A pilot that was contracted by the Kaua’i Fire Department faces up to 50 years in prison for the personal possession of anabolic steroids. Kurt Ventura pleaded guilty to second-degree felony possession of the anabolic steroid oxandrolone, second-degree felony attempted possession of oxandrolone and the illegal use of drug paraphernalia. [Read more…]
Aug
04
Human Growth Hormone Testing at the 2012 London Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympics in London has been billed as the “the most tested Games in Olympic history”. The real question has always been how effective are the anti-doping tests? It appears that at least one anti-doping test will be vastly improved. But will it be enough to catch anyone other than “dopey” athletes? [Read more…]
Aug
02
Baseball Players Who Use Steroids Are Not Cheaters Says Dan Serafini
Dan Serafini, a former Major League Baseball pitcher, doesn’t believe that baseball players who use anabolic steroids or human growth hormone (hGH) are cheating other players or cheating the game. In an interview with Tom Verducci of Sports Illustrated, Serafini doesn’t see anything wrong with steroid use in baseball. [Read more…]
Aug
01
American Swim Coach Accuses Chinese Swimmer of Doping
John Leonard, a top American swimming coach and the current executive director of the World Swimming Coaches Association, did everything he could to suggest that a new 16-year old swimming sensation from China was guilty of doping with banned performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs). Chinese swimmer Ye Shewin won the gold medal in the 400-meter individual medley (in a world record time) and the 200-meter individual medley at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Her performances shocked the world. [Read more…]
Jul
31
Doctor Admits State-Sponsored Steroid Use in China During 1980s and 1990s
Chen Zhanghao, a former top physician for the Chinese Olympic team, admitted administering performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) to athletes in an interview with the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper in Australia. He admitted overseeing the use of PEDs, such as anabolic steroids and human growth hormone (hGH), as part of a state-sponsored doping program in China during the 1980s and 1990s. Zhanghao claimed to have experimented with the doping of approximately fifty elite Olympic athletes. [Read more…]
Jul
30
Skinny Barry Bonds Leads to More Steroid Suspicions
An athlete who carries significant muscle mass or has recently gained considerable weight is frequently accused of using anabolic steroids. When Barry Bonds and Mark McGwire bulked up in the years prior to their assault of the single-season homerun record, speculation was rampant that steroids were responsible for the changes in their physiques. So now that Barry Bonds is apparently “skinny” again, the steroid witch-hunters have jumped on the weight loss as further “proof” that Bonds used steroids. [Read more…]
Jul
29
Hysteria Over Anabolic Steroids Leads to Ignorance of More Dangerous Corticosteroids
The hysteria over anabolic steroids has kept sportswriters and journalists busy writing about the topic on a regular basis. At least one new article about anabolic steroids and/or performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) has been in the news practically every day for the past five years. Most articles usually include a list of side effects associated with steroids. Regrettably, most articles have an anti-steroid bias that leads to the exaggeration and overstatement of the anabolic steroids side effects. [Read more…]
Jul
28
New Bill Gives DEA Ability to Go After Illegal Synthetic Steroids in Supplements
Many sports supplement companies have been illegally selling synthetic steroids as dietary supplements for several years. This has not been limited to a few bad actors in the industry. The practice has been widespread. Contrary to the popular perception that the supplement industry is “unregulated”, the industry has been tightly regulated by the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA) for 18 years. DSHEA has explicitly made it illegal for supplement company to sell synthetic steroids as dietary ingredients. So, why have companies been blatantly doing this for almost a decade? [Read more…]
Jul
26
Polygraph Testing for Anabolic Steroids in “Natural” Bodybuilding Contest
The International Natural Bodybuilding Federation (INBF) was created to provide “natural bodybuilders” with the option to compete against athletes who do not use anabolic steroids, human growth hormone (hGH) or any other muscle-building drugs prohibited by the INBF. As with all athletic competitions, there have always been people that don’t play by the rules. In spite of the fact that most bodybuiding contests tacitly allow the use of steroids and don’t test for steroids, some steroid-using bodybuilders still insist on trying to gain an advantage in bodybuilding competitions specifically designated for “drug-free” bodybuilders. [Read more…]
Jul
25
Pete Rose Doesn’t Know What a Steroid Looks Like
Pete Rose, the former Major League Baseball player, was asked about the prospect of players from baseball’s so-called “steroid era” being inducted into the Hall of Fame. Next year Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Sammy Sosa will become eligible for the Hall. But all have been linked to the use of steroids and performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs). The big question that has unfortunately been on the minds of sports writers is whether suspected steroid users should be elected. [Read more…]
