Dream” was part of the Tribeca Film Festival and ESPN Sports Film Festival. The discussion was moderated by Shaun Assael, author of […]
DEA Identifies 22 Dietary Supplements Containing Anabolic Steroids
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) identified 22 dietary supplements containing anabolic steroids that are marketed and sold on the Internet in proposed rules published last week in the Federal Register. According to the DEA, the following three steroids meet the criteria for “anabolic steroids” under the Anabolic Steroid Control Act of 2004 (“Classification of Three Steroids as […]