Teenage female prostitutes in Bangladesh are using “steroids” to bulk up and gain weight according to a report by Reuters. The alarmist headline about a “dark steroid secret” suggests that there is an epidemic of sex workers who are “abusing steroids” as appearance-enhancing drugs. Of course, anabolic steroids are the drugs that come to mind in the context of steroid abuse and bulking up. It isn’t until the seventh paragraph that readers learn that the steroids are not anabolic steroids but corticosteroids.
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Mar
18
Teenage Female Prostitutes Using “Steroids” to Bulk Up
Mar
08
Steroid Addiction Led to Corruption Says Former Cop
A former detective with the West Chester Police Department failed to convince a judge that his corruption was the result of an addiction to anabolic steroids. David Busemeyer was sentenced to six months in jail for tipping of a drug dealer to the identity of an undercover informant. Busemeyer had pleaded guilty to attempted tampering with evidence and obstructing official business. [Read more…]
Feb
26
Who Goes to Prison for Selling Steroids?
Steroid laws prohibiting the use of anabolic steroids were passed largely in response to the widespread use of steroids in competitive sports. The anti-doping movement had hoped that prohibiting steroids would deter athletes from using these “illegal” drugs. The criminalization of anabolic steroids has had little impact on steroid use by athletes. The steroid laws have rarely been used to prosecute athletes involved with doping. Non-competitive athletes and recreational bodybuilders are the ones who have suffered the consequences of violating these laws. [Read more…]
Feb
25
Doctor Gets Probation After Wife Tells FBI About His Steroid Use
Dr. Mark Peter Koch was sentenced to five years probation for possession with intent to distribute anabolic steroids and conspiracy to distribute anabolic steroids. He was also sentenced to 200 hours of community service and a $10,000 fine.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) initiated its investigation of Koch after receiving a tip from his estranged wife claiming that he was involved with black market steroids. [Read more…]
Feb
21
Top Norwegian Fitness Site and Gym Linked to Steroid Bust
Two major figures in the Norwegian world of bodybuilding have been detained for allegedly selling anabolic steroids according to the newspaper Dagens Næringsliv (DN). Sør-Trøndelag Police have alleged that popular local fitness experts Robert Eilertsen and Gunnar Strand Jacobsen were two of the men allegedly involved in selling steroids on the private internet website called “Anabolic Forum”. Two steroid sources known as “Guru” and “Karma” were accused of offering doping products to several thousand members of the forum. [Read more…]
Feb
19
Nebraska Doctor Avoids Jail for Writing Steroid Prescriptions
Nebraska doctor Raymond Heller has avoided prison for his role in the criminal case involving the illegal distribution of anabolic steroids by the Max Life anti-aging clinic. Heller pleaded guilty to prescribing the testosterone outside the usual course of professional medical practice. United States District Judge Claire Eagan sentenced Heller to five years of probation with the first eight months under house arrest and 100 hours of community service. [Read more…]
Feb
18
Steroids Demonized in Movie “Bullhead”
Michael R. Roskam’s film “Bullhead” (aka “Rundskop”) is a movie featuring two parallel stories involving anabolic steroids. It involves the story of a cattle farmer who becomes “addicted” to steroids to compensate for his sexual mutilation as a child. It also involves the story a meat inspector who was assassinated by the “hormone mafia” because he wanted to expose the illegal trafficking of anabolic steroids for use in cattle and livestock by elements of organized crime in Belgium. The two stories are not really connected but the overall message of the movie is clear. Steroids are evil. [Read more…]
Feb
10
Lindsay Lohan’s Father in Rehab for Steroid Abuse
Michael Lohan, the troubled father of the troubled actress Lindsay Lohan, is currently receiving treatment for the abuse of anabolic steroids and “co-dependency issues” at a residential treatment center in Florida according to RadarOnline.com. Palm Partners Recovery Center is overseeing Lohan’s reported rehabilitation for steroid abuse. [Read more…]
Feb
07
Olympic Steroids Tester Writes Novel About Doping
Harvey Shapiro, M.D., the former Chairman of the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of California San Diego, has penned a medical-thriller about anabolic steroids, performance-enhancing drugs and gene doping entitled “Morphed: Winning at Any Cost Even if it Means Altering Your DNA”. Shapiro was inspired to write the novel after he served as a Doping Control Officer at the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City. During his time collecting urine samples from Olympic athletes, he spent considerable time thinking about all the means and methods by which athletes use steroids and PEDs while going undetected by anti-doping personnel. [Read more…]
Feb
02
Half-Million Dollar Steroid Bust in Tennessee
A Tennessee man has been arrested after a stash of anabolic steroids was seized from a local storage unit. Leslie Parker, Jr. was implicated as a major steroid dealer distributing product to mid-level dealers around the country. Police were quick to characterize the steroid bust as an “international drug smuggling operation” that was “one of the largest steroid confiscations in department history.” [Read more…]
