A 23-year old man died of unknown causes at Eastbourne District General Hospital shortly after being admitted. Lewis Allan was feeling ill in the early morning hours of October 10, 2011 and was rushed to the hospital.
Since Allan was a bodybuilder who had used anabolic steroids, Sussex Police are operating on the assumption that steroids caused or contributed to his death. Allan had reportedly gained over 50 pounds while using anabolic steroids during the past year. [Read more…]
Martin Pasmore, a detective inspector with the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate, and his team were awarded the Chief Constable’s Certificate of Merit for their investigation and disruption of a major anabolic steroid trafficking network based in the United Kingdom. The Certificate of Merit is awarded to police officers and staff who display excellence in performance. [Read more…]
British Olympic Association chairman Colin Moynihan defiantly defended the status of the BOA’s by-law 25 which gives a lifetime ban for athletes convicted of using anabolic steroids or performance-enhancing drugs. Moynihan announced that the BOA will retain the by-law even if it breaks the rules set forth by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). [Read more…]
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has committed its resources towards catching steroid users at the 2012 London Olympics. GSK plans on conducting 6,250 anti-doping blood and urine tests over a two-week period at next year’s Olympics. [Read more…]
The demand for testosterone replacement therapy continues unabated as patients flock to Florida anti-aging and longevity clinics. According to the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, the “Low T” television, newspaper and internet campaign (funded by Abbott Laboratories) has successfully convinced men to seek testing for low testosterone levels. [Read more…]
The International Olympic Committee wanted to permanently keep steroid users, who have served bans greater than 6-months, out of the Olympic Games. However, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruled that the IOC’s so-called “six-month rule” was “invalid and unenforceable” and violated the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) rules. [Read more…]
A 63-year old master athletes was banned for using anabolic steroids at the USA Masters Track & Field Championship on July 28, 2011. Stephen Craig Shumaker, competing for the Long and Strong Throwers Club, tested positive for exogenous testosterone. [Read more…]
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and national anti-doping agencies have been treating the use of anabolic steroids and performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) like an epidemic in sports. They have shown little regard for athlete privacy with increasingly more invasive and intrusive testing requirements. Athletes have given up considerable liberties in order to participate in high-level sports. After all, anti-doping crusaders see anabolic steroids and PEDs as one of the greatest threats to the health of the sport. This justifies whatever means they choose in order to accomplish their end goal of eradicating doping in sport. [Read more…]
Anti-doping officials are conceding that drug testing alone has not been particularly effective at catching athletes who use anabolic steroids and/or other performance-enhancing drugs. In spite of conducting a “world record” of over 5000 anti-doping blood and urine tests at the 2012 London Olympics, United Kingdom Anti-Doping admits that their secret weapon in the war on steroids will include a highly-trained cleaning staff. [Read more…]
Abbott Laboratories, the manufacturers of Androgel testosterone gel, have successfully bypassed Canada’s prohibition against direct-to-consumer advertising for pharmaceutical drugs with the promotion of a new “Low T” campaign. Direct-to-consumer (DTC) advertising is banned in most countries around the world with the United States being the notable exception. [Read more…]
