It was considered as the biggest doping scandal ever in Sweden.

The crackdown took place last week when Swedish authorities swooped down on suspected drug dealers in a series of pre-dawn raids across the country. The investigation resulted to the arrest of 40 individuals and seizure of anabolic steroids, weapons and ammunition. Persons of interest were also brought in for interrogation.

According to reports, the incident on August 13 in Malmö which has resulted to the arrest of a 25-year-old man triggered the investigation. The man reportedly tried to flee the country with a bag full of cash.

Police were able to get from the suspect the name and address of a 51-year-old Gavle resident. The 51-year-old man was later arrested along with his girlfriend for doping offenses.

“We found large quantities of doping drugs and we received signals that his sales basically encompassed the whole of Sweden and took place over the internet,” said Pär Langer of the Gävleborg police department.
Police were able to retrieve data from the 51-year-old suspect’s computer that led to subsequent raids and interrogations of persons of interest.

“There’s much to suggest that this is the biggest doping scandal to have ever taken place in Sweden,” said Langer.

According to police, majority of drug sales took place at the Stockholm area and most of the buyers of anabolic steroids had associations with fitness and bodybuilding establishments in the area.

It is now confirmed that New Orleans Saints’ Deuce McAllister and Houston Texans’ Bryan Pittman are among the several players under investigation for violating the NFL’s policy on anabolic steroids and related substances.

There have been speculations on the identity and the exact number of players who tested positive for the banned compound bumetanide. Several media organizations have reported varying statistics – Fox 31 said it is six to 10 players while ESPN.com said the number may exceed 15. NFL is refusing to divulge any information since the players are still appealing their cases.

Deuce McAllister, however, admitted that he’s one of the ‘several’ players. The Saints’ veteran running back talked with the media after his team’s victory over San Diego in London on Sunday.

“We’ve been kind of going through this process for a while,” McAllister said. “I guess you guys just found out about it at this point. But whatever happens, that’s what’s going to happen. We’ve hired counsel. He’s going to do his job to kind of put the case together and however the NFL rules, that’s the way it will be.”

Lawyer David Cornwell, who has served as assistant general counsel to NFL, is representing several of the players involved. Cornwell, however, has only identified one of his clients Bryan Pittman, long snapper for the Houston Texans.

“Bryan did everything humanly possible to comply with the NFL steroid policy, including obtaining doctors’ written authorization to take weight loss medication. He did not use steroids,” Cornwell said Monday in an e-mail to The Associated Press.

“Thus far, the only violation of the NFL steroid policy is the breach of Bryan’s absolute right to confidentiality while his appeal proceeds. Whoever is leaking this story is attempting to put their thumb on the scale (of) justice to harm Bryan.”

Other players who have been named in several media reports include McAllister’s fellow Saints’ player Will Smith as well as Viking’s Kevin Williams and Pat Williams.

Bumetanide is a loop diuretic often used as a masking agent by users of anabolic steroids and other banned compounds.

Did you know that polygraph tests are not only used during criminal investigation but also during dope tests?

From Anchorage News:

Alaska bodybuilders wire up to show they’re not juiced up.
Inside a small conference room Friday in a Midtown motel, Mary Floyd sat in a chair, wired to a machine that measured every beat of her heart, every breath she took, every bead of sweat that seeped from her fingertips.

Across from her, a former sheriff’s deputy from Washington asked a series of questions aimed at determining whether Floyd is worthy of competing in tonight’s Natural Crystal Cup bodybuilding contest at the Wendy Williamson Auditorium. Competitors must pass a polygraph test that asks about their use of banned substances before they can strut on stage.

“It’s intimidating,” Floyd said after spending about 30 minutes on the hot seat. “It makes you think of being a criminal. You associate a polygraph with doing something bad.”

In the world of drug-free bodybuilding, however, polygraphs are more and more being associated with pre-competition preparations. Spray-on tan? Check. CD with music to flex by? Check. Lie detector test? Check.

Major drug-free competitive meets typically utilize polygraph tests, but it was the first time in the state that an entire group of competitors are tested before strutting their stuff onstage.

In this particular competition, the polygraph testing was to make sure that competitors are really what they claimed to be – natural bodybuilders.

The sport of bodybuilding has two main types – professional bodybuilding and natural bodybuilding. Athletes belonging to the first group are those who are known to use anabolic steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs. Athletes belonging to the second type are those who rely on purely genetics and strict training and dieting.

In natural bodybuilding, competitors are routinely tested for prohibited substances, which include anabolic steroids, prohormones, and diuretics. If athletes are found guilty of doping infringement, they are banned from joining future contests. Urine samples can be sometimes required from participants, but polygraph test is the more preferred method because it is more cost effective.

Bumetanide is now the buzz word in the National Football League.

According to Fox 31 television channel in Denver, there are six to 10 positive tests of Bumetanide among NFL’s rosters. Another news organization, ESPN.com, provided a bigger number “more than 10 and may exceed 15” it said in its report. Only two athletes have been named so far, and they are New Orleans Saints’ Deuce McAllister and Will Smith.

The sports organization is yet to release official statement on the issue. Similarly, David Cornwell, who has been hired by several of the involved parties, refused to divulge the identity of his clients or the actual number of the athletes involved. Cornwell, however, aired his views regarding how the information was reported by the media.

“These men are entitled to confidentiality and entitled to go through an appeal process, so the (Fox 31) report … is completely unfair,” Cornwell said. “The cornerstone of any workplace testing program, especially one in professional sports with high-profile people, is confidentiality.

“The recent reports about pending appeals by players who are alleged to have used weight loss supplements reflect the most egregious violation of the NFL steroids policy. The foundation of the policy is both a player’s right to appeal and an absolute right to confidentiality. By leaking this story, the ’source’ is clearly attempting to put their thumb on the scale of justice and harm these men.”

Bumetanide is loop diuretic, which means it acts on the ascending loop of Henle in the kidney. Loop diuretics are mainly used to treat hypertension and edema caused by congestive heart or renal insufficiency. Diuretics, such as Bumetanide, are often used as masking agents by some athletes. Masking agents are drugs or compounds that are taken purposely to ‘mask’ or hide steroids and other prohibited substances. This is the reason why diuretics are also tested for in doping controls. So this means that the NFL players who tested positive for Bumetanide have a whole lotta explaining to do.

The Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office in Florida finally arrested Christopher Edward Abate for several crimes. It was the culmination of their five-month investigation into the illegal activity of 44-year-old Deep Creek resident.

When authorities conducted the search of Abate’s house at 2511 Mauritania Road, they were able to seize more than 3,000 pills, steroid drugs, counterfeit identification and nearly $500,000 in cash.

They also recovered other evidence on the scene including vials and bottles of steroids with handwritten labels, equipment used to fill up and seal drug containers, and blank doctor’s prescription pads. Deputies also found several blank cards used for making counterfeit driver’s licenses and identification cards.

Further, authorities discovered that Abate had six different licenses that contained his photograph and three different names, according to the sheriff’s office report. Among the documents found was Abate’s release from Federal Probation relating to a prior prescription fraud charge.

The 44-year-old Abate was charged with five felony counts of possession of controlled substance for methadone, oxandrolone (anavar), fluoxymesterone, and oxymetholone (Anadrol). He was also charged with possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute of anavar, 42 counts of possession of prescription forms, and misdemeanor charges of possession of marijuana less than 20 grams and possession of paraphernalia.

He was later booked into the Charlotte County Jail on the drug and counterfeit-making equipment charges on a $52,100 bond.

Police officers executing domestic violence restraining order last week made an unexpected discovery at the home of Jonathan Lester located at the Howell Township.

According to the Monmouth County Sheriff’s Office, Officers Sean O’Neill and Cristopher Schirripa who were authorized to search the house for weapons instead discovered a cache of illegal drugs and paraphernalia. The officers found 233 hypodermic syringes, 31 vials of anabolic steroids, under 50 grams of marijuana, and three ecstasy pills.

Sheriff Kim Guadagno said the finding was significant because “the use and distribution of anabolic steroids is a serious issue particularly this time of year when high school sports are in full swing. It’s important for parents to be aware that this type of illegal activity exists.”

Lester was charged with possession of controlled dangerous substances (steroids and ecstasy), possession with intent to distribute (steroids), possession with intent to distribute drug paraphernalia (syringes), possession of under 50 grams of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Bobsled pilot Martin Galliker immediately resigned from his team after he tested positive for the banned compound testosterone. The announcement was made by his national federation on Wednesday.

According to SBSV, the Swiss bobsled federation, Galliker’s backup sample, taken while he was training in Italy, showed excessive levels of the hormone.

The 34-year-old Swiss athlete was a European silver medalist last season; he was with the Swiss team that finished second in the four-man event at the European Championships that took place in Cesana, Italy in January 2007. Galliker, who started competing in 2005, finished eight in the four-man event at the FIBT World Championships in St. Moritz last year.

Incidentally, it was also in Italy when Brazilian bobsledder Armando dos Santos was kicked out from the 2006 Winter Olympics after he tested for the anabolic steroid nandrolone. Dos Santos, a former hammer, was the first athlete to be disqualified from the Torino Games. There were only two athletes who were evicted from the 2006 Winter Olympics in Italy. The other athlete was Russian Olga Pylev who was stripped of her silver medal in 15km biathlon after testing positive for carphedon.

Seven Russian women athletes, including World Indoor 1500m champion Yelena Soboleva, each received two-year suspension for switching urine samples. The announcement was made by the country’s athletics federation Oct. 20.

The other six athletes were middle distance runners Svetlana Cherkasova, Yulia Fomenko, former double world champion Tatyana Tomashova and Olga Yegorova, hammer thrower Gulfiya Khanafeyeva – a former world champion, and reigning European discus champion Darya Pishchalnikova.

The bans are retroactive, coming into effect April 2007 when said samples had been taken. The athletes were initially suspended by the International Association of Athletics Federations out of the Beijing Olympics in August after discovery of doping test irregularities. DNA sampling pointed to their illegal activity.

Valentin Balakhnichev, the head of the Russian athletics federation, said Monday: “We suspended for two years all of the seven athletes involved in the case for violations of the doping code.

According to AFP report, Pishchalnikova gave samples on April 10, Cherkasova and Soboleva on April 26, Fomenko on April 27, Khanafeyeva on May 9, and Tomashova on May 23. Yegorova’s date would be determined later.

The 300 doping test results reported to be missing by a group of independent observers have now been accounted for. The International Olympic Committee said they have the said results all along and assured the public and the World Anti-Doping Agency that all were negative for anabolic steroids and other prohibited compounds.

It was last week that the independent observers furnished WADA their final report which included their discovery of missing test results. The 10-man team was appointed by WADA to review Beijing drug-testing program.

“Once the laboratory had apparently delivered all reports to the IO (independent observer) team, it transpired that around 300 test results were missing in comparison to the doping control forms,” the WADA report said.

The incident had put the Beijing testing program under cloud of suspicion. But the IOC took immediate steps to clear things up.

“Regarding the ‘300 missing tests,’ it is our understanding that there has been a communication problem between the Beijing laboratory and the IO team on the results of a number of tests,” IOC spokeswoman Emmanuelle Moreau said in an e-mail. “The results of these tests were communicated to the IOC by the end of August. All were negative. The results have now been transmitted to the IO team.”

The team said it checked with the IOC’s medical commission regarding the test results’ status and, apparently, the IOC was unable to finish the processing of the lab results in time for the independent observers’ report completion last month.

James Nigel Stephens is one of the reasons why the public has this negative perception of anabolic steroids. You see, this guy committed a despicable act and blame it on anabolic steroids! These criminals would blame everything else, except themselves, to avoid prison time.

Stephens, from Fairfield in southwest Sydney, pleaded guilty to three counts of aggravated sexual assault and aggravated detention of a person for advantage over the incident at Waterloo, in Sydney.

Stephens got 14 years for what Australian media call “rampage of rape’ on a topless waitress on January 14, 2007. It was reported that Stephens attended a bucks’ party where the 22-year-old victim had worked. Stephens, then 18-year-old, stole her keys and later let himself into the car’s boot.

During sentencing submissions last month, Stephens’ attorney had declared his client had probably been under the influence of a “very, very nasty cocktail” of alcohol and steroids. Judge Michael Finnane of the New South Wales District Court, however, did not accept that as evidence.

“I must emphasize that I have no acceptable evidence that he drank to excess or that he consumed anabolic steroids,” the judge said.

The judge described to the court the nature of Stephens’ crime.

“What he did was horrifying in its cruelty,” he said.

“It was planned and calculated.

“He hid himself in the boot of her car and when she was alone, emerged suddenly, grabbed her from behind, threatening her with a plastic fork pressed to her neck, causing her to scream with fear.”

The teenager then forced the woman to pull over and raped her several times.

“Some of the offences had a sadistic quality to them and he showed, during the time of committing these offences, an attitude of contempt for the complainant and utter indifference to her suffering,” he said.

Stephens recorded parts of his assault on the victim.

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No doubt about it, Jose Canseco can grab the spotlight without even trying.

The former Major League Baseball player was arraigned Tuesday in U.S. District Court in San Diego after trying to smuggle the female fertility drug human chorionic gonadotropin from Mexico last Thursday. HCG is classified as Schedule III compound under California laws. HCG is a prohibited by the World Anti-Doping Agency for use in males. The drug helps restore production of testosterone lost during steroid use.

Canseco, also known as “The Godfather of Steroids”, was charged Introduction into Interstate Commerce of a Misbranded Drug, a misdemeanor which has the maximum penalty of one year in prison and a $1000 fine.

According to reports, Canseco, along with two female companions, was entering California at the San Ysidro checkpoint when their vehicle was stopped and searched by Customs and Border Protection agents. In the center armrest compartment, six vials of HCG and ten syringes were discovered. Canseco was later detained by authorities and released a few hours later.

Canseco’s next court date is scheduled Nov. 4 at 9 a.m.

Canseco, who played with the New York Yankees and the Chicago White Sox, has written two tell-all books on the widespread use of anabolic steroids in the major league. He claimed that 85% of major league players used anabolic steroids.

A team of 10 independent observers, charged with evaluating the drug testing protocol at the Olympics, reported some troubling news.

According to their official report to the World Anti-Doping Agency, there are up to 300 test results that are missing. Said tests were taken from athletes who participated at the Summer Games in Beijing this August.

The report says: “Once the [Beijing] laboratory had apparently delivered all reports to the independent observer team, it transpired that around 300 test results were missing in comparison to the doping control forms.”

The team has also discovered procedural lapses which they have included in their report to WADA.

The team revealed that the Beijing laboratory could not test for insulin, another ergogenic agent. Another procedural deviation is the lab’s failure to pick up one of the quality [steroid] control samples that had contained a prohibited substance.

Additionally, the team detailed in their report that out of 204 participating national teams, there were 102 countries which did not provide important whereabouts information of their respective athletes. This is necessary so that anti-doping officials can effectively implement pre-Games and out-of competition drug testing.

The International Olympic Committee has carried out a total of 4770 test – 3801 urine tests (including 817 EPO tests) and 969 blood tests (including 471 human growth hormone tests).

Jose Canseco, the self-proclaimed “Godfather of Steroids”, is in a ditch again. Deep, deep legal ditch by all accounts.

The former slugger and now author of two tell-all books on steroids use in the Major League could be behind bars for a year and fined $1000 if he would be proven guilty of misdemeanor with Introduction into Interstate Commerce of a Misbranded Drug.

He was arraigned Tuesday in U.S. District Court in San Diego appearing before Hon. Magistrate Judge Ruben B. Brooks. His next court appearance is Nov. 4 at 9 a.m.

It was last Thursday when Canseco’s vehicle was inspected by Customs and Border Protection agents who found six vials of the human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) and ten syringes in the vehicle’s center armrest compartment. Canseco, accompanied by two female companions, was entering California via the San Ysidro checkpoint. He was subsequently detained by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement and was released 10 hours later.

In 2005, the Cuban-born Canseco admitted to using anabolic steroids in his initial tell-all book entitled Juiced: Wild Times,  Rampant ‘Roids, Smash Hits & How Baseball Got Big. Not many were happy with his revelations in the book. He implicated big names in the Major League, including his former teammates Mark McGwire and Jason Giambi.

In his sequel to Juiced, Vindicated: Big Names, Big Liars, and the Battle to Save Baseball’, Canseco linked such big names like Alex Rodriguez to anabolic steroid use. Here’s an excerpt from his second book:

When someone gets around to writing the real history of baseball, I’m going to be remembered as the guy who did more to change the game than any other player. And I did it twice. I fundamentally changed the way the sport is played. The first time was when I introduced my fellow players to steroids, launching the Steroid Era, a decade that saw superhuman athletes breaking all of baseball’s storied records. And the second time was when I saw that things were getting out of control, and that I had to tell the truth about what was going on.

Australian police is probably the least busy police in the world. It turns out that in AU, the police have to produce results or they are fired. Due to the low crime rate, Australian police have to target everything and everyone possible to get their arrest “quota.” Thus, they are targeting anabolic steroid users because most of them are easy to catch, and they are not like the real gangsters with AK-47 that will shoot out with them.

Thus, they raid health food stores, and health supplement shops, looking for steroid dealers. One such instance is just recent, where an alleged steroid dealer was selling steroids thru his little vitamin shop. They raided the place and arrested him for distribution of anabolic steroids, but now it turns out the man they arrested didn’t do much wrong. He was selling M1T, basically a prohormone that was legal over the counter for years in western nations, such as USA and EU. Somehow, the AU police thing pro-hormones are going to kill people, or are they just filling that hard to catch arrest “quota”???

Victoria police have seized several types of steroids and other products following a lengthy investigation into activities at Your Vitamin Store in the Mayfair Shopping Centre.

Undercover officers made numerous purchases of anabolic steroids at the store, police said.

The steroids were called M1Ts and were sold in bottles of 80 capsules costing $109.95.

Police said the product contains a controlled substance, as defined by the Controlled Drug and Substances Act of Canada.

Police later executed a search warrant at the store and have forwarded details of what was seized to Health Canada as part of the investigation.

A 33-year-old Victoria man is facing six counts of trafficking in a controlled substance, as well as one count of possession for the purpose of trafficking.

While the world was watching the steroid abuse and steroid use crisis unfolding for Major League baseball (MLB), they forgot about the organization with the highest rate of steroid users: WWE.  World Wrestling Entertainment, formerly WWF, has potentially the most anabolic steroids users of any professional company, besides NFL of course.

BUT…is this a new phenomenon or this something that’s been going on since the days of Hulk Kogan and the Ultimate warrior?  The truth is that anabolic steroids have been in the WWE since the beginning and they are there to stay. It was well documented that Vince McMahon suggested steroid use to his wrestlers, and later it was found he provided anabolic steroids to them on multiple occasions.   It seems they would buy steroids from Vince, while he would buy steroids from Mexico and bring them over the border.   Creating a non-stop chain of steroid abuse among his wrestlers.

However, to be fair, isn’t WWE a circus type company, not a sport.  WWE always says the matches are rigged and the sport is fake, it’s all done for show.  This is in comparison to a sport like american football,NFL, where probably 99% of the NFL team players are using either anabolic steroid or human growth hormone (HGH) or a variety of the 2 with IGF-1.  The true targets of todays’ media wrath should be the NFL players who are so juiced up, it’s not funny – most are like walking chemical powerplants.  The average NFL player uses more anabolic steroids, HGH, IGF-1 and countless other drugs, then about 10,000 steroid users put together.  It’s amazing how anabolic steroids can bypass the media attention in a MULTI-BILLION dollar game like american football (NFL), but they will target the circus act that is the WWE!  It seems this is more about the overall attention and ratings these steroid investigations can bring then about actually doing something about steroid abuse.

Bleachers Report – Steroids Are Killing Wrestling:

It’s true, history repeats itself. And once again we are reliving the abuse of steroids and other drugs that are running wild in wrestling. While most wrestlers would say that there isn’t as much of the Ric Flair-like lifestyle today as there once was, there are still huge signs of problems to come.

The WWE is trying to do everything it possibly can to show that it’s making an effort to eliminate steroids and other drugs from its company. They implemented a wellness policy, which has suspended a dozen at the minimum, they’ve opened up rehab for any current or past Superstar, and they even currently promoting Bigger, Stronger, Faster (a DVD that looks into the whole steroid problem).

But how come I don’t take comfort that the problem is being taken care of? Why am I not assured that people like Chris Benoit (not saying that steroids had anything to do with his actions, but more about his mental health) aren’t slowly deteriorating? Here are the signs that things aren’t getting better.

The WWE claims that it is thoroughly checking its Superstars for steroids and other drugs. But how come the people who are suspended are always mid-carders or lower on the totem pole? Are you seriously saying that only a few of these larger-than-life stars are on steroids and the ones who are the ones at the bottom?

What about the big name stars? Batista, Triple H, John Cena? Scott Steiner told the story when he was asked by the WWE office whether he’d be able to pass the wellness test. He responded sure, just pick up Triple H and me and we’ll go take the test together. He went on to say they never bothered him about it again.

And why is it that it takes a report by Sports Illustrated to call out the big time stars, for WWE to take action. It took a massive media mogul to out the WWE for stars like of Edge, Randy Orton, and Rey Mysterio to be suspended. Has anyone seen Rey Mysterio’s transformation from his WCW days to his WWE days? He puts Barry Bonds to shame.

Look at the people outside of wrestling who’ve been busted for steroids, like Ivan Basso, a Tour de France cyclist. He’s 150 pounds soaking wet and he was busted for steroids. Now I’m not saying that everyone who’s got muscle is on the stuff. Everyone’s body is built differently. I’m just saying let’s be a little more realistic here.

But a majority of fans know the probability that a large majority of wrestlers are using, but show up to the shows and buy the merchandise anyways. But does that make it okay?

And I know it’s not the WWE alone, as TNA is rumored to be implementing its own wellness policy. I’m just saying it shouldn’t take an act of congress to see things truly change in wrestling.

Will it be cool to see wrestlers going at it who are the same size as me and you? No, probably not. But wrestling managed to survive after the steroid scare in the early ’90s due to smaller guys like Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels. And I’m not saying that these guys weren’t on anything, but I am saying it can prosper without everyone being larger than life.

It’s not just those on the big stage; there’s a trickledown effect. Smaller guys on the independents who think the only way they’ll be noticed is if they’re arms are the size of cannons. Teens looking to impress. The list goes on. And how many guys will be suffering from their years of abuse when they hang up the boots?

Only time will tell, but should we risk to wait and see?

Australian customs, some of the harshest in the world, have again prosecuted someone for buying steroids on the internet.  Please note, Australian customs don’t have a lot to do, so they bother with every little thing to make themselves look good; just to keep up funding.  Last it was known, they have seized multi-vitamins and tried to arrest people for it.  Thus, anabolic steroids would be a far great news show for them.  How pathetic.

The story goes like this, Summers ordered anabolic steroids via the internet, and steroids were detected by the Sydney International Mail Centre, then they issued an arrest warrant with no proof.

Shane David Summers was charged with 2 counts of importing anabolic steroids, aka “prohibited goods” into Australia, and he was fined $1,500!  What a waste of government dollars!?!? Spend $100,000 on investigation to catch a white collar guy with a $1,500 fine!  Australian customs need to go after the real drugs like methamphetamine/ice that goes thru their system, and cocaine, NOT waste resources on anabolic steroids and HGH.

This high school wrestling coach is a real scum-bag.  He gave regular drugs, like methamphetamine and cocaine to students, and molested them.  It’s a shame he also gave his wrestling students steroids, which makes the whole steroid community look like nutjobs.  This particular idiot was just a maniac caught in the wrong situation.  he was always abusive to his students, and then he decided to show them how to abuse drugs and abuse steroids.  He’s a scumbag that should be put in jail.

On the other hand, maybe we do not know the whole story? did he really have sex with high school boys and beat them? or did they claim this just to get him arrested.  Did he give out drugs and anabolic steroids to students or no? it’s impossible to tell at this point.  There was talk that he was providing them with Dianabol and Clenbuterol, along with the other drugs, but this was never proven.

From Arizona Republic:

A man sought by authorities in Virginia on charges that he gave steroids to a high-school wrestler and then molested him has been arrested in Phoenix.

U.S. Marshals Service spokesman Matt Hershey said Saturday that a child predator task force arrested 41-year-old Ben Hunter on Friday.

Hershey says Hunter was wanted by Virginia State Police and authorities in Lancaster County on numerous charges ranging from child abuse to distribution of a controlled substance. He’s accused of giving steroids to the boy and assaulting him on overnight trips while he was a volunteer coach.

Hunter was arrested in 2004, but posted bond and fled. The case was featured on America’s Most Wanted several times.

Hershey didn’t know whether Hunter had retained a lawyer.

Why steroids should be illegal

Anabolic steroids, or simply steroids or ‘roids, are synthetic hormones related to the male hormone testosterone. Steroids do have legitimate medical uses.

Steroids are used to treat diverse medical conditions, such as bone marrow stimulation to help treat certain forms of anemia as well as growth stimulation in children suffering from growth failure. Some steroids are used for the stimulation of appetite and preservation of muscle mass; muscle loss can occur when a patient is suffering from chronic wasting conditions, such as AIDS and cancer.

Yet, steroids are now more in demand by non-medical users. And by non-medical users we mean healthy individuals who obtain steroids for their anabolic effects solely to improve their physique or athletic performance. It is because of these individuals that steroids should be illegal on several grounds.

Steroids should be illegal because they are detrimental to health

Steroids should be illegal because they pose health risks to the group of individuals who tend to abuse these compounds. Steroid abuse can cause severe risks to the well-being of the users, which sometimes can be fatal. It is for this reason why in many countries of the world, including the United States, steroids are considered illegal.

Time and again, non-medical users of steroids are forewarned about the health risks involved when taking these illegal substances. The following are some of the common side effects of steroid abuse.

Both clinical and anecdotal reports suggest that use of illegal steroids can result to psychiatric dysfunction. Abuse of illegal steroids can lead to aggression, delusions, paranoia, depression, extreme mood swings, and the so-called roid rage. The have been some suicide and homicide cases wherein use illegal steroids was said to be a contributing factor.

Other health risks include liver damage, infertility, high blood pressure, cardiovascular effects, and increase in LDL levels and/or decrease in HDL levels. There are also the gender-specific side effects, such as gynecomastia and testicular shrinkage in males, and hirsutism and clitoral enlargement in females.

Because of the aforementioned negative effects, it is for the safety of people why steroids should be illegal.

Steroids should be illegal because they have addictive potential

In animal studies it have been found out that steroids exhibit reinforcing effect; meaning, subjects tend to self-administer these drugs if given the opportunity. In humans, this effect is illustrated when users of illegal steroids insist on using them despite the occurrence of health problems and negative impact on social dealings.

In addition, withdrawal symptoms can occur when users stop taking illegal steroids. These symptoms are similar to those experienced from other substance addiction withdrawal, such as insomnia, fatigue, depression, loss of appetite, and substance cravings.

Steroids should be illegal because they give unfair advantage for the users

Steroids are used by some athletes to boost their performance, and thus, in essence, use of steroids in sports is tantamount to cheating.

Steroids are known to increase the strength and endurance of athletes who use them through several biological processes, including protein synthesis, erythropoietin, and glycolysis.

Anecdotal and clinical reports show that steroids make one bigger, faster, and stronger. This is why steroid use has taken an ethical caption as it fractures the tacit social contract between and among athletes, which is an agreement of fair play.

Steroids should be illegal because they send the wrong message to youths

How does steroid use send wrong message to kids?

A U.S. legislator puts it effectively with just a few words?”If our professional athletes aren’t clean, and if the perception they give is that you can cheat and make the Super Bowl, it trickles down, and the effect is huge.”

Considering all the aforementioned issues – steroids causing health risks, addiction, and moral and ethical concerns – it is clear why steroids should be illegal. Their classification as illegal compounds could get the message across to kids that it is not okay to see an athlete using them to run faster because steroids are illegal.

Is Buying steroids illegal?

When you buy steroids, you risk the chance of breaking the law, depending on what country you live in.  If you buy steroids in certain countries, you can face some serious legal action.  Many countries set high criminal penalties for purchasing and distributing steroids, while in other countries steroids are over the counter.  The countries where steroids are easily available are: Romania, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Austria, Indonesia, Cambodia, Laos, Ecuador, Mexico and Moldova.