Norwegian Anders Behring Breivik is an admitted mass murderer who is currently on trial at the Oslo District Courthouse in Norway. He killed 76 individuals when he bombed government buildings in Oslo and murdered teenagers attending the Workers’ Youth League summer camp on Utoya island on July 22, 2011. Breivik admitted using several cycles of anabolic steroids during training in preparation for his massacre. He wrote extensively about his use of steroids in a 1,500 page manifesto that was entitled “2083: A European Declaration of Independence”. Breivik’s use of steroids predictably led several journalists to blame the drugs for his deadly actions. An expert witness disagreed with these assertions during testimony this week. [Read more…]
Archives for May 2012
May
30
Broward County Sheriff Deputy Avoids Jail After Busted with Winstrol
A Broward County Sheriff’s Office (BSO) correctional deputy who was caught buying one hundred tablets of the anabolic steroid stanozolol has been sentenced to twelve months probation. David Agosto pleaded no contest to charges of possession of anabolic steroids. Stanozolol is more commonly known among bodybuilders and athletes by its trade name Winstrol. [Read more…]
May
29
Two British Men Given Suspended Prison Sentences for Stealing Steroid Alternatives
“Men stole anabolic steroids” reads the headline of a news story in the Plymouth Herald newspaper. The two men identified in the story didn’t really steal “anabolic steroids”. They stole a “steroid alternative” product marketed as a dietary supplement by Ultimate Sports Nutrition (USN). While the newspaper was certainly uninformed about the products involved in the crime, it is unclear if the prosecutors or judge knew that the stolen merchandise was a non-hormonal steroid replacement supplement. [Read more…]
May
28
Barry Bonds Has No Regrets Working with BALCO
Barry Bonds doesn’t necessarily any regrets working with the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative (BALCO). Bonds answered reporter questions about the BALCO steroid investigation, the government case against him and his plans for the future after watching a game between the San Francisco Giants and the Arizona Diamondbacks on May 28, 2012. [Read more…]
May
27
Sydney Morning Herald Critical of “Steroid Vacations”
The Syndey Morning Herald has demonized anabolic steroids in an investigative report looking at the increasing popularity of “steroid vacations” among Australian bodybuilders. The purchase or importation of steroids in Australia can result in serious penalties including significant fines and even jail time. “Steroid vacations” refer to the increasingly popular practice among Australians of flying to countries where anabolic steroids and performance- and image-enhancing drugs (PIEDs) can be purchased legally over the counter without a prescription. Law-abiding bodybuilders who respect the steroid laws of Australia have made Thailand a popular tourist destination for such purchases. [Read more…]
May
26
Criminals Using Steroids to “Look Big and Tough”
The Sydney Morning Herald newspaper reports that the boom in illegal anabolic steroids use in Australia has its roots in outlaw motorcycle gangs. The gangs have become increasingly involved in the high-profit and relatively low-risk crime of illegal distribution of anabolic steroids and performance- and image-enhancing drugs (PIEDs) according to the newspaper. [Read more…]
May
25
Boxer Victor Ortiz Suspected Andre Berto of Using Steroids
Welterweight boxing champion Victor Ortiz recently claimed that he knew all along that Andre “The Beast” Berto was a user of anabolic steroids. Berto first accused Ortiz of using steroids after Ortiz unanimously defeated Berto in Ring Magazine’s 2011 “Fight of the Year” on April 16, 2011. Berto said that only a steroid user could have defeated him. Ortiz responded by telling Lance Pugmire of the Los Angeles Times that only a steroid user would make such accusations. [Read more…]
May
24
Mark Mansa Allegedly Sold Steroids to College Athlete and National Level Bodybuilder
Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph Vizcarrondo announced several months ago that the government had dropped all steroid charges against Mark Mansa as part of an agreement in which Mansa pleaded guilty one count of conspiracy to distribute one hundred kilograms or more of marijuana. Nevertheless, the Newstimes.com website has reported additional information regarding some of his steroid customers that was recently released in court documents. The government claimed that Mansa sold steroids to an unidentified college athlete. The athlete told the government he first started purchasing anabolic steroids from Mansa while he played sports in high school. [Read more…]
May
23
Jose Canseco Doesn’t Believe Roger Clemens Used Steroids
Steroid whistleblower Jose Canseco has been publicly defending Roger Clemens against allegations that Clemens used anabolic steroids and human growth hormone (hGH). Clemens is on trial in Washington D.C. on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice based on statements made before Congress in which he denied using performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs). Canseco believed everyone would have confided in him since he was a well-known steroid user. Canseco believed he was “the man” for Major League Baseball players seeking steroid information. And Clemens never asked him about steroids. [Read more…]
May
22
David Segui May Testify for Government in Roger Clemens Steroid Trial
Former Major League Baseball first baseman David Segui has been subpoenaed to testify in the Roger Clemens steroid-perjury trial. Federal prosecutors have asked U.S. District Court Judge Reggie Walton to permit Segui to provide testimony about a conversation he had allegedly had with Brian McNamee regarding steroid use by Clemens. [Read more…]
