A Japanese rugby player probably wishes he had used anabolic steroids to enhance his performance, much like other athletes who use steroids, after it was revealed that his desperate desire for a moustache was the cause of a failed steroid test. Ryohei Yamanaka had been planning on representing Japan in the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand in September.
Archives for June 2011
Jun
20
Christian Anti-Steroid Company Allegedly Spikes Supplements with Methyltestosterone
United States District Judge Rodney W. Sippel in Missouri awarded $5.4 million to a professional football player in a case involving a “tainted” dietary supplement. St. Louis Ram linebacker David Vobora filed a lawsuit against the manufacturer of the Ultimate Sports Spray alleging that a “velvet deer antler” supplement caused him to test positive for methyltestosterone metabolites. Methyltestosterone is banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the NFL Policy on Anabolic Steroids and Related Substance. [Read more…]
Jun
19
The Third Largest Newspaper Company Calls Clenbuterol a Steroid and Compares it to Cocaine
Clenbuterol is not an anabolic steroid. Let me repeat that. Clenbuterol is not a steroid. After almost a decade of witch-hunts involving athletes using performance-enhancing drugs, you would think that most journalists would have a basic understanding of anabolic steroids. Just because a drug is a performance-enhancing drug (PED) doesn’t make it an anabolic steroid. Yet journalists seem to inaccurately identify PEDs such as human growth hormone (hGH), erythropoeitin (EPO) and clenbuterol as anabolic steroids when they have no pharmacological relation to the substances. With the media failing to do the most basic research on these substances, it is no wonder that most laypersons mistakenly assume that all performance-enhancing drugs are anabolic steroids; they are ignorant to the wide variety of drugs that comprise the banned substance list because the journalists who write about them are ignorant too. [Read more…]
Jun
18
South Carolina Official: Steroids Turn People Into Murderous Magilla Gorilla Gone Coo-Coo
Oconee County (South Carolina) may soon be the latest jurisdiction to test its employees for anabolic steroids. County Administrator Scott Moulder announced that the Oconee County Council is investigating the possibility of adding anabolic steroids to the list of narcotic drugs for which county employees are currently screened.
The chairman of the public safety committee urged the county to adopt steroid testing in response to the increasing problem of steroid use by cops across the country. Chairman Wayne McCall argued that anabolic steroids turn normal people into “Magilla Gorilla” and could cause them to go “coo-coo and kill somebody”. [Read more…]
Jun
17
Federal Prosecutors Go Easy on Texas State Trooper Who Sold Steroids
Early this year, former Department of Public Safety Trooper Jeffery Jerman faced over a decade in jail after he was busted selling anabolic steroids to other members of law enforcement. He was indicted on federal charges involving one count of conspiracy to distribute anabolic steroids. In separate cases, he faced three felony counts of delivery of a controlled substance under Texas law as well as a steroid possession charge in Kendall County. State and federal prosecutors seemed prepared to crack down on the corruption and participation of a veteran law enforcement officer in an illegal steroid distribution network. [Read more…]
Jun
16
Norfolk Police Officer Arrested for Manufacturing and Selling Steroids
The use of anabolic steroids by cops has been a prominent topic in the national news lately. Recent criminal and internal affairs investigations have examined the use of steroids by law enforcement in various States including New Jersey, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Texas, California and Oregon. However, some criminal cases have exposed a greater deal of corruption in which cops are actually manufacturing and/or distributing anabolic steroids.
Norfolk Police Officer Kristen Wayne Harris was arrested in Virginia Beach and charged with ten felony counts of manufacturing and/or selling anabolic steroids and one count of selling or distributing marijuana. [Read more…]
Jun
15
Clenbuterol Threshold Discussion Opens Door to Major Changes in WADA Anti-Doping Protocol
Bodybuilders have used clenbuterol for its well-known fat loss properties and its purported anabolic properties ever since Dan Duchaine recommended the substance over two decades ago. Clenbuterol is a well-known drug within the bodybuilding world but has remained largely unknown to the mainstream up until recently.
The news that Tour de France champion Alberto Contador tested positive for clenbuterol at the 2010 Tour de France added a new drug to the public’s lexicon of performance-enhancing drugs. [Read more…]
Jun
14
Did Tyler Hamilton Plan a Confrontation with Lance Armstrong?
Lance Armstrong has been the subject of several doping accusations over the past decade during his domination of cycling’s most prestigious event, the Tour de France. Not only has Armstrong dominated the competition but he has arguably destroyed the lives of his accusers with his high-powered legal and public relations team. The wrath of Lance Armstrong has become legendary. [Read more…]
Jun
13
Owner of Texas Underground Steroid Lab Prepared to Kill Police Officers
The apparent owner of an underground steroid lab (UGL) operating out of his Austin-area apartment was arrested last week. Damon Bruce Beshears told police that he had planned on killing as many police officers as possible if his apartment was ever raided. A personal journal obtained during the execution of a search warrant detailed Beshears’ plan “to kill persons before killing himself”. Beshears’ arsenal included a Kevlar helmet, ballistic vest, Norinco Mac 90 semiautomatic rifle, semiautomatic 9mm pistol, a Colt revolver and ammunition
Natural pro bodybuilder Dave Goodin was curiously quoted as saying that Beshears seemed like “such a nice guy”. [Read more…]
Jun
12
Japanese Greco-Roman Wrestler and MMA Prospect Tests Positive for Masteron
Japanese Greco-Roman wrestling champion and MMA prospect Katsuya Kitamura tested positive for the anabolic steroid drostanolone. Drostanolone enanthate is the active ingredient in Masteron. The Japanese Anti-Doping Agency (JADA) banned Kitamura for two years which means he will miss the 2012 London Olympics. The three-time Japanese national champion in the 96-kilo Greco-Roman wrestling weight class had hoped to represent Japan once again on the international stage. [Read more…]
