"A Foxboro man was arraigned Thursday on drug possession charges related to the seizure of steroids from his former home in Mansfield last month.
Jason E. Buttimer, 26, of 106 East St. in Foxboro, appeared in Attleboro District Court on a summons and pleaded innocent to 10 counts of possession of steroids, according to court records. The charges were filed by Mansfield detectives Sgt. Sam Thompson and Frank Archer who were assisting an agent from the federal Drug Enforcement Administration.
In September, police executed a search warrant of Buttimer's former home on Fairfield Park in Mansfield where they allegedly seized steroids in liquid and pill form. Buttimer is free without bail and is due back in court Jan. 12. "
Story from The Sun Chronicle.
Saturday, 21 November 2009
Two Penn State students arrested on drug charges.
"Two students enrolled at Penn State Wilkes-Barre were arrested on Friday on charges they were selling marijuana and steroids from their apartments adjacent to the campus.
Lehman Township police Chief Harold Kocher said police seized approximately 70 vials of steroids worth about $4,000; a large amount of marijuana; drug paraphernalia, including pipes, bongs and a gas mask with a hose that connects to bongs, and money."
Full story from the TimesLeader.com
Canadian customs find Cypionax in jars of curry powder during Operation Pangea II.
"Canadians who buy prescription drugs and health supplements from online pharmacies may think they’re saving money, but they’re probably not getting what they paid for.
On Thursday, law-enforcement officials displayed bins overflowing with parcels intercepted at the International Mail Centre in Vancouver that were destined for addresses across the country.
The packages contained tens of thousands of pills, vials of steroids and various health remedies, most of them likely bogus and all illegally imported into the country.
“Internationally we’re seeing an increase in websites and e-mail advertisements claiming to offer cheap, legitimate and legal products. Frankly, these claims are almost entirely false,” said Sgt. Duncan Pound of the RCMP’s Border Integrity unit.
Some people may believe they are ordering prescription drugs from Canadian pharmacies, but the websites are designed to look Canadian when they are actually set up overseas by international criminal organizations, Pound said.
For example, one box intercepted this week by Canada Border Services Agency officers contained more than 5,000 foil packages of blue pills labelled as Viagra.
The pills look like the drug prescribed to treat erectile dysfunction and they still have to be tested by Health Canada, but officers have little doubt they’re fakes.
One parcel that arrived at the mail centre from Thailand on Thursday caught the attention of border services officer Mark Yee. It was supposed to contain a jar of curry powder; Yee was suspicious. He slid the parcel into an X-ray machine to take a closer look. The jar of curry powder was visible, but there was something else inside. Yee sliced open the parcel, removed the sealed jar, poured out the pungent yellow powder and exposed a tightly wrapped package hidden in the curry. It was five ampoules labelled as anabolic steroids. “It’s a fairly regular bust,” he said. The parcel will not be delivered.
Pound said it’s tough to track down the criminals who set up bogus online pharmacies so the best way to stop them is to educate Canadians about the dangers of ordering drugs over the Internet, not to mention the waste of money."
Story from TheProvince.com
Friday, 20 November 2009
UGL Sarm S4 aka Acetamidoxolutamide lab tested by the "German Center for Preventive Doping Research"
It looks like my theory that no SARMs could be third party lab tested at the normal venues due to lack of reference samples was correct. The guys who conducted these first tests had to go to the trouble of synthesizing their own Acetamidoxolutamide and then comparing it to the sample they purchased from the blackmarket.
It turns out that the Acetamidoxolutamide being sold in 30ml volumes for 'research purposes' is the real thing but is highly overdosed at approx 150mg/ml rather than the advertised 100mg/ml.
Even without an official launch, S-4 is available on an Internet website as a bottled solution with the declaration that the product is not intended for human use. Due to the potential misuse of such compounds when being available unrestrictedly and the well documented fact that numerous counterfeit products are sold on the so-called black market, one unit (30 mL) was purchased online and delivered in a box labelled as containing face moisturizer and green tea extract. The sealed bottles did not declare any content and no further documents accompanied the package.
Major concerns result from these findings, in particular the concern that this product with considerable anabolic properties is readily available without sufficient research on its undesirable effects; this is especially significant where uncontrolled dosing is applied and drug impurities with unknown effects are present in considerable amounts as observed in the studied material. Such impurities can serve, however, as distinctive feature to differentiate a pharmaceutical product from black-market substances. With regard to sports drug testing it must be stressed that preventive doping research is essential to limit the options of cheating athletes who aim to undermine doping control systems. The present report demonstrates once more that the misuse of therapeutics in early or advanced clinical trials by athletes cannot be dismissed, especially when anecdotal evidence for the misuse of S-4 is frequently discussed in respective Internet-based chat rooms.
Full article can be found on www.drugtestinganalysis.com.
It turns out that the Acetamidoxolutamide being sold in 30ml volumes for 'research purposes' is the real thing but is highly overdosed at approx 150mg/ml rather than the advertised 100mg/ml.
Even without an official launch, S-4 is available on an Internet website as a bottled solution with the declaration that the product is not intended for human use. Due to the potential misuse of such compounds when being available unrestrictedly and the well documented fact that numerous counterfeit products are sold on the so-called black market, one unit (30 mL) was purchased online and delivered in a box labelled as containing face moisturizer and green tea extract. The sealed bottles did not declare any content and no further documents accompanied the package.
Major concerns result from these findings, in particular the concern that this product with considerable anabolic properties is readily available without sufficient research on its undesirable effects; this is especially significant where uncontrolled dosing is applied and drug impurities with unknown effects are present in considerable amounts as observed in the studied material. Such impurities can serve, however, as distinctive feature to differentiate a pharmaceutical product from black-market substances. With regard to sports drug testing it must be stressed that preventive doping research is essential to limit the options of cheating athletes who aim to undermine doping control systems. The present report demonstrates once more that the misuse of therapeutics in early or advanced clinical trials by athletes cannot be dismissed, especially when anecdotal evidence for the misuse of S-4 is frequently discussed in respective Internet-based chat rooms.
Full article can be found on www.drugtestinganalysis.com.
Thursday, 19 November 2009
Interpol's Operation Pangea II targets websites "arrests in 24 countries".
"Our primary goal in Operation Pangea II is to protect the public by removing counterfeit and illicit medicines from the market, by shutting down illegal sales on the web, and by prosecuting those potentially putting lives of innocent consumers at risk," said INTERPOL Secretary General Ronald K. Noble.
Medicine regulators, police and customs officials around the world worked closely together during the crackdown from 16-20 November, focusing on the three principal components used by illegal websites to conduct trade - the Internet Service Provider (ISP), payment systems and the delivery services.
During the operation, Internet monitoring revealed 751 websites engaged in illegal activity, including offering controlled or prescription only drugs, 72 of which have now been taken down.
In addition, more than 16,000 packages were inspected by regulators and customs, 995 packages were seized and nearly 167,000 illicit and counterfeit pills - including antibiotics, steroids and slimming pills, confiscated.
Twenty-two individuals are currently under investigation for a range of crimes including illegally selling and supplying unlicensed or prescription-only medicines.
"As the very positive results of this global effort are made public, INTERPOL and its member countries will prove again that the Internet is not an anonymous safe haven for those who use it for criminal purposes.
Countries involved in Operation Pangea II were - Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Liechtenstein, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, UK and the USA."
Full story on CNBC.com
Medicine regulators, police and customs officials around the world worked closely together during the crackdown from 16-20 November, focusing on the three principal components used by illegal websites to conduct trade - the Internet Service Provider (ISP), payment systems and the delivery services.
During the operation, Internet monitoring revealed 751 websites engaged in illegal activity, including offering controlled or prescription only drugs, 72 of which have now been taken down.
In addition, more than 16,000 packages were inspected by regulators and customs, 995 packages were seized and nearly 167,000 illicit and counterfeit pills - including antibiotics, steroids and slimming pills, confiscated.
Twenty-two individuals are currently under investigation for a range of crimes including illegally selling and supplying unlicensed or prescription-only medicines.
"As the very positive results of this global effort are made public, INTERPOL and its member countries will prove again that the Internet is not an anonymous safe haven for those who use it for criminal purposes.
Countries involved in Operation Pangea II were - Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Liechtenstein, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, UK and the USA."
Full story on CNBC.com
Viagra website based in UK raided.
In a sleepy suburban street, police and undercover agents prepare to raid the HQ of a lucrative drugs ring. But this is not a squalid bedsit or dingy warehouse. It is a detached bungalow on a leafy lane in an affluent area.
Two months of investigation have led the cops and officers from the Medicines And Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) to the address in Bristol, which they believe is the base for a website illegally selling Viagra.
When they produce their search warrant, the suspect, an average-looking bloke with greying hair, dressed in a green T-shirt, jeans and flip-flops, reluctantly lets them in. Shortly afterwards, he comes out of the house with his head down, a blank, defeated look on his face.
He opens the garage for the officers. Among the usual items - bikes, crates of books and old suitcases - are stacked large boxes of Jiffy bags and tablets. This is his dispatch room. After a two-hour search, 14 items of evidence are seized - the hard drives of a number of computers and thousands of pounds worth of pills, most of them stored in shoe boxes. Some of the stash is pictured above right.
The evidence is placed into forensic plastic bags and piled on his drive in full view of his neighbours. A couple of well-heeled locals stop on their way past and ask the police if there has been some kind of accident. They are simply told the activity is part of an ongoing enquiry.
Most of the tablets seized were manufactured in India. Reams of Viagra alternatives are produced legally in the country but are not licensed to be sold in the UK. Kamagra is the most popular Viagra substitute - so much so that officers are now even encountering counterfeit Kamagra as much as the "genuine" stuff.
Among the stash seized in Bristol were Kamagra tablets and jelly together with a number of other Indian Viagra copies including Erectalis, Silagra, Eriacta and the hair-loss remedy Finpecia.
Danny Lee-Frost, head of operations at the MHRA, said the raid was "as good as we could have hoped for," and added that the drugs will now be sent for testing. The medicines are likely to be fake, but the officers will only have this confirmed after extensive lab tests.
The evidence will be taken away for analysis and the suspect will be asked to attend an interview. Having already received a community service order and 12-month suspended sentence in January for fraud, the father of three, in his mid-50s, will probably be sent to prison.
Story from The Sun newspaper.
Two months of investigation have led the cops and officers from the Medicines And Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) to the address in Bristol, which they believe is the base for a website illegally selling Viagra.
When they produce their search warrant, the suspect, an average-looking bloke with greying hair, dressed in a green T-shirt, jeans and flip-flops, reluctantly lets them in. Shortly afterwards, he comes out of the house with his head down, a blank, defeated look on his face.
He opens the garage for the officers. Among the usual items - bikes, crates of books and old suitcases - are stacked large boxes of Jiffy bags and tablets. This is his dispatch room. After a two-hour search, 14 items of evidence are seized - the hard drives of a number of computers and thousands of pounds worth of pills, most of them stored in shoe boxes. Some of the stash is pictured above right.
The evidence is placed into forensic plastic bags and piled on his drive in full view of his neighbours. A couple of well-heeled locals stop on their way past and ask the police if there has been some kind of accident. They are simply told the activity is part of an ongoing enquiry.
Most of the tablets seized were manufactured in India. Reams of Viagra alternatives are produced legally in the country but are not licensed to be sold in the UK. Kamagra is the most popular Viagra substitute - so much so that officers are now even encountering counterfeit Kamagra as much as the "genuine" stuff.
Among the stash seized in Bristol were Kamagra tablets and jelly together with a number of other Indian Viagra copies including Erectalis, Silagra, Eriacta and the hair-loss remedy Finpecia.
Danny Lee-Frost, head of operations at the MHRA, said the raid was "as good as we could have hoped for," and added that the drugs will now be sent for testing. The medicines are likely to be fake, but the officers will only have this confirmed after extensive lab tests.
The evidence will be taken away for analysis and the suspect will be asked to attend an interview. Having already received a community service order and 12-month suspended sentence in January for fraud, the father of three, in his mid-50s, will probably be sent to prison.
Story from The Sun newspaper.
Wednesday, 18 November 2009
Convicted British steroid source / UGL ordered to pay back profits.
A Chesterfield couple involved in a drug manufacturing ring which netted hundreds of thousands of pounds have had their profits confiscated.
Neil Ogden, aged 40, and his wife Toni, 36, of Chesterfield Road, Brimington, have been ordered to pay back £109,962 of the cash they are believed to have earned illicitly. They were part of a group which manufactured and sold illegal medicines, including unlicensed slimming and body-building supplements, one of which included the illegal Class C drug testosterone.
Neil Ogden ran gyms in Chesterfield and Matlock at the time and sold the drugs in his gyms and to shops and salons in "Derbyshire and beyond" and on the internet. He was jailed for two years in May and has now been forced to hand over some of the profits of his crime – £61,192.
His wife, Toni, who received an eight month suspended prison sentence and a 200 hour unpaid work order, helped with the financial administration and marketing of the products for their company, Slim Magic. She was ordered to pay back £48,770.
Their drugs were also sold through close friend Ian Ratcliffe, 43, of Alstonfield Drive, Allestree, who owned a nutritional products company. He was jailed for 21 months and has been told to pay back £2,434.
Five others involved in the operation were ordered to pay back a total of £7,667 at earlier hearings. In total, the eight involved in the drugs ring are said to have benefited from their crimes to the sum of £292,364 and were ordered to pay back £120,063.
Half of the cash is to go to the Government and the rest will be divided between the police, court services and the Crown Prosecution Service.
Story from the Star.co.uk
Neil Ogden, aged 40, and his wife Toni, 36, of Chesterfield Road, Brimington, have been ordered to pay back £109,962 of the cash they are believed to have earned illicitly. They were part of a group which manufactured and sold illegal medicines, including unlicensed slimming and body-building supplements, one of which included the illegal Class C drug testosterone.
Neil Ogden ran gyms in Chesterfield and Matlock at the time and sold the drugs in his gyms and to shops and salons in "Derbyshire and beyond" and on the internet. He was jailed for two years in May and has now been forced to hand over some of the profits of his crime – £61,192.
His wife, Toni, who received an eight month suspended prison sentence and a 200 hour unpaid work order, helped with the financial administration and marketing of the products for their company, Slim Magic. She was ordered to pay back £48,770.
Their drugs were also sold through close friend Ian Ratcliffe, 43, of Alstonfield Drive, Allestree, who owned a nutritional products company. He was jailed for 21 months and has been told to pay back £2,434.
Five others involved in the operation were ordered to pay back a total of £7,667 at earlier hearings. In total, the eight involved in the drugs ring are said to have benefited from their crimes to the sum of £292,364 and were ordered to pay back £120,063.
Half of the cash is to go to the Government and the rest will be divided between the police, court services and the Crown Prosecution Service.
Story from the Star.co.uk
Tuesday, 17 November 2009
New book from famous steroid case attorney Rick Collins.
"The Alpha Male Challenge is a call to action to all men by it’s authors, James Villepigue and Rick Collins. The Alpha Male Challenge is a 10-Week plan to Burn Fat, Gain Muscle, and Build True Alpha Attitude.
What does this mean? In America today, men are fatter, sicker, more stressed, and less rested than ever before. Too many men have slipped from “alpha” to “beta,” and average testosterone levels are dropping at an alarming rate. In other words, American men are losing their masculinity.
The Alpha Male Challenge is aimed at restoring men to true Alpha Male status – a state of optimum physical, professional, mental and social performance.
This challenge is more than just a diet and workout program for men. It’s a mindset.
Check out the website: www.alphamalechallenge.com"
ProPharm sentencing press reports.
"A Columbia woman was among three people sentenced Monday in federal court on charges stemming from an international investigation into the illegal manufacturing and distribution of anabolic steroids.
April Jones, 35, of Columbia was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Nanette K. Laughrey to six months in federal prison without parole. Jones’ former husband, former Columbia resident Bryan Greggory Wilson, 40, of Kansas City was sentenced to two years and 11 months in federal prison without parole.
A third person, Jason Varner, 35, of Jefferson City was sentenced to three years of probation, including three months of home confinement.
Federal authorities said Wilson and Jones participated in a conspiracy to distribute anabolic steroids from as early as 2003 until Sept. 15, 2007. Matt Whitworth, U.S. attorney for the Western District of Missouri, said the couple ordered steroid powders over the Internet from sources in China and made Western Union payments to China.
Wilson and Jones each pleaded guilty in August 2008 to participating in a conspiracy to distribute steroids. Wilson also pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering, and Jones also pleaded guilty to money laundering.
Varner pleaded guilty in July 2008 to possessing anabolic steroids with the intent to distribute. He was arrested Sept. 19, 2007, in a commuter parking lot in Columbia where he was planning to pick up an order of anabolic steroids.
Wilson, who was identified in 2007 by Drug Enforcement Administration agents in California as an underground lab operator, was arrested Sept. 15, 2007, at the Columbia United Parcel Service store when he picked up a package from China that contained approximately 1 kilogram of raw steroid powder. Jones was arrested Sept. 24, 2007, at her home.
According to a news release from Whitworth’s office, Jones admitted that she and Wilson deposited more than $870,000 into bank accounts where they comingled drug trafficking proceeds with legitimate sources of income “in order to conceal the true source of the drug proceeds.”
Whitworth said Wilson and Jones ordered the chemicals and steroid powders online, converted the raw steroid powder to pill and liquid form and used the U.S. Postal Service and other delivery services to acquire and distribute the steroids throughout the country.
As part of the investigation in Boone County, DEA agents searched two locations — a residence and a business — and seized about 612,000 dosage units of steroids, 11.4 kilograms of raw steroid powder and $60,000 in cash. Those seizures led to the arrests of Wilson and Varner, Whitworth said.
Story from ColumbiaTribune.com
Wilson and Jones caused multiple Western Union wire transfers as payment for anabolic steroids shipped from the Peoples Republic of China. They used bank accounts to commingle their drug trafficking proceeds with any legitimate sources of income in order to conceal the true source of the drug proceeds, and also used that money to promote the steroid distribution. From 2002 through 2007, Jones admitted they deposited a total of $874,023 into those bank accounts, including $519,402 in cash deposits.
Story from NewsTribune.com
April Jones, 35, of Columbia was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Nanette K. Laughrey to six months in federal prison without parole. Jones’ former husband, former Columbia resident Bryan Greggory Wilson, 40, of Kansas City was sentenced to two years and 11 months in federal prison without parole.
A third person, Jason Varner, 35, of Jefferson City was sentenced to three years of probation, including three months of home confinement.
Federal authorities said Wilson and Jones participated in a conspiracy to distribute anabolic steroids from as early as 2003 until Sept. 15, 2007. Matt Whitworth, U.S. attorney for the Western District of Missouri, said the couple ordered steroid powders over the Internet from sources in China and made Western Union payments to China.
Wilson and Jones each pleaded guilty in August 2008 to participating in a conspiracy to distribute steroids. Wilson also pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering, and Jones also pleaded guilty to money laundering.
Varner pleaded guilty in July 2008 to possessing anabolic steroids with the intent to distribute. He was arrested Sept. 19, 2007, in a commuter parking lot in Columbia where he was planning to pick up an order of anabolic steroids.
Wilson, who was identified in 2007 by Drug Enforcement Administration agents in California as an underground lab operator, was arrested Sept. 15, 2007, at the Columbia United Parcel Service store when he picked up a package from China that contained approximately 1 kilogram of raw steroid powder. Jones was arrested Sept. 24, 2007, at her home.
According to a news release from Whitworth’s office, Jones admitted that she and Wilson deposited more than $870,000 into bank accounts where they comingled drug trafficking proceeds with legitimate sources of income “in order to conceal the true source of the drug proceeds.”
Whitworth said Wilson and Jones ordered the chemicals and steroid powders online, converted the raw steroid powder to pill and liquid form and used the U.S. Postal Service and other delivery services to acquire and distribute the steroids throughout the country.
As part of the investigation in Boone County, DEA agents searched two locations — a residence and a business — and seized about 612,000 dosage units of steroids, 11.4 kilograms of raw steroid powder and $60,000 in cash. Those seizures led to the arrests of Wilson and Varner, Whitworth said.
Story from ColumbiaTribune.com
Wilson and Jones caused multiple Western Union wire transfers as payment for anabolic steroids shipped from the Peoples Republic of China. They used bank accounts to commingle their drug trafficking proceeds with any legitimate sources of income in order to conceal the true source of the drug proceeds, and also used that money to promote the steroid distribution. From 2002 through 2007, Jones admitted they deposited a total of $874,023 into those bank accounts, including $519,402 in cash deposits.
Story from NewsTribune.com
Male nurse and bodybuilder caught forging prescriptions for Testosterone.
A former nurse practitioner tried to forge his way to new heights in bodybuilding, according to the Lee County Sheriff’s Office.
Instead, he’s under arrest for using bogus prescriptions to score testosterone and other drugs.
Jonathan Eschedor, 36, faces charges including obtaining a controlled substance by forgery and possessing blank prescriptions in a scheme that investigators say continued for more than a year.
The investigation revealed that Eschedor stole blank prescriptions from his former employer, Southwest Florida Urologic Associates, and forged the signature of one of its doctors.
He was then able to obtain Testosterone Cypionate, a schedule three controlled substance and an antibiotic called Levaquin.
The investigation shows Eschedor obtained a total of 28 prescriptions through refills. He also had more than fifty blank prescriptions in his possession when he was arrested.
Story from News-Press.com
Instead, he’s under arrest for using bogus prescriptions to score testosterone and other drugs.
Jonathan Eschedor, 36, faces charges including obtaining a controlled substance by forgery and possessing blank prescriptions in a scheme that investigators say continued for more than a year.
The investigation revealed that Eschedor stole blank prescriptions from his former employer, Southwest Florida Urologic Associates, and forged the signature of one of its doctors.
He was then able to obtain Testosterone Cypionate, a schedule three controlled substance and an antibiotic called Levaquin.
The investigation shows Eschedor obtained a total of 28 prescriptions through refills. He also had more than fifty blank prescriptions in his possession when he was arrested.
Story from News-Press.com
Swedish scene 2009 summary.
I've been trying to find friendly international readers who were willing to share info on the their local steroid scene. The first guy who offered to help was Mr S from Sweden who gave us some links to Swedish steroid news stories and a little background on what's been happening there this past year. His email is in purple the translations of stories from the Swedish press in dark orange ( hopefully I havn't made it too confusing and please forgive the readability of the translations they were done by computer ). My comments are in black italics :-)
"For the past year Swedish authorities are making greater efforts to fight the increased use of anabolic steroids. Just a few months ago Swedish police undertook a large operation against competitive bodybuilders during which several of the the most successful names in the sport were stopped on their way from the gym and brought into local Police stations for drug testing, their homes were simultaneously searched."
Here's the link and translation of the story :-
http://www.gp.se/gp/jsp/Crosslink.jsp?d=139&a=510255 ( link appears to be down luckily I have it machine translated already )
"The main Swedish female body builder has been convicted of doping offenses. The last few weeks waiting for the male number one on trial. On Saturday gathered bodybuilders in Säffle for SM-races.
The the most front Swedish female body construction worker has fälla stem dopningsbrott. Since some weeks, the male one waits on legalaction. On Saturday, body construction workers are collected in Säffle for Swedish championship competitions.
Women are at a higher level and is not participating in the weekend's contest in the branch athletic fitness. She has previously won several national championships and is in his 40s.
She was taken into custody by police, as well as the 37-year-old male Swedish-number one, in connection with the drug police raids in April on a number of training facilities in Gothenburg.
Urine samples were collected at the woman and the analysis results showed that she had five anabolic androgenic steroid preparations in the body: testosterone, boldenone, drostanolone, trenbolone and stanozolol.
With the woman was seized several hundred tablets containing clenbuterol and ephedrine. The preparations are on international anti-doping agency WADA list of banned substances.
The indictment against the body builder does not apply to these tablets, but only one ampoule of doping agent stanozolol plus needles and syringes.
For this holding and its own practice, she was sentenced to 30 day fines as a punishment.
In police interrogations recognize bodybuilding author doping offense and declares that she is a few weeks later would participate in a contest in the United States. On race, she has been "slow testosterone" in the form of preparations mastoran and trenbolan.
She also claims to have taken ephedrine, clenbuterol and pink tablets, known as T 3. The latter should include thyroid hormone that increases metabolism. Clenbuterol has previously been included in asthma medications, but is now in no drug approved in Canada. The female bodybuilding author says she bought the tablets in Turkey and was working on a cure before the race in the United States.
Awaits analysis results at narkotikapolisen is taking place still the investigations against a number of the body construction workers that got catch in razzian in April. A reason to it is that the analysis results dwell from National Laboratory of Forensic Science, National Laboratory of Forensic Science. In väntan on that the investigations will be completed is oron big at the Swedish body culture association, it icke-Riksidrottsförbundsanslutna organisation that arranges competitions in bodybuilding and fitness.
On Saturday kept SM competitions in athletic fitness in Säffle, in early October, held in SM bodybuilding in Västerås. We'd love to know who they are, so that we do not get them under investigation up to the podium during the MP, "said Kenneth Jackson, chairman of the Swedish Kroppskultur League.
"The Swedish Police were even threatening to test all competitors in this year's Swedish championship. In the article below it appears “someone” tipped off the media about the ongoing investigations and convictions of several of the names that intended to enter the Swedish championship, I assume this is to make bodybuilders look bad in the public eye."
http://www.gp.se/gp/jsp/Crosslink.jsp?d=119&a=516677 ( link appears to be down luckily I have it machine translated already )
Police arrested 15 bodybuilders.
Parts of Swedish small in bodybuilding to legal prosecution. When narcotics police hit the gym several Gothenburg arrested 15 bodybuilders with anabolic steroids.
One of them we had inside died two days later, said Detective Inspector Adrian Magnus Johansson, who participated in the operation. The man, who died of sudden cardiac arrest, was a 27-year-old described as extremely well-trained.
Raids against gyms in Gothenburg - two were part of large well-known chains and some were independent training centers - was an offensive operation, and something of a pioneering work.
For the police should have the right to take urine or blood samples must be a reasonable suspicion against the person. The special feature in the operation of gyms in Gothenburg was that suspicions arose when police officers were on site.
We went in and talked to people who were at training centers. This, together with what we saw gave the degree of suspicion necessary to take urine tests, "says Magnus Adrian Johansson.
To act was made in April and investigations are now being finalized with the drug police. Of the 15 who are suspected of doping offenses, most between 22 and 35 years but there is no single aged. Four of the suspects are women. Several of the suspects belong to the elite of Swedish and international bodybuilding.
About 60 different aas-drugs (androgenic anabolic steroids) were seized and a large amount of hypodermic syringes. In addition, the drug was taken in four of body builders.
A number of steroid users were suspected of selling preparations. In some cases, it is doubtful if the allegations are. A case is considered, however, more clearly than the others. It is about a person who bore the steroid preparations, packaged and addressed.
During the raids focused on the drug cops physically largest boys and girls and there was a concern that they would face violence. But almost everything went quiet.
A number of body builders seemed almost relieved to talk about his addiction. After talking with several contestants in bodybuilding, "says Adrian Magnus Johansson: It is extremely difficult to get near the top of results lists for the non-doped.
Police drugs raids had a major impact on the gyms. For any gym was deserted for weeks afterwards and the availability of drugs to buy was very limited for some time. Our effort was described as a witch hunt. And that we may well take the credit, "says Magnus Adrian Johansson.
In the future, will the drug police do regular visits to gyms in Gothenburg. The aim is to scare away those who are doing steroids, "says Stefan Vestin, reconnaissance chief of narcotics police.
Exhale gym in central Gothenburg has a reputation of being a classic "byggargym" for people who train hard. This is the only gym in Gothenburg, which is open around the clock.
Martin Naess, president of the company that runs the gym, giving the impression of being dissatisfied with his place image. I'm trying to get away builders. I want more ordinary people, as students here, "he says. Builders pays well as everyone else? They are not people to make money. They want everything as cheaply as possible, preferably free. At the same time you advertise in the gym home gym with some of the most well-trained customer ? We are updating the website so it looks nicer, "says Martin Naess.
If anabolic steroids, he says that they exist at all gym and he sees no problem with the police announced more frequent visits to the city gym. Have the police any issues so I am ready to talk to them.
"The bad press will make it hard for these people to compete since this information also have been given to organisation running the bodybuilding competitions in in Sweden (SKF). According to the above article potential competitors with ongoing steroid investigations against them will be disqualified."
It seems Sweden, New Zealand, Australia and the USA are competing to see who can over react the most to the 'steroids' problem.
"For the past year Swedish authorities are making greater efforts to fight the increased use of anabolic steroids. Just a few months ago Swedish police undertook a large operation against competitive bodybuilders during which several of the the most successful names in the sport were stopped on their way from the gym and brought into local Police stations for drug testing, their homes were simultaneously searched."
Here's the link and translation of the story :-
http://www.gp.se/gp/jsp/Crosslink.jsp?d=139&a=510255 ( link appears to be down luckily I have it machine translated already )
"The main Swedish female body builder has been convicted of doping offenses. The last few weeks waiting for the male number one on trial. On Saturday gathered bodybuilders in Säffle for SM-races.
The the most front Swedish female body construction worker has fälla stem dopningsbrott. Since some weeks, the male one waits on legalaction. On Saturday, body construction workers are collected in Säffle for Swedish championship competitions.
Women are at a higher level and is not participating in the weekend's contest in the branch athletic fitness. She has previously won several national championships and is in his 40s.
She was taken into custody by police, as well as the 37-year-old male Swedish-number one, in connection with the drug police raids in April on a number of training facilities in Gothenburg.
Urine samples were collected at the woman and the analysis results showed that she had five anabolic androgenic steroid preparations in the body: testosterone, boldenone, drostanolone, trenbolone and stanozolol.
With the woman was seized several hundred tablets containing clenbuterol and ephedrine. The preparations are on international anti-doping agency WADA list of banned substances.
The indictment against the body builder does not apply to these tablets, but only one ampoule of doping agent stanozolol plus needles and syringes.
For this holding and its own practice, she was sentenced to 30 day fines as a punishment.
In police interrogations recognize bodybuilding author doping offense and declares that she is a few weeks later would participate in a contest in the United States. On race, she has been "slow testosterone" in the form of preparations mastoran and trenbolan.
She also claims to have taken ephedrine, clenbuterol and pink tablets, known as T 3. The latter should include thyroid hormone that increases metabolism. Clenbuterol has previously been included in asthma medications, but is now in no drug approved in Canada. The female bodybuilding author says she bought the tablets in Turkey and was working on a cure before the race in the United States.
Awaits analysis results at narkotikapolisen is taking place still the investigations against a number of the body construction workers that got catch in razzian in April. A reason to it is that the analysis results dwell from National Laboratory of Forensic Science, National Laboratory of Forensic Science. In väntan on that the investigations will be completed is oron big at the Swedish body culture association, it icke-Riksidrottsförbundsanslutna organisation that arranges competitions in bodybuilding and fitness.
On Saturday kept SM competitions in athletic fitness in Säffle, in early October, held in SM bodybuilding in Västerås. We'd love to know who they are, so that we do not get them under investigation up to the podium during the MP, "said Kenneth Jackson, chairman of the Swedish Kroppskultur League.
"The Swedish Police were even threatening to test all competitors in this year's Swedish championship. In the article below it appears “someone” tipped off the media about the ongoing investigations and convictions of several of the names that intended to enter the Swedish championship, I assume this is to make bodybuilders look bad in the public eye."
http://www.gp.se/gp/jsp/Crosslink.jsp?d=119&a=516677 ( link appears to be down luckily I have it machine translated already )
Police arrested 15 bodybuilders.
Parts of Swedish small in bodybuilding to legal prosecution. When narcotics police hit the gym several Gothenburg arrested 15 bodybuilders with anabolic steroids.
One of them we had inside died two days later, said Detective Inspector Adrian Magnus Johansson, who participated in the operation. The man, who died of sudden cardiac arrest, was a 27-year-old described as extremely well-trained.
Raids against gyms in Gothenburg - two were part of large well-known chains and some were independent training centers - was an offensive operation, and something of a pioneering work.
For the police should have the right to take urine or blood samples must be a reasonable suspicion against the person. The special feature in the operation of gyms in Gothenburg was that suspicions arose when police officers were on site.
We went in and talked to people who were at training centers. This, together with what we saw gave the degree of suspicion necessary to take urine tests, "says Magnus Adrian Johansson.
To act was made in April and investigations are now being finalized with the drug police. Of the 15 who are suspected of doping offenses, most between 22 and 35 years but there is no single aged. Four of the suspects are women. Several of the suspects belong to the elite of Swedish and international bodybuilding.
About 60 different aas-drugs (androgenic anabolic steroids) were seized and a large amount of hypodermic syringes. In addition, the drug was taken in four of body builders.
A number of steroid users were suspected of selling preparations. In some cases, it is doubtful if the allegations are. A case is considered, however, more clearly than the others. It is about a person who bore the steroid preparations, packaged and addressed.
During the raids focused on the drug cops physically largest boys and girls and there was a concern that they would face violence. But almost everything went quiet.
A number of body builders seemed almost relieved to talk about his addiction. After talking with several contestants in bodybuilding, "says Adrian Magnus Johansson: It is extremely difficult to get near the top of results lists for the non-doped.
Police drugs raids had a major impact on the gyms. For any gym was deserted for weeks afterwards and the availability of drugs to buy was very limited for some time. Our effort was described as a witch hunt. And that we may well take the credit, "says Magnus Adrian Johansson.
In the future, will the drug police do regular visits to gyms in Gothenburg. The aim is to scare away those who are doing steroids, "says Stefan Vestin, reconnaissance chief of narcotics police.
Exhale gym in central Gothenburg has a reputation of being a classic "byggargym" for people who train hard. This is the only gym in Gothenburg, which is open around the clock.
Martin Naess, president of the company that runs the gym, giving the impression of being dissatisfied with his place image. I'm trying to get away builders. I want more ordinary people, as students here, "he says. Builders pays well as everyone else? They are not people to make money. They want everything as cheaply as possible, preferably free. At the same time you advertise in the gym home gym with some of the most well-trained customer ? We are updating the website so it looks nicer, "says Martin Naess.
If anabolic steroids, he says that they exist at all gym and he sees no problem with the police announced more frequent visits to the city gym. Have the police any issues so I am ready to talk to them.
"The bad press will make it hard for these people to compete since this information also have been given to organisation running the bodybuilding competitions in in Sweden (SKF). According to the above article potential competitors with ongoing steroid investigations against them will be disqualified."
It seems Sweden, New Zealand, Australia and the USA are competing to see who can over react the most to the 'steroids' problem.
Monday, 16 November 2009
Rumor : Owners of ProPharm busted in Operation Raw Deal / Juice Box sentenced.
A post on ProfessionalMuscle suggests that Bryan Wilson got 35 months and his ex-wife 6 months. So far I've been unable to find any mainstream press reports on the subject.
Background on the case from the DOJ website :-
John F. Wood, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Columbia, Mo., woman pleaded guilty in federal court today to participating in a conspiracy to distribute anabolic steroids and to money-laundering. Today’s conviction is the result of Operation Raw Deal, an international investigation targeting the illegal manufacturing and trafficking of anabolic steroids and its raw materials, mainly from China. The related investigation in the Western District of Missouri is called Operation Juice Box.
April Dawn Wilson, 33, of Columbia, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge William A. Knox this morning to the conspiracy charge contained in a Sept. 24, 2007, federal indictment and to the money-laundering charge contained in an information that was filed today.
On Monday, Aug. 25, 2008, her former husband and co-defendant Bryan Greggory Wilson, 39, of Kansas City, Mo., formerly of Columbia, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute anabolic steroids and conspiracy to commit money laundering.
Bryan Wilson was arrested on Sept. 15, 2007, when he picked up a package from China containing approximately one kilogram of raw steroid powder at the Columbia, Mo., UPS Store. Law enforcement officers executed a search warrant of his residence in Kansas City and found numerous items consistent with the manufacture and/or conversion of anabolic steroids. Officers found two large pill presses as well as other laboratory equipment and what appeared to be finished product. They seized approximately $60,000 from Bryan Wilson’s residence and bank accounts controlled by April and Bryan Wilson.
DEA agents in California identified Bryan Wilson as an underground lab operator in February 2007. This information was developed from an international investigation into the illegal exportation of anabolic steroids from the People’s Republic of China. DEA agents in Missouri identified several Internet steroid message boards, which provide an arena to buy and distribute steroids. April and Bryan Wilson ordered the chemicals and steroid powders via the Internet, converted the raw steroid powder to pill and liquid form, and utilized the U.S. Postal Service and other package delivery service providers to acquire and distribute the steroids throughout the country.
April and Bryan Wilson caused multiple Western Union wire transfers as payment for anabolic steroids shipped from the Peoples Republic of China. They used bank accounts to comingle their drug trafficking proceeds with any legitimate sources of income in order to conceal the true source of the drug proceeds, and also used that money to promote the steroid distribution. From 2002 through 2007, April Wilson admitted, they deposited a total of $874,023 into those bank accounts, including $519,402 in cash deposits.
April Wilson admitted that on Nov. 28, 2005, she transferred a $15,000 cashier’s check – the proceeds of the illegal distribution of anabolic steroids – for payment toward a Noble M12 sports car.
Background on the case from the DOJ website :-
John F. Wood, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Columbia, Mo., woman pleaded guilty in federal court today to participating in a conspiracy to distribute anabolic steroids and to money-laundering. Today’s conviction is the result of Operation Raw Deal, an international investigation targeting the illegal manufacturing and trafficking of anabolic steroids and its raw materials, mainly from China. The related investigation in the Western District of Missouri is called Operation Juice Box.
April Dawn Wilson, 33, of Columbia, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge William A. Knox this morning to the conspiracy charge contained in a Sept. 24, 2007, federal indictment and to the money-laundering charge contained in an information that was filed today.
On Monday, Aug. 25, 2008, her former husband and co-defendant Bryan Greggory Wilson, 39, of Kansas City, Mo., formerly of Columbia, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute anabolic steroids and conspiracy to commit money laundering.
Bryan Wilson was arrested on Sept. 15, 2007, when he picked up a package from China containing approximately one kilogram of raw steroid powder at the Columbia, Mo., UPS Store. Law enforcement officers executed a search warrant of his residence in Kansas City and found numerous items consistent with the manufacture and/or conversion of anabolic steroids. Officers found two large pill presses as well as other laboratory equipment and what appeared to be finished product. They seized approximately $60,000 from Bryan Wilson’s residence and bank accounts controlled by April and Bryan Wilson.
DEA agents in California identified Bryan Wilson as an underground lab operator in February 2007. This information was developed from an international investigation into the illegal exportation of anabolic steroids from the People’s Republic of China. DEA agents in Missouri identified several Internet steroid message boards, which provide an arena to buy and distribute steroids. April and Bryan Wilson ordered the chemicals and steroid powders via the Internet, converted the raw steroid powder to pill and liquid form, and utilized the U.S. Postal Service and other package delivery service providers to acquire and distribute the steroids throughout the country.
April and Bryan Wilson caused multiple Western Union wire transfers as payment for anabolic steroids shipped from the Peoples Republic of China. They used bank accounts to comingle their drug trafficking proceeds with any legitimate sources of income in order to conceal the true source of the drug proceeds, and also used that money to promote the steroid distribution. From 2002 through 2007, April Wilson admitted, they deposited a total of $874,023 into those bank accounts, including $519,402 in cash deposits.
April Wilson admitted that on Nov. 28, 2005, she transferred a $15,000 cashier’s check – the proceeds of the illegal distribution of anabolic steroids – for payment toward a Noble M12 sports car.
Sunday, 15 November 2009
Australian soldier fined $1200 for steroids.
"A DARWIN soldier caught with steroids in his room at Robertson Barracks during a hygiene inspection has been fined $1200. Joshua Alexander Norman, 21, was caught with anabolic steroids in his room at the barracks in August.
He pleaded guilty to three drugs charges in Darwin Magistrates Court yesterday - for two varieties of steroids and some cannabis seeds. His lawyer Michael Burrows told the court his client had the steroids "for aesthetic reasons".
Mr Burrows said the steroids the infantryman had were within a range consistent with personal use, and the two tablets were used together "to achieve maximum effect". "He used them for aesthetic reasons and to help him in his job at the Army," Mr Burrows said. He said Norman had regular drug tests as a member of the defence force, but had never returned a positive reading.
Magistrate John Birch convicted Norman and fined him $1200. He ordered the drugs be forfeited and destroyed."
Story from NTNews.com.au
He pleaded guilty to three drugs charges in Darwin Magistrates Court yesterday - for two varieties of steroids and some cannabis seeds. His lawyer Michael Burrows told the court his client had the steroids "for aesthetic reasons".
Mr Burrows said the steroids the infantryman had were within a range consistent with personal use, and the two tablets were used together "to achieve maximum effect". "He used them for aesthetic reasons and to help him in his job at the Army," Mr Burrows said. He said Norman had regular drug tests as a member of the defence force, but had never returned a positive reading.
Magistrate John Birch convicted Norman and fined him $1200. He ordered the drugs be forfeited and destroyed."
Story from NTNews.com.au
Saturday, 14 November 2009
Controlled delivery of just 372 generic Viagra ?
"During the plea hearing, Assistant U.S. Attorney Mary E. Rogers said that on March 12, 2008, agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Food and Drug Administration conducted a controlled delivery of a package from India. After signing for the package, Rogers said, Yan admitted it was his and that he had ordered it from an Internet Web site identifying itself as Canadian. It contained 372 sildenafil citrate pills without FDA approved labeling, and Yan had no prescription for the pills."
Story from Projo.com
Story from Projo.com
Friday, 13 November 2009
Private eyes / investigators hired to tackle steroid use in gyms and combat trade on internet.
Drug Free Sport NZ has employed Prestige Risk Management, of Auckland, to follow tips about suspected drugs cheating in New Zealand sport.
However, Drug Free Sport NZ chief executive Graeme Steel said it was inevitable the investigations would become more pro-active.
That could involve putting investigators into gyms or on to internet chat forums, where information on procuring and using banned substances was freely available.
This will follow the example of Asada, Australia's anti-doping authority, which has significantly cut costly random drugs testing in favour of employing investigators.
It is considered the benchmark of effectiveness in catching cheats.
Mr Steel said that in recent years, the big doping cases had resulted from investigations. "You think of 'Balco', you think of 'Puerto'," he said, referring to operations that netted former sprint recordholders Tim Montgomery and Marion Jones and implicated Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich.
"They've been blown apart by good investigation work allied to good testing. I have no doubt that as we go forward, that will become a bigger and bigger part of what we do."
Unlike Australia, Drug Free Sport NZ's budget is 70 per cent weighted to drugs testing.
"We won't move away from drugs testing but ... our testing needs to be more focused," said Mr Steel, who has spent the past two days hosting the world's top anti-doping experts in Auckland.
His organisation has developed information-sharing relationships with police, Customs and Medsafe.
This reaped rewards last year when four Indian powerlifters were caught trying to bring ban steroids into New Zealand for a pre-Olympic event.
"Customs is probably the key [relationship]," Mr Steel said. "They have had some success in identifying drug use that the testing programme was not revealing."
The benefit of an investigation as opposed to a positive drugs test was huge, Mr Steel said.
"If you run a test and an athlete has a banned substance, well, you've got an athlete. If they just say, 'Well, you've got me', and shut up, that's it.
"Through investigations you find not only the athlete, but the suppliers and the supply routes."
Prestige Risk director Phil Jones said catching drug cheats was likely to become a growth industry. "There are many things we can do in terms of packaging up evidence that will allow the authorities to take it further."
Story from the NZHerald.co.nz
Bodyguards and security guards are notorious for their use of steroids. The idea that the tax dollars of New Zealand residents will be spent hiring them to post on steroid forums and hang out in gyms trying to score juice is IMHO pathetic.
However, Drug Free Sport NZ chief executive Graeme Steel said it was inevitable the investigations would become more pro-active.
That could involve putting investigators into gyms or on to internet chat forums, where information on procuring and using banned substances was freely available.
This will follow the example of Asada, Australia's anti-doping authority, which has significantly cut costly random drugs testing in favour of employing investigators.
It is considered the benchmark of effectiveness in catching cheats.
Mr Steel said that in recent years, the big doping cases had resulted from investigations. "You think of 'Balco', you think of 'Puerto'," he said, referring to operations that netted former sprint recordholders Tim Montgomery and Marion Jones and implicated Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich.
"They've been blown apart by good investigation work allied to good testing. I have no doubt that as we go forward, that will become a bigger and bigger part of what we do."
Unlike Australia, Drug Free Sport NZ's budget is 70 per cent weighted to drugs testing.
"We won't move away from drugs testing but ... our testing needs to be more focused," said Mr Steel, who has spent the past two days hosting the world's top anti-doping experts in Auckland.
His organisation has developed information-sharing relationships with police, Customs and Medsafe.
This reaped rewards last year when four Indian powerlifters were caught trying to bring ban steroids into New Zealand for a pre-Olympic event.
"Customs is probably the key [relationship]," Mr Steel said. "They have had some success in identifying drug use that the testing programme was not revealing."
The benefit of an investigation as opposed to a positive drugs test was huge, Mr Steel said.
"If you run a test and an athlete has a banned substance, well, you've got an athlete. If they just say, 'Well, you've got me', and shut up, that's it.
"Through investigations you find not only the athlete, but the suppliers and the supply routes."
Prestige Risk director Phil Jones said catching drug cheats was likely to become a growth industry. "There are many things we can do in terms of packaging up evidence that will allow the authorities to take it further."
Story from the NZHerald.co.nz
Bodyguards and security guards are notorious for their use of steroids. The idea that the tax dollars of New Zealand residents will be spent hiring them to post on steroid forums and hang out in gyms trying to score juice is IMHO pathetic.
Vian ( Oklahoma ) man convicted in steroids case.
Bobby Brown, 38, was convicted of possession and distribution of anabolic steroids and distribution of a controlled substance to persons under 21. The jury was unable to find Brown guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of distributing or manufacturing in or near schools, U.S. Attorney Sheldon Sperling said.
Sperling said testimony established several steroid recipients were Vian High School football players, and Brown helped administer the drug.
Officials determined the time of the drug sales were between March 2006 and June 2008. Sentencing guidelines show that Brown is required to spend at least 51 to 63 months in prison, Sperling said.
The case is related to the grand jury indictment of two former law enforcement officers, who have both pleaded guilty to steroid distribution.
Sentencing is pending against former McIntosh County reserve deputy Dusty Lee Burns, 29, of Checotah, and former Creek Nation Lighthorseman Jimmy Russell Hamm II, aka “Rusty” Hamm, 31, of Checotah.
Story from TulsaWorld.
Sperling said testimony established several steroid recipients were Vian High School football players, and Brown helped administer the drug.
Officials determined the time of the drug sales were between March 2006 and June 2008. Sentencing guidelines show that Brown is required to spend at least 51 to 63 months in prison, Sperling said.
The case is related to the grand jury indictment of two former law enforcement officers, who have both pleaded guilty to steroid distribution.
Sentencing is pending against former McIntosh County reserve deputy Dusty Lee Burns, 29, of Checotah, and former Creek Nation Lighthorseman Jimmy Russell Hamm II, aka “Rusty” Hamm, 31, of Checotah.
Story from TulsaWorld.
Oklahoma City bodybuilder Guy Ducasse sentenced to jail time, community service for steroid distribution.
An Oklahoma City bodybuilder who pleaded guilty in August to distributing an anabolic steroid was sentenced Friday in federal court in Tulsa to one month in jail and ordered to perform 400 hours of community service.
Guy Marc Ducasse, 46, will speak to youngsters about the dangers of steroids during those community service hours.
Claire Eagan, U.S. chief district judge for the Northern District of Oklahoma, characterized the punishment as the most unusual sentence she has ever crafted. She also placed him under court supervision for three years.
Ducasse’s guilty plea was limited to one occasion of distributing Proviron to a dentist in 2006. Ducasse said he gave the drug to the man, who he said also was his friend. He denied selling the drug to the dentist.
However, Eagan said the court has found that Ducasse distributed 4,324 units of steroids to at least seven people.
That finding contributed to the federal sentencing guidelines recommending a prison sentence of 15 to 21 months.
However, Eagan said she believes that the alternate sentence she crafted was just as — if not more — “onerous” than having Ducasse spend 15 months in prison at taxpayer expense while lifting weights.
After his release from jail in early January, Ducasse will be expected to speak to students — likely in Oklahoma City-area high schools — about the hazards of steroids and his related experience with the legal system.
Mark Woodward, a spokesman for the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control’s office in Oklahoma City, said in April 2008 that agents had opened the investigation after receiving a significant number of calls from high school coaches who were concerned about possible steroid use among their players.
Story from TulsaWorld.com
Guy Marc Ducasse, 46, will speak to youngsters about the dangers of steroids during those community service hours.
Claire Eagan, U.S. chief district judge for the Northern District of Oklahoma, characterized the punishment as the most unusual sentence she has ever crafted. She also placed him under court supervision for three years.
Ducasse’s guilty plea was limited to one occasion of distributing Proviron to a dentist in 2006. Ducasse said he gave the drug to the man, who he said also was his friend. He denied selling the drug to the dentist.
However, Eagan said the court has found that Ducasse distributed 4,324 units of steroids to at least seven people.
That finding contributed to the federal sentencing guidelines recommending a prison sentence of 15 to 21 months.
However, Eagan said she believes that the alternate sentence she crafted was just as — if not more — “onerous” than having Ducasse spend 15 months in prison at taxpayer expense while lifting weights.
After his release from jail in early January, Ducasse will be expected to speak to students — likely in Oklahoma City-area high schools — about the hazards of steroids and his related experience with the legal system.
Mark Woodward, a spokesman for the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control’s office in Oklahoma City, said in April 2008 that agents had opened the investigation after receiving a significant number of calls from high school coaches who were concerned about possible steroid use among their players.
Story from TulsaWorld.com
Golfer Doug Barron asks court to overturn doping ban.
Golfer Doug Barron has filed a lawsuit against the PGA Tour after they suspended him over a doping offence. Barron asked a court in Tennessee to lift his 12-month ban, saying the suspension was unfair and he had been defamed.
The PGA did not name the drug but Barron revealed he had been using beta-blockers, prescribed for him by a doctor to treat a heart problem. Barron also said he had been prescribed testosterone because he had an abnormally low level of the hormone, comparable to that of an 80-year-old man.
Barron said he could not be banned based on his disability, arguing that the PGA Tour's anti-doping program was unfair because it included common medications.
Barron cited the 2001 case of golfer Casey Martin, who went to the U.S. Supreme Court to win the right to use a golf cart on the tour due to a disability. Barron's case was presented to a local court in Memphis but was then transferred to a federal court.
The PGA Tour, in its reply to Barron's suit, said its anti-doping policy followed standard protocols that do not allow for exemptions for players with low testosterone levels.
Story from Reuters.com
The PGA did not name the drug but Barron revealed he had been using beta-blockers, prescribed for him by a doctor to treat a heart problem. Barron also said he had been prescribed testosterone because he had an abnormally low level of the hormone, comparable to that of an 80-year-old man.
Barron said he could not be banned based on his disability, arguing that the PGA Tour's anti-doping program was unfair because it included common medications.
Barron cited the 2001 case of golfer Casey Martin, who went to the U.S. Supreme Court to win the right to use a golf cart on the tour due to a disability. Barron's case was presented to a local court in Memphis but was then transferred to a federal court.
The PGA Tour, in its reply to Barron's suit, said its anti-doping policy followed standard protocols that do not allow for exemptions for players with low testosterone levels.
Story from Reuters.com
Brazilian swimmer Gusmao banned for positive test.
Losing her appeal to the Court for Arbitration of Sports (CAS), Brazilian swimmer Rebeca Gusmao was banned from the sport on Friday for failing three drug tests.
Previously, Gusmao was placed on suspension from the International Federation of Aquatic Sports. The CAS applauded the decision and decided to finalize the punishment.
Gusmao, 25-, will no longer be able to compete in any swimming events. The court's decision will also affect the athlete in her pursuit of playing professional soccer.
Once found guilty of doping, an individual is not allowed to play in another professional sport.
Her soccer career will be limited to amateur leagues and pick-up games.
Gusmao's first incident took place in 2006 when she tested positive for high levels of testosterone. She also tested positive for unusual levels of testosterone just days before the 2007 Pan-American Games in Rio de Janeiro.
The case also caused controversy as Gusmao was accused of using another person's urine sample in place of hers.
During the Games in Rio de Janeiro, Gusmao won gold medals in the 50m and 100m freestyle along with a silver and bronze medal, but was later disqualified due to her test results and was obliged to return the medals.
Gusmao insisted that she is innocent and did not tamper with any anti-doping tests.
A DNA test proved that one of her samples during the 2007 Pan-American Games was from another person. The athlete claims that she is a victim of a conspiracy against her.
Story from Xinhuanet.com
Previously, Gusmao was placed on suspension from the International Federation of Aquatic Sports. The CAS applauded the decision and decided to finalize the punishment.
Gusmao, 25-, will no longer be able to compete in any swimming events. The court's decision will also affect the athlete in her pursuit of playing professional soccer.
Once found guilty of doping, an individual is not allowed to play in another professional sport.
Her soccer career will be limited to amateur leagues and pick-up games.
Gusmao's first incident took place in 2006 when she tested positive for high levels of testosterone. She also tested positive for unusual levels of testosterone just days before the 2007 Pan-American Games in Rio de Janeiro.
The case also caused controversy as Gusmao was accused of using another person's urine sample in place of hers.
During the Games in Rio de Janeiro, Gusmao won gold medals in the 50m and 100m freestyle along with a silver and bronze medal, but was later disqualified due to her test results and was obliged to return the medals.
Gusmao insisted that she is innocent and did not tamper with any anti-doping tests.
A DNA test proved that one of her samples during the 2007 Pan-American Games was from another person. The athlete claims that she is a victim of a conspiracy against her.
Story from Xinhuanet.com
Greg Valentino new book "Death Drugs and Muscle" available soon.
Death Drugs and Muscle: The Gregg Valentino Story ( I HATE THAT TITLE )
HERE IS THE AMAZON LINK ( above ) FOR PRE SALES TO THE BOOK...HEY, I DON'T LIKE THE TITLE AND I HATE THE COVER, BUT I LOVE CONTRACT & THE CHECKS....wink
BY THE WAY THE AUTHOR NATHAN JENDRICK HAS BEEN ASKED TO WRITE THE SCREEN PLAY FOR A MOVIE BY A HUGE FAMOU...S STUDO....LOL...I JUST WANNA KNOW WHO THE HELL WOULD PLAY ME....ITS NOT ABOUT BODYBUILDING, DON'T LET THE BOOK COVER FOOL YOU!!!!
Comments in RED are from the Greg's latest Facebook entry :-)
HERE IS THE AMAZON LINK ( above ) FOR PRE SALES TO THE BOOK...HEY, I DON'T LIKE THE TITLE AND I HATE THE COVER, BUT I LOVE CONTRACT & THE CHECKS....wink
BY THE WAY THE AUTHOR NATHAN JENDRICK HAS BEEN ASKED TO WRITE THE SCREEN PLAY FOR A MOVIE BY A HUGE FAMOU...S STUDO....LOL...I JUST WANNA KNOW WHO THE HELL WOULD PLAY ME....ITS NOT ABOUT BODYBUILDING, DON'T LET THE BOOK COVER FOOL YOU!!!!
Comments in RED are from the Greg's latest Facebook entry :-)
IDS Sports conducts a nationwide product recall.
The recalled products listed below were distributed in either black boxes containing blister packs of 60 capsules or white bottles with black labels containing 30 or 60 capsules.
| Brand Name | Size | UPC | Lots |
| Bromodrol | 1 box | 6 75941 00250 7 | All lots |
| Dual Action Grow Tabs | 1 box | 6 75941 00252 1 | All lots |
| Grow Tabs | 1 bottle 60 capsules | 6 75941 00252 1 | All lots |
| Mass Tabs | 1 bottle 30 capsules | 6 75941 00149 4 | Purchased during or after 4/09 |
| Mass Tabs | 1 bottle 60 capsules | 6 75941 00149 4 | Purchased during or after 8/09 |
| Ripped Tabs TR | 1 box | 6 75941 00162 3 | Purchased during or after 12/08 |
| Ripped Tabs TR | 1 bottle 60 capsules | 6 75941 00162 3 | Purchased during or after 12/08 |
Story from the FDA.
Thursday, 12 November 2009
"Underground Anabolics" book available in early December.
The steroid samples examined during the making of UNDERGROUND ANABOLICS were done so at a DEA licensed analytical laboratory. The steroids were subject to a total of five specific lab tests, each of which can tell us something about its quality and assembly. The details of these individual lab tests are discussed below. - Aerobic Plate Count is a measure of general sanitary quality. It quantifies the amount of bacteria found in the product, but does not identify the bacteria type. The steroid solution is placed on a general purpose medium, and the bacteria is quantified as the number of “colony forming units” per each gram of material.
- Karl Fisher Water is a test that measures the percentage of water in a solution. While not inherently of concern, high water content in an oil-based steroid can reflect unfavorable manufacturing conditions, such as the exposure of the solution or hygroscopic (water absorbing) raw materials to unfiltered air.
- Heavy Metals testing will determine the content (by weight) of toxic metals in the product such as lead, mercury, and arsenic.
- pH is a unit of measure for determining if a liquid is acidic, neutral, or basic (alkaline). An ideal pH is generally considered to be between 4 and 7. Solutions with a high or low pH may cause significant irritation in the muscle tissues at the site of injection.
- Chromatographic Purity is a gas chromatograph test designed to identify all major constituents of the product including the active drug, oily carriers, solvents, co-solvents, other antimicrobial agents, and impurities. This test essentially gives us a wide spectrum analysis of what is present in the steroid solution. It also provides a rough quantification of the active steroid concentration, although some deviation is expected from more accurate assay-based testing.
Online Steroids Pose More Dangers video and story.
"Athletes using steroids is nothing new. We’ve seen it with admissions of steroid use by players such as Alex Rodriguez.
Today’s Channel 6 wanted to see how easy it would be for an “ordinary person” to find these substances if they were looking for an edge. We didn’t have to look far. It turned out everything we needed was right at our fingertips on the internet.
Today’s Channel 6 found a website that claims a person can “Buy Legal Steroids Now.” We will not provide the specific website, because we do not want people to use it to obtain these substances, but the company name is S A Labs International. A few clicks of the mouse led to a website not just claiming you can “Buy Legal Steroids Now,” but also offering a manual on how to properly take them, possible side effects and how long the substances will stay in a person’s system. The manual is 87 pages long, but nowhere in it will a person find any information saying the products have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration. In fact, the FDA talked to Today’s Channel 6 and says they have no record of the company, which means the company never sent them any substance for testing. We even found another website that would show people how to properly inject steroids.
We wanted to know how a website could get away with marketing steroids as legal. Idaho State University Director of Pharmacy Dr. Robin Dodson says these website try to get around the FDA by changing some of the compounds in their products and renaming them, which can be even more dangerous.
“In these products, you don’t know what you’re getting,” Dr. Dodson said. “The body then takes these chemicals, slightly altered compounds, and converts it into a steroid.”
This website claims its products work so well, they’re banned by the IOC, the NCAA, among other organizations.
Today’s Channel 6 left messages for S A Labs International for this story, but they did not respond."
Story and Video link from ABC 6.
The site they are talking about appears to be GetFreakyBig.com who sell legal supplements using misspelt steroid names.
Today’s Channel 6 wanted to see how easy it would be for an “ordinary person” to find these substances if they were looking for an edge. We didn’t have to look far. It turned out everything we needed was right at our fingertips on the internet.
Today’s Channel 6 found a website that claims a person can “Buy Legal Steroids Now.” We will not provide the specific website, because we do not want people to use it to obtain these substances, but the company name is S A Labs International. A few clicks of the mouse led to a website not just claiming you can “Buy Legal Steroids Now,” but also offering a manual on how to properly take them, possible side effects and how long the substances will stay in a person’s system. The manual is 87 pages long, but nowhere in it will a person find any information saying the products have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration. In fact, the FDA talked to Today’s Channel 6 and says they have no record of the company, which means the company never sent them any substance for testing. We even found another website that would show people how to properly inject steroids.
We wanted to know how a website could get away with marketing steroids as legal. Idaho State University Director of Pharmacy Dr. Robin Dodson says these website try to get around the FDA by changing some of the compounds in their products and renaming them, which can be even more dangerous.
“In these products, you don’t know what you’re getting,” Dr. Dodson said. “The body then takes these chemicals, slightly altered compounds, and converts it into a steroid.”
This website claims its products work so well, they’re banned by the IOC, the NCAA, among other organizations.
Today’s Channel 6 left messages for S A Labs International for this story, but they did not respond."
Story and Video link from ABC 6.
The site they are talking about appears to be GetFreakyBig.com who sell legal supplements using misspelt steroid names.
Kentucky man indicted for Underground lab.
Police found Vaughn while responding to a call of gunshots at his residence July 18, according to reports. Cleveland said Vaughn had $1,800 cash and 34 hydrocodone pills in his possession.
Police searched the residence and found a “great deal” of steroids and the means for making them, including lab equipment stolen from the state police central forensic laboratory, Vaughn worked there as a janitor, Cleveland said.
Story from the State-Journal.com
Police searched the residence and found a “great deal” of steroids and the means for making them, including lab equipment stolen from the state police central forensic laboratory, Vaughn worked there as a janitor, Cleveland said.
Story from the State-Journal.com
Wednesday, 11 November 2009
Monkeys bulk up as Myostatin blocking increases leg muscle size.
Monkeys that had a gene injected into their legs developed bigger, stronger thighs in an experiment that may pave the way for human trials testing the therapy in people with muscle-wasting diseases.
The therapy works by blocking a protein, myostatin, that degrades muscle. Reversing muscle loss in the thigh may help patients who struggle to stand or walk, said R. Rodney Howell, chairman of the board of the Muscular Dystrophy Association, a nonprofit group based in Tucson, Arizona. The results may also interest a group of people who aren’t the intended beneficiaries -- athletes who want to improve performance, Howell said.
Amgen Inc., based in Thousand Oaks, California, and closely held Acceleron Pharma Inc. of Cambridge, Massachusetts, are experimenting with spurring muscle growth by suppressing myostatin. The idea is to reverse atrophy caused by wasting illnesses and aging. It may also create a hard-to-detect, non- steroid shortcut for increasing the size of healthy tissues.
“This threat is one of several that sports has to consider and be prepared for,” said Travis Tygart, chief executive officer for the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, a nonprofit organization based in Colorado Springs, Colorado, charged with preventing the use of performance-enhancing drugs in Olympic sports.
Use of myostatin-blocking therapies by athletes has been banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency even though they aren’t yet available, Tygart said in a telephone interview today.
“We wanted to improve strength in one muscle group in a way that would benefit patients and that’s the thigh muscle,” Mendell said yesterday in a telephone interview. “The muscle weakens, patients are prone to fall frequently and they may lose the ability to ambulate.”
The researchers tried to use one protein called follistatin to impede the action of another, myostatin, that’s known to inhibit muscle growth. They injected the gene for follistatin into the right legs of six healthy monkeys and after eight weeks, their right legs had grown and were larger than their left legs.
“We created a stronger muscle,” said Brian Kaspar, the principal investigator for Nationwide’s research institute. “We also showed that the muscle generated more force.”
To deliver the gene, the researchers loaded it onto a so- called adeno-associated virus and injected it into the monkeys. This type of virus is designed to be harmless and is commonly used as a delivery vehicle in gene therapy procedures. The Ohio researchers followed the monkeys for 15 months after the treatment and found no evidence of any unwanted side effects.
“I think it’s a lot less of a threat than easily obtained designer steroids,” said Tygart of the Anti-Doping Agency. “I’m more concerned about designer steroids that I can get off the Internet.”
Full story from Bloomberg.com
The therapy works by blocking a protein, myostatin, that degrades muscle. Reversing muscle loss in the thigh may help patients who struggle to stand or walk, said R. Rodney Howell, chairman of the board of the Muscular Dystrophy Association, a nonprofit group based in Tucson, Arizona. The results may also interest a group of people who aren’t the intended beneficiaries -- athletes who want to improve performance, Howell said.
Amgen Inc., based in Thousand Oaks, California, and closely held Acceleron Pharma Inc. of Cambridge, Massachusetts, are experimenting with spurring muscle growth by suppressing myostatin. The idea is to reverse atrophy caused by wasting illnesses and aging. It may also create a hard-to-detect, non- steroid shortcut for increasing the size of healthy tissues.
“This threat is one of several that sports has to consider and be prepared for,” said Travis Tygart, chief executive officer for the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, a nonprofit organization based in Colorado Springs, Colorado, charged with preventing the use of performance-enhancing drugs in Olympic sports.
Use of myostatin-blocking therapies by athletes has been banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency even though they aren’t yet available, Tygart said in a telephone interview today.
“We wanted to improve strength in one muscle group in a way that would benefit patients and that’s the thigh muscle,” Mendell said yesterday in a telephone interview. “The muscle weakens, patients are prone to fall frequently and they may lose the ability to ambulate.”
The researchers tried to use one protein called follistatin to impede the action of another, myostatin, that’s known to inhibit muscle growth. They injected the gene for follistatin into the right legs of six healthy monkeys and after eight weeks, their right legs had grown and were larger than their left legs.
“We created a stronger muscle,” said Brian Kaspar, the principal investigator for Nationwide’s research institute. “We also showed that the muscle generated more force.”
To deliver the gene, the researchers loaded it onto a so- called adeno-associated virus and injected it into the monkeys. This type of virus is designed to be harmless and is commonly used as a delivery vehicle in gene therapy procedures. The Ohio researchers followed the monkeys for 15 months after the treatment and found no evidence of any unwanted side effects.
“I think it’s a lot less of a threat than easily obtained designer steroids,” said Tygart of the Anti-Doping Agency. “I’m more concerned about designer steroids that I can get off the Internet.”
Full story from Bloomberg.com
Turkish athletics star Kop handed life ban.
"CAS have rejected Ayhan's appeal and overturned a decision by Turkey's sports arbitration committee in May to reduce her penalty to four years.
The 31-year-old had been banned for life in January by the Turkish Athletics Federation after she failed the second drugs test of her career in September 2007. Traces of anabolic steroids methandienone and stanozolol were found in her sample.
Ayhan has denied knowingly taking the substances but having been banned for two years in 2004, for breaking drug testing regulations, CAS have decided to reject her appeal.
"Considering that the second violation was committed in 2007, namely a substantial period of time after the athlete had received notice of the first violation in the year 2004, the conditions for admitting a multiple violation under IAAF Rule 40.6 are fulfilled and a life ban has been ordered," read a CAS statement.
But the statement also went on to say the ban imposed on her husband would be lifted as there was no evidence he had violated any anti-doping regulations."
Story from the BBC.
The 31-year-old had been banned for life in January by the Turkish Athletics Federation after she failed the second drugs test of her career in September 2007. Traces of anabolic steroids methandienone and stanozolol were found in her sample.
Ayhan has denied knowingly taking the substances but having been banned for two years in 2004, for breaking drug testing regulations, CAS have decided to reject her appeal.
"Considering that the second violation was committed in 2007, namely a substantial period of time after the athlete had received notice of the first violation in the year 2004, the conditions for admitting a multiple violation under IAAF Rule 40.6 are fulfilled and a life ban has been ordered," read a CAS statement.
But the statement also went on to say the ban imposed on her husband would be lifted as there was no evidence he had violated any anti-doping regulations."
Story from the BBC.
Study finds athletes on performance enhancers more likely to abuse alcohol, other drugs.
"College athletes who use performance-enhancing substances may be at heightened risk of misusing alcohol and using recreational drugs as well, according to new research in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs.
The study, of 234 male athletes at one university, found that those who used performance enhancers -- ranging from steroids to stimulants to weight-loss supplements -- were more likely to admit to heavy drinking and using drugs like marijuana and cocaine.
Moreover, they also had elevated rates of alcohol- and drug-related problems, such as missing classes, failing tests or getting into fights.
The implication is that many athletes are not only experimenting with recreational drugs and alcohol, but suffering consequences as well, says study co-author Dr. Robert J. Pandina, director of the Center of Alcohol Studies at Rutgers University in Piscataway, New Jersey.
Until now, it had been unclear whether college athletes who use performance enhancers might have any higher risk of misusing other substances. On one hand, Pandina explained, many athletes might avoid habits that could threaten their performance on the field. On the other, athletes drawn to performance-enhancing substances might have certain traits -- such as a propensity toward "sensation seeking" -- that make the misuse of alcohol or other drugs more likely.
In their study, the researchers, led by Dr. Jennifer F. Buckman, assistant research professor at the Center of Alcohol Studies, found that nearly one third of the athletes acknowledged using a performance-enhancing substance in the past year. The list included banned substances like steroids, creatine, "Andro," stimulants and weight-loss aids.
As a group, athletes who used performance-enhancing substances reported higher rates of drug and alcohol use. Seventy percent said they had used marijuana and one third admitted to cocaine use, versus 22 percent and 3 percent of athletes who did not use performance enhancers. They also had higher rates of smoking, binge drinking and prescription-drug misuse.
The results also hint at some reasons for the elevated rates of drug and alcohol use. Athletes who used performance enhancers were more likely than nonusers to be natural sensation seekers -- a desire to have new and varied experiences -- but they were also more likely to say they used drugs or alcohol specifically to cope with stress and anxiety.
This, Pandina says, suggest that these athletes often see a "utilitarian value" to using recreational drugs. "They are using them to cope with the problems of day-to-day living."
Pandina points out that although many college students are under pressure, athletes -- particularly those at the most competitive schools -- may face additional stress. He adds that while testing athletes for drugs helps, it is not enough by itself; understanding why some turn to drugs is also key.
"This really says that we have to focus on the motivations for athletes' substance use," Pandina says, "and make them aware of the consequences that are likely to come of it."
Future studies, according to Pandina, should look at whether the same patterns are seen among female athletes and those at colleges with less-competitive sports programs. The athletes in this study came from a large, NCAA Division I university, where performance pressure could be particularly high."
Story from EurekAlert.
University students who aren't even smart enough to deny their drug use ?
The study, of 234 male athletes at one university, found that those who used performance enhancers -- ranging from steroids to stimulants to weight-loss supplements -- were more likely to admit to heavy drinking and using drugs like marijuana and cocaine.
Moreover, they also had elevated rates of alcohol- and drug-related problems, such as missing classes, failing tests or getting into fights.
The implication is that many athletes are not only experimenting with recreational drugs and alcohol, but suffering consequences as well, says study co-author Dr. Robert J. Pandina, director of the Center of Alcohol Studies at Rutgers University in Piscataway, New Jersey.
Until now, it had been unclear whether college athletes who use performance enhancers might have any higher risk of misusing other substances. On one hand, Pandina explained, many athletes might avoid habits that could threaten their performance on the field. On the other, athletes drawn to performance-enhancing substances might have certain traits -- such as a propensity toward "sensation seeking" -- that make the misuse of alcohol or other drugs more likely.
In their study, the researchers, led by Dr. Jennifer F. Buckman, assistant research professor at the Center of Alcohol Studies, found that nearly one third of the athletes acknowledged using a performance-enhancing substance in the past year. The list included banned substances like steroids, creatine, "Andro," stimulants and weight-loss aids.
As a group, athletes who used performance-enhancing substances reported higher rates of drug and alcohol use. Seventy percent said they had used marijuana and one third admitted to cocaine use, versus 22 percent and 3 percent of athletes who did not use performance enhancers. They also had higher rates of smoking, binge drinking and prescription-drug misuse.
The results also hint at some reasons for the elevated rates of drug and alcohol use. Athletes who used performance enhancers were more likely than nonusers to be natural sensation seekers -- a desire to have new and varied experiences -- but they were also more likely to say they used drugs or alcohol specifically to cope with stress and anxiety.
This, Pandina says, suggest that these athletes often see a "utilitarian value" to using recreational drugs. "They are using them to cope with the problems of day-to-day living."
Pandina points out that although many college students are under pressure, athletes -- particularly those at the most competitive schools -- may face additional stress. He adds that while testing athletes for drugs helps, it is not enough by itself; understanding why some turn to drugs is also key.
"This really says that we have to focus on the motivations for athletes' substance use," Pandina says, "and make them aware of the consequences that are likely to come of it."
Future studies, according to Pandina, should look at whether the same patterns are seen among female athletes and those at colleges with less-competitive sports programs. The athletes in this study came from a large, NCAA Division I university, where performance pressure could be particularly high."
Story from EurekAlert.
University students who aren't even smart enough to deny their drug use ?
Wyoming woman will stand trial on steroid accessory charge.
"A judge Tuesday ruled enough evidence exists for a Casper woman to stand trial on charges that she tried to help her boyfriend hide steroids when he knew probation officers intended to search their home.
Jamie Renne Steward, 28, faces a single charge of accessory after the fact to steroid possession. If convicted of the felony in Natrona County District Court she faces up to five years behind bars.
Steward and her boyfriend, 32-year-old Thomas Sage Hallock, were arrested by police on Oct. 28 after probation officers witnessed Steward put several vials labeled "testosterone," syringes, a grinding ball and other items into a trash can outside their residence, according to police.
An agent with the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation testified Tuesday that police found text messages from Steward to Hallock on Oct. 28 asking, "What all should I hide?" and "Is there any liquor?"
Hallock, who was on probation at the time of his arrest, faces a felony charge of possession of steroids. He faces up to five years in prison. His case has also moved into District Court. Steward remains free on $2,500 bail."
Story from Trib.com
Jamie Renne Steward, 28, faces a single charge of accessory after the fact to steroid possession. If convicted of the felony in Natrona County District Court she faces up to five years behind bars.
Steward and her boyfriend, 32-year-old Thomas Sage Hallock, were arrested by police on Oct. 28 after probation officers witnessed Steward put several vials labeled "testosterone," syringes, a grinding ball and other items into a trash can outside their residence, according to police.
An agent with the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation testified Tuesday that police found text messages from Steward to Hallock on Oct. 28 asking, "What all should I hide?" and "Is there any liquor?"
Hallock, who was on probation at the time of his arrest, faces a felony charge of possession of steroids. He faces up to five years in prison. His case has also moved into District Court. Steward remains free on $2,500 bail."
Story from Trib.com
Tuesday, 10 November 2009
List Grows in Desoto County Steroid Case.
List of local law enforcement personnel connected to an alleged steroid ring is growing. Recently, a Desoto County Jail employee was relieved of duty until the state drug investigation is over.
FOX 13 sources point to the Hernando UPS store as the spot where two shipments of steroids, disguised as cosmetics, came in from out of the country. Their alleged consumers were a Hernando police officer and firefighter.
Story from Fox news.
FOX 13 sources point to the Hernando UPS store as the spot where two shipments of steroids, disguised as cosmetics, came in from out of the country. Their alleged consumers were a Hernando police officer and firefighter.
Story from Fox news.
Florida's biggest ever steroid dealer pleads guilty.
Richard "Andy" Thomas pleaded guilty Tuesday in Tampa's federal court to possession with intent to distribute anabolic steroids, a charge that carries a maximum of five years in prison. A sentencing date has not yet been scheduled.
A plea agreement leaves Thomas' punishment up to the judge, but prosecutors do not intend to oppose a punishment at the low end of sentencing guidelines.
When he was interviewed by investigators, Richard Thomas claimed that he sold steroids to professional athletes, including members of the Washington Capitals National Hockey League team, arrest reports state.
Nate Ewell, a spokesperson for the Capitals, said Tuesday that the league investigated Thomas' claims and none of the team's players was found to have used steroids.
"We never found any link," Ewell said.
The Polk County Sheriff's Office learned from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents that a package filled with steroids was spotted being shipped from Slovakia to the Thomases' home, an application for a search warrant states.
The package was wired with an electronic beacon that would alert when the package was opened. The package was delivered to Thomas' home, and the beacon alerted about five minutes later, according to an affidavit in the federal case.
Detectives went into the home and found Thomas "was the only occupant inside and was observed in possession of the opened steroid package."
Sandra Thomas was arrested on multiple charges, but state prosecutors did not file charges against her after her arrest.
Full story from the Ledger.
Authorities said Thomas had hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of anabolic steroids in his Stoney Creek Drive home in May when deputies and federal agents set up delivery of a package containing the contraband sent from overseas.
Investigative records show the drugs came in packages from outside the United States, and that Thomas said he bought them from China, Russia, Iran and other Middle Eastern countries.
Federal agents said they intercepted a suspicious package in Philadelphia on May 21. It was sent from Slovakia and addressed to "Mahlon" Thomas in Lakeland.
Agents and undercover Polk County sheriff's deputies wired the package with an electronic beacon to alert them if it was opened. The package was delivered to Thomas' address and an alert was sent within five minutes, an affidavit states. Thomas was the only person at the home.
Detectives found large quantities of steroids in Thomas' home, as well as firearms, packaging labels, blister packs full of Valium, a digital scale, books about steroids, body building trophies and photos, according to court documents.
Story from TampaBayOnline.
A plea agreement leaves Thomas' punishment up to the judge, but prosecutors do not intend to oppose a punishment at the low end of sentencing guidelines.
When he was interviewed by investigators, Richard Thomas claimed that he sold steroids to professional athletes, including members of the Washington Capitals National Hockey League team, arrest reports state.
Nate Ewell, a spokesperson for the Capitals, said Tuesday that the league investigated Thomas' claims and none of the team's players was found to have used steroids.
"We never found any link," Ewell said.
The Polk County Sheriff's Office learned from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents that a package filled with steroids was spotted being shipped from Slovakia to the Thomases' home, an application for a search warrant states.
The package was wired with an electronic beacon that would alert when the package was opened. The package was delivered to Thomas' home, and the beacon alerted about five minutes later, according to an affidavit in the federal case.
Detectives went into the home and found Thomas "was the only occupant inside and was observed in possession of the opened steroid package."
Sandra Thomas was arrested on multiple charges, but state prosecutors did not file charges against her after her arrest.
Full story from the Ledger.
Authorities said Thomas had hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of anabolic steroids in his Stoney Creek Drive home in May when deputies and federal agents set up delivery of a package containing the contraband sent from overseas.
Investigative records show the drugs came in packages from outside the United States, and that Thomas said he bought them from China, Russia, Iran and other Middle Eastern countries.
Federal agents said they intercepted a suspicious package in Philadelphia on May 21. It was sent from Slovakia and addressed to "Mahlon" Thomas in Lakeland.
Agents and undercover Polk County sheriff's deputies wired the package with an electronic beacon to alert them if it was opened. The package was delivered to Thomas' address and an alert was sent within five minutes, an affidavit states. Thomas was the only person at the home.
Detectives found large quantities of steroids in Thomas' home, as well as firearms, packaging labels, blister packs full of Valium, a digital scale, books about steroids, body building trophies and photos, according to court documents.
Story from TampaBayOnline.
DeSoto County, Mississippi steroid shipments were sent from Mexico.
"A DeSoto County Sheriff's Department employee joins the list of safety and law enforcement officers being investigated by the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics for allegedly trafficking illegal steroids.
DeSoto County Sheriff Bill Rasco said Monday that disciplinary action has been taken against the employee. That employee's name was not released.
"We have one employee who has been relieved of duty without pay pending the outcome of the investigation," Rasco said.
Rasco confirmed that state authorities were investigating alleged shipments of steroids from Mexico to DeSoto County.
"That's the way I understand it," Rasco said. "I'm not going to comment on anything else until the investigation is complete."
Full story from the Desoto Times Tribune.
DeSoto County Sheriff Bill Rasco said Monday that disciplinary action has been taken against the employee. That employee's name was not released.
"We have one employee who has been relieved of duty without pay pending the outcome of the investigation," Rasco said.
Rasco confirmed that state authorities were investigating alleged shipments of steroids from Mexico to DeSoto County.
"That's the way I understand it," Rasco said. "I'm not going to comment on anything else until the investigation is complete."
Full story from the Desoto Times Tribune.
Monday, 9 November 2009
Young Indian bodybuilder dies due to ‘mild malaria’ doctors blame his steroid use.
Mahesh Khokarale, a 25-year-old instructor with Gold’s Gym, had everything going for him. The fitness freak and bodybuilder had won the Mumbai Shree title last year and was training for the Bharat Shree competition scheduled for February 2010. After that, he was planning to get married in May. But, all the dreams vaporised on Saturday morning when Mahesh passed away due to ‘mild malaria’.
Doctors say it was not the malaria that killed him, but use of steroids which had weakened his liver so much that when illness struck, his body could not fight back.
Mahesh was an instructor with the Worli branch of Gold’s Gym. A resident of Ramdoot building near Currey Road Railway Station, he had mild fever on October 31. “He took some medicine before going to work. All of us thought it was a regular fever and there was nothing to worry about,” said Sukhdev Khokarale, Mahesh’s elder brother.
On Sunday, when the fever persisted, Mahesh decided to rest at home. On Monday, accompanied by his fiancé, Mahesh went to KEM Hospital for a blood test and specialised treatment. But, at the hospital, he collapsed and went into coma. He was taken to the emergency ward and then shifted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
The blood test report, which came on Tuesday, revealed that he was suffering from mild malaria. “A patient does not go into coma and neither does the liver fail in case of mild malaria. His liver was damaged even before the malaria struck,” said a doctor at KEM.
Doctors, however, admitted that they had no record of Mahesh’s medical history, as he was admitted only after he collapsed. “We suspect he was on steroids since he was a fitness trainer and also a body builder. Secondly, liver damage leading to death in case of mild malaria is unheard of. His family too said that we must treat him assuming that he was on steroids,” said another doctor at KEM.
Full story from the AhmedabadMirror.
Doctors say it was not the malaria that killed him, but use of steroids which had weakened his liver so much that when illness struck, his body could not fight back.
Mahesh was an instructor with the Worli branch of Gold’s Gym. A resident of Ramdoot building near Currey Road Railway Station, he had mild fever on October 31. “He took some medicine before going to work. All of us thought it was a regular fever and there was nothing to worry about,” said Sukhdev Khokarale, Mahesh’s elder brother.
On Sunday, when the fever persisted, Mahesh decided to rest at home. On Monday, accompanied by his fiancé, Mahesh went to KEM Hospital for a blood test and specialised treatment. But, at the hospital, he collapsed and went into coma. He was taken to the emergency ward and then shifted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
The blood test report, which came on Tuesday, revealed that he was suffering from mild malaria. “A patient does not go into coma and neither does the liver fail in case of mild malaria. His liver was damaged even before the malaria struck,” said a doctor at KEM.
Doctors, however, admitted that they had no record of Mahesh’s medical history, as he was admitted only after he collapsed. “We suspect he was on steroids since he was a fitness trainer and also a body builder. Secondly, liver damage leading to death in case of mild malaria is unheard of. His family too said that we must treat him assuming that he was on steroids,” said another doctor at KEM.
Full story from the AhmedabadMirror.
DeSoto County, Mississippi steroid investigation video news report.
When talk of a steroid ring involving Hernando Police and Fire officers surfaced, the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics kicked off its investigation with a visit to the fire station at City Hall. "It's still highly unusual for the MBI to show up and pull a firefighter out of the fire station and question him almost impromptu. Very much so and it's very disturbing." said Johnson.
So far no one's been charged in the case, but several sources close to the investigation say those behind the scheme would get boxes labeled "cosmetics" mailed to them, and then distribute the steroids around the County from there.
Click here for the video and story from WREG.com
So far no one's been charged in the case, but several sources close to the investigation say those behind the scheme would get boxes labeled "cosmetics" mailed to them, and then distribute the steroids around the County from there.
Click here for the video and story from WREG.com
WNBF Pro U.S. Cup Natural Bodybuilding Championships Liza Reichenberger suspended.
"Liza Reichenberger, aka Herculizaoverall winner of the recent WNBF Pro U.S. Cup Natural Bodybuilding Championships on October 26 in Sacramento, has been suspended by the World Natural Bodybuilding Federation (WNBF) for 7 years for failing to pass the mandatory post-competition urine test. While she did pass the pre-contest polygraph and her physicians state, unequivocally, that her urine sample was likely contaminated by her unintentional use of a prescribed topical female hormonal cream, the WNBF maintains a strict “zero tolerance” policy with regard to its drug policies, and the suspension will stand."
“He is right, of course,” she adds. “The only reason that my (testosterone) value must have been so high is that I must have rubbed residue from the ointment directly into, or on the edge of the cup somehow. My title in the US Cup is forever gone though. I am 'disqualified' due to the urine level of testosterone found in my urine sample. Other female competitors my age should be warned about ‘menopause’ creams and that symptomatic relief could precipitate suspension from the WNBF. The loss of titles earned while under treatment is DEVASTATING and can be avoided. I unwittingly used the ointment for menopausal symptoms, not realizing all of the contents.”
Full story from the Examiner.com
“He is right, of course,” she adds. “The only reason that my (testosterone) value must have been so high is that I must have rubbed residue from the ointment directly into, or on the edge of the cup somehow. My title in the US Cup is forever gone though. I am 'disqualified' due to the urine level of testosterone found in my urine sample. Other female competitors my age should be warned about ‘menopause’ creams and that symptomatic relief could precipitate suspension from the WNBF. The loss of titles earned while under treatment is DEVASTATING and can be avoided. I unwittingly used the ointment for menopausal symptoms, not realizing all of the contents.”
Full story from the Examiner.com
Androxal / Enclomiphene Citrate's future still in doubt.
"The company, which focuses on developing treatments for reproductive disorders, said although it reduced its amount of accounts payable and accrued expenses by about $8.9 million since September, the amount of cash on hand is not sufficient to fund future clinical trials of its experimental drugs Androxal and Proellex."
Story from Reuters.com
Story from Reuters.com
Interesting blog comment from the "Stiff Nights" company's CEO.
Due to the layout we've used for this blog most readers don't see the comments on each post.
I felt this one was quite interesting so gave it a blog entry all of it's own :-)
"It is our estimation that the FDA tested the counterfeit "Stiff Nights" product and did not test the OEM version of the product. We have tested our product for Viagra, Cialis and Levitra and did not find these ingredients or anything close to it.
We have DEMANDED that the FDA retract their statement until further analysis could be conducted. Impulsaria will pursue any legal ramifications neccessary until said retraction is made.
We feel that the FDA had a "ready, fire, aim" approach. The FDA admitted to pulling samples from NYC and Los Angles only. What the FDA failed to realize is that we have less than a 1% penetration in these cities compared to the counterfeit Stiff Nights.
Best Regards,
Jamie Greene,
CEO Impulsaria, LLC"
I felt this one was quite interesting so gave it a blog entry all of it's own :-)
"It is our estimation that the FDA tested the counterfeit "Stiff Nights" product and did not test the OEM version of the product. We have tested our product for Viagra, Cialis and Levitra and did not find these ingredients or anything close to it.
We have DEMANDED that the FDA retract their statement until further analysis could be conducted. Impulsaria will pursue any legal ramifications neccessary until said retraction is made.
We feel that the FDA had a "ready, fire, aim" approach. The FDA admitted to pulling samples from NYC and Los Angles only. What the FDA failed to realize is that we have less than a 1% penetration in these cities compared to the counterfeit Stiff Nights.
Best Regards,
Jamie Greene,
CEO Impulsaria, LLC"
ProfessionalMuscle.com's owner Big A wins our forum post of the year award :-)
So sick of this - HERE'S THE TRUTH!
ProfessionalMuscle.com was always set up as an advanced site, where you can find TRUTHFUL information about bodybuilding, not bulshit and ideology promoted by people who generally have agendas.
This is the truth:
If your diet, training, health and rest are completely up to scratch, the more steroids you take, the bigger you will get. It's as simple as that.
Pros have got their diet, training (health for the most part) and rest up to a standard that works for them perfectly, but they are only the size they are due to the drugs they take. Don't beleive the crap from anyone, that they are not, even from the 'in the know' people that are on this board. Those very same people for the most part have used/use extremely higher dosages than what they preach. Why do they preach the low dosages? - various personal agendas.
Reality is that as a rule, 1g per week of test non stop year round is the 'off' time for the pros. Gear is added as it's obtained - no real detailed cycles as such. As long as they take the high dosages of gear, they'll grow (as long as the diet, training, health and sleep is up to scratch as mentioned previously).
Several grams of test per week, several grams of anabolics per week, up to 2g/week of tren, a shit load of orals, insulin several times a day year round, GH as much as can be afforded - 15 to 30IU/day, etc.
BUT, pros have the genetics to have their bodies accept the gear, and generally not get sick on it.
And ancilliary use is huge - liver aids to the max, anti-e's, dht blockers, cardio supps, cholesterol supps, etc.
Still, most of them are complete wrecks. They can't control bodily functions, they pass out from walking a flight of stairs, they get drenched in sweat from tying their shoelaces. Gyno, baldness, dry skin, gout, excess bodily hair, acne, etc are ALL existant in virtually all of them.
It is not a healthy sport, drug use is ENORMOUS, but to ignore it and to preach otherwise is pathetic and not what ProfessionalMuscle.com is about.
BTW, Synthetek's books have on them who's who of current pros ordering Syntherol constantly. They ALL use it extensively. It is pathetic though, when one orders a bottle and their credit card gets declined due to not enough funds. You think a 30+ yo would have his life in order more than that.
Anyway, I'm sick of seeing the bullshit that has been promoted on this site the last few years. This site was originally set up as an uncensored place where you can find the truth about advanced performance enhancing, regardless of consequences. It's getting back to that.
Read the full thread on ProfessionalMuscle.com
ProfessionalMuscle.com was always set up as an advanced site, where you can find TRUTHFUL information about bodybuilding, not bulshit and ideology promoted by people who generally have agendas.
This is the truth:
If your diet, training, health and rest are completely up to scratch, the more steroids you take, the bigger you will get. It's as simple as that.
Pros have got their diet, training (health for the most part) and rest up to a standard that works for them perfectly, but they are only the size they are due to the drugs they take. Don't beleive the crap from anyone, that they are not, even from the 'in the know' people that are on this board. Those very same people for the most part have used/use extremely higher dosages than what they preach. Why do they preach the low dosages? - various personal agendas.
Reality is that as a rule, 1g per week of test non stop year round is the 'off' time for the pros. Gear is added as it's obtained - no real detailed cycles as such. As long as they take the high dosages of gear, they'll grow (as long as the diet, training, health and sleep is up to scratch as mentioned previously).
Several grams of test per week, several grams of anabolics per week, up to 2g/week of tren, a shit load of orals, insulin several times a day year round, GH as much as can be afforded - 15 to 30IU/day, etc.
BUT, pros have the genetics to have their bodies accept the gear, and generally not get sick on it.
And ancilliary use is huge - liver aids to the max, anti-e's, dht blockers, cardio supps, cholesterol supps, etc.
Still, most of them are complete wrecks. They can't control bodily functions, they pass out from walking a flight of stairs, they get drenched in sweat from tying their shoelaces. Gyno, baldness, dry skin, gout, excess bodily hair, acne, etc are ALL existant in virtually all of them.
It is not a healthy sport, drug use is ENORMOUS, but to ignore it and to preach otherwise is pathetic and not what ProfessionalMuscle.com is about.
BTW, Synthetek's books have on them who's who of current pros ordering Syntherol constantly. They ALL use it extensively. It is pathetic though, when one orders a bottle and their credit card gets declined due to not enough funds. You think a 30+ yo would have his life in order more than that.
Anyway, I'm sick of seeing the bullshit that has been promoted on this site the last few years. This site was originally set up as an uncensored place where you can find the truth about advanced performance enhancing, regardless of consequences. It's getting back to that.
Read the full thread on ProfessionalMuscle.com
Documents about East Germany's doping at the 1976 Montreal Olympics found.
"After injecting athletes with performance-boosting drugs at the Montreal Olympics, East German officials dumped the leftover serum and syringes in the St. Lawrence River, newly uncovered documents indicate.
East Germany startled the world at the 1976 Games by capturing 40 gold medals, second only to the powerhouse Soviet Union.
A chance discovery in the Berlin archives of the notorious Stasi, the East German secret police, led University of Waterloo history professor Gary Bruce to a 95-page file on the spy service's operations at the Montreal Games.
A Stasi officer's final report on the Games contains an apparently none-too-subtle reference to the drug program under the subheading Destruction of the Rest of the Special Medicine, noting: "About 10 suitcases of medical packaging, needles, tubular instruments, etc. were sunk in the St. Lawrence River."
Bruce said eight of the report's nine pages were missing -- likely destroyed in a massive Stasi purge of highly sensitive files at the end of the Cold War. But he has no doubts about the memo's subject matter.
The documents make it clear that Stasi chief Erich Mielke saw the Games as a means to improve East Germany's standing in the world by ensuring all went well on the athletic field and that nothing went wrong away from it.
He put the fabled Markus Wolf, head of the Stasi's foreign espionage wing, in charge of Operation Finale, a tightly controlled effort to monitor East German athletes in the years leading up to the Games as well as during the 16-day sporting festival.
Many athletes had no idea the little blue pills they took contained anabolic steroids. Several later suffered serious health effects including cancer, cysts and liver problems, and female athletes delivered babies with birth defects."
Full story from CTV.ca
East Germany startled the world at the 1976 Games by capturing 40 gold medals, second only to the powerhouse Soviet Union.
A chance discovery in the Berlin archives of the notorious Stasi, the East German secret police, led University of Waterloo history professor Gary Bruce to a 95-page file on the spy service's operations at the Montreal Games.
A Stasi officer's final report on the Games contains an apparently none-too-subtle reference to the drug program under the subheading Destruction of the Rest of the Special Medicine, noting: "About 10 suitcases of medical packaging, needles, tubular instruments, etc. were sunk in the St. Lawrence River."
Bruce said eight of the report's nine pages were missing -- likely destroyed in a massive Stasi purge of highly sensitive files at the end of the Cold War. But he has no doubts about the memo's subject matter.
The documents make it clear that Stasi chief Erich Mielke saw the Games as a means to improve East Germany's standing in the world by ensuring all went well on the athletic field and that nothing went wrong away from it.
He put the fabled Markus Wolf, head of the Stasi's foreign espionage wing, in charge of Operation Finale, a tightly controlled effort to monitor East German athletes in the years leading up to the Games as well as during the 16-day sporting festival.
Many athletes had no idea the little blue pills they took contained anabolic steroids. Several later suffered serious health effects including cancer, cysts and liver problems, and female athletes delivered babies with birth defects."
Full story from CTV.ca
Saturday, 7 November 2009
French steroid and cigarette scammers based in Thailand.
When their scamming was exposed on Meso-Rx.com they even had the cheek to threaten Millard Baker with a DDOS attack.
The following message was sent to you via the MESO-Rx Contact Us form by david al tartuh (orders@steroids-center.com ).
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Delete this : Human-hgh-growth-hormone.com , a total scam!
ASAP before we attack you !
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Referring Page: Human-hgh-growth-hormone.com , a total scam!
IP Address: 118.173.149.163
User Name: Unregistered
User ID: 0
Email: orders@steroids-center.com
Host of this IP: [?]: 118.173.149.163.adsl.dynamic.totbb.net
Then to add insult to injury they threatened to attack all of Meso-Rx.com sponsors.
"Hi.
I hope you will react as mature adults to this message and that we will find a way to earn money together not the contrary.
Ok : I AM THE OWNER OF www.ysteroids.com - www.steroid1.com etc and I realised that because you published an article saying that my sites were a scam, I am not earning any money.
Here is what I will do if you do not delete this article immediately : I WILL POST ON ALL THE FORUMS, PRESS RELEASES SITES ETC ... that the following sites are a big SCAM and that I am Bill, from Connecticut and I was ripped off like my neighbour Albin by :
( List of Meso-RX's sponsors removed by SoreButtCheeks )
and all the other sites you are linking to ...
I assume you are the owners of these sites and if you are not (which I doubt) I will contact their owners and provide them a copy of this email (once my SCAM POSTS will have done their effect of course) so they will realise that you could have avoided what is happening to them and you will lost all your contracts...
I am a professional webmaster and own nearly 50 sites in total so trust me I can make sure everyone that checks any of theses companies out find one of my posts ,,, And we will both lose a lot of money... That is to me not clever at all and I think you will be smart enough to take the right decision by symply deleting this stupid page, ...
THIS IS THE ONE : http://forum.mesomorphosis.com/bodybuilding-forum/extremeironbodybuidling-com-134271204.html
Let s earn money ! Not lost some ...
I am expecting a very quick answer "
The sites these scammers operate include :-
www.Steroids-4U.com
www.Steroid1.com
www.Human-hgh-growth-hormone.com
www.Steroids-Place.com
www.SteroidsPlace.com
www.YSteroids.com
www.extremeironbodybuidling.com
www.BestPricesCigarettes.com
www.CheapPriceCigarettes.com
www.cigarette4sale.com
For more info on their scam sites you can check out this French language forum and the RippOffReport.com
The following message was sent to you via the MESO-Rx Contact Us form by david al tartuh (orders@steroids-center.com ).
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Delete this : Human-hgh-growth-hormone.com , a total scam!
ASAP before we attack you !
--------------------------------
Referring Page: Human-hgh-growth-hormone.com , a total scam!
IP Address: 118.173.149.163
User Name: Unregistered
User ID: 0
Email: orders@steroids-center.com
Host of this IP: [?]: 118.173.149.163.adsl.dynamic.totbb.net
Then to add insult to injury they threatened to attack all of Meso-Rx.com sponsors.
"Hi.
I hope you will react as mature adults to this message and that we will find a way to earn money together not the contrary.
Ok : I AM THE OWNER OF www.ysteroids.com - www.steroid1.com etc and I realised that because you published an article saying that my sites were a scam, I am not earning any money.
Here is what I will do if you do not delete this article immediately : I WILL POST ON ALL THE FORUMS, PRESS RELEASES SITES ETC ... that the following sites are a big SCAM and that I am Bill, from Connecticut and I was ripped off like my neighbour Albin by :
( List of Meso-RX's sponsors removed by SoreButtCheeks )
and all the other sites you are linking to ...
I assume you are the owners of these sites and if you are not (which I doubt) I will contact their owners and provide them a copy of this email (once my SCAM POSTS will have done their effect of course) so they will realise that you could have avoided what is happening to them and you will lost all your contracts...
I am a professional webmaster and own nearly 50 sites in total so trust me I can make sure everyone that checks any of theses companies out find one of my posts ,,, And we will both lose a lot of money... That is to me not clever at all and I think you will be smart enough to take the right decision by symply deleting this stupid page, ...
THIS IS THE ONE : http://forum.mesomorphosis.com/bodybuilding-forum/extremeironbodybuidling-com-134271204.html
Let s earn money ! Not lost some ...
I am expecting a very quick answer "
The sites these scammers operate include :-
www.Steroids-4U.com
www.Steroid1.com
www.Human-hgh-growth-hormone.com
www.Steroids-Place.com
www.SteroidsPlace.com
www.YSteroids.com
www.extremeironbodybuidling.com
www.BestPricesCigarettes.com
www.CheapPriceCigarettes.com
www.cigarette4sale.com
For more info on their scam sites you can check out this French language forum and the RippOffReport.com
Man accused of hiding prescription drugs in storage unit.
"A man in Baton Rouge on an expired student visa was arrested Friday in Baton Rouge and accused of illegally possessing thousands of doses of controlled dangerous substances.
Ali Al Khurdi, 44, hid the drugs in a storage unit he was renting at the Safeguard Self-Storage facility on Jefferson Highway, a Louisiana State Police spokesman said in a news release.
Al Khurdi admitted to investigators that he had concealed several thousand dosage units of Lortab, Xanax, and other controlled substances in the storage unit he was renting, Trooper Russell Graham II said in the release.
Al Khurdi then gave investigators consent to search the storage unit where they found more than 5,000 dosage units of Lortab, Xanax and Viagra, Graham said.
Investigators arrested Al Khurdi, 4350 Inniswold Road, and booked him into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on one count each of possession with intent to distribute hydrocodone, Alprazolam, and Viagra.
He is being held without bond and will be detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement for deportation, Graham said. Al Khurdi came into the United States on a student visa that expired in 1990.
Louisiana State Police Criminal Intelligence Unit and Narcotics Investigators worked in conjunction with Immigration and Customs Enforcement Special Agents and Secret Service Special Agents to make the arrest."
Story from 2theadvocate.comTwo resign in Mississippi amid steroid investigation.
"A Hernando police officer and firefighter have resigned in the wake of a growing investigation by the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics into an alleged case of trafficking illegal steroids.
Horn Lake city officials also confirmed Friday that MBN investigators have spoken with at least one Horn Lake police officer during the course of their investigation.
The individuals are said to be among several law enforcement and safety officers in northwest Mississippi under investigation by the MBN involving the steroid trafficking case.
Hernando Mayor Chip Johnson confirmed Friday that the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics contacted him about their plans to talk with Hernando Police Chief Mike Riley and Fire Chief Hubert Jones about their investigation into the matter.
“We know this is an active investigation by the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics,” Johnson said Friday. “We do know they have questioned some employees in our departments. As far as we know, no arrests or charges have been made at this time.”
The police officer who resigned had served as a former dispatcher and a police officer for approximately two years, Johnson said.
Riley said the MBN alerted him to the fact they planned to question several police officers as a part of their investigation.
“I know they (MBN) talked with him,” Riley said of the officer that resigned. “To what degree, I don’t know.”
Jones said the firefighter had resigned “for personal reasons.”
However, Jones acknowledged the firefighter who resigned had been questioned by MBN investigators.
“He told me that when he knew what was going on that he would come and talk to me,” Jones said. “Since my guy went ahead and resigned, I can’t give you any more answers on that.”
MBN investigators told Jones very little about the investigation.
“They (MBN) talked to me and told me when they figured out what was happening, they would let me know.”
Deloris Lewis, spokesperson for the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics, said it’s that department’s policy not to confirm or deny any ongoing investigation.
Southaven Police Chief Tom Long said he has not been contacted by MBN investigators and has no reason to believe that anyone from his department is involved.
Horn Lake Mayor Nat Baker said MBN investigators talked with one of his police officers but he has no reason to believe the policeman was involved in wrongdoing.
“They did request to talk with one of our officers,” Baker said. “He went up voluntarily and talked with them. He assured them he had not taken any (steroids). If we do have somebody who is doping, then we’ll look at them very seriously.”
Story from the DesotoTimes.com
Horn Lake city officials also confirmed Friday that MBN investigators have spoken with at least one Horn Lake police officer during the course of their investigation.
The individuals are said to be among several law enforcement and safety officers in northwest Mississippi under investigation by the MBN involving the steroid trafficking case.
Hernando Mayor Chip Johnson confirmed Friday that the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics contacted him about their plans to talk with Hernando Police Chief Mike Riley and Fire Chief Hubert Jones about their investigation into the matter.
“We know this is an active investigation by the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics,” Johnson said Friday. “We do know they have questioned some employees in our departments. As far as we know, no arrests or charges have been made at this time.”
The police officer who resigned had served as a former dispatcher and a police officer for approximately two years, Johnson said.
Riley said the MBN alerted him to the fact they planned to question several police officers as a part of their investigation.
“I know they (MBN) talked with him,” Riley said of the officer that resigned. “To what degree, I don’t know.”
Jones said the firefighter had resigned “for personal reasons.”
However, Jones acknowledged the firefighter who resigned had been questioned by MBN investigators.
“He told me that when he knew what was going on that he would come and talk to me,” Jones said. “Since my guy went ahead and resigned, I can’t give you any more answers on that.”
MBN investigators told Jones very little about the investigation.
“They (MBN) talked to me and told me when they figured out what was happening, they would let me know.”
Deloris Lewis, spokesperson for the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics, said it’s that department’s policy not to confirm or deny any ongoing investigation.
Southaven Police Chief Tom Long said he has not been contacted by MBN investigators and has no reason to believe that anyone from his department is involved.
Horn Lake Mayor Nat Baker said MBN investigators talked with one of his police officers but he has no reason to believe the policeman was involved in wrongdoing.
“They did request to talk with one of our officers,” Baker said. “He went up voluntarily and talked with them. He assured them he had not taken any (steroids). If we do have somebody who is doping, then we’ll look at them very seriously.”
Story from the DesotoTimes.com
Ex-trooper admits he had steroids.
"A former state trooper admitted in court Friday to possessing anabolic steroids, marking the second time in as two weeks that an ex-patrolman confessed to that charge.
Devan Henderson, 34, pleaded guilty in Natrona County District Court to a single count of possession of a controlled substance.
Henderson faced the possibility of up to five years behind bars before reaching a deal with prosecutors. Under the terms of the plea agreement, he could receive at most five years of probation for possessing more than three-10ths of a gram of the steroid cypiogen in 2004.
Henderson, who was represented by attorney Craig Silva, entered his plea Friday morning before Judge David Park. Henderson remains free on $2,500 bond.
Adam Longo, another former state trooper who like Henderson was based in Casper, pleaded guilty to the same charge last week. The 28-year-old also faces up to five years of probation.
Agents with the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation began investigating Henderson while engaged in a probe of Franklin Ryle Jr., a former state trooper accused of kidnapping a Wal-Mart truck driver.
In January, investigators discovered text messages that Ryle sent Henderson asking him to get rid of vials and a syringe from his work desk, according to a DCI agent's affidavit. In the text messages, Ryle referred to the items as "juice," a slang term for steroids.
Two days after authorities searched Ryle's desk and found two vials containing almost 13 grams of cypiogen, Henderson told agents that he and Ryle bought the steroids while vacationing in Mexico in April 2004. According to an affidavit, the men hauled the steroids back to Wyoming in an empty vanilla bottle in Ryle's suitcase.
While that investigation was continuing, Longo told Highway Patrol officials he had used steroids during an 18-month period ending in October 2008, according to an affidavit. He admitted to buying three vials of steroids at a Casper gym, giving one to Ryle and keeping the rest for himself.
Longo and Henderson cut ties with the Highway Patrol in August."
Story from the Billings Gazette.
There are at least two UG labs making a product called Cypiogen. I doubt the version shown in the pic above from Humano Pharmaceutical was available back in 2004.
The most famous version according to Google is from the UG Enhanced Genetics of China.
Syntrop also makes products whose names end with 'gen' but their current version of Test Cypionate is not called Cypiogen ( although it may have been in the past ).
Thursday, 5 November 2009
Interesting new doping interview with Victor Conte from BALCO.
Asked how many of those who reach the 100 metres semi-finals at the London Games could have used performance-enhancing substances in his opinion, Conte said: "I will use the term 'overwhelming majority'.
"I will not say at the competition there were drugs in their system while competing. But during the previous year, at some point during their preparation for this final, with the top-16 two semi-final races, I still believe the majority of athletes will have used some sort of prohibited substance or method."
It's a cat-and-mouse game and maybe I am the self-proclaimed greatest mouse who ever lived," said Conte, speaking with the clinical authority of a pharmacist reeling off scientific facts and studies at a rapid pace.
"I will not say at the competition there were drugs in their system while competing. But during the previous year, at some point during their preparation for this final, with the top-16 two semi-final races, I still believe the majority of athletes will have used some sort of prohibited substance or method."
It's a cat-and-mouse game and maybe I am the self-proclaimed greatest mouse who ever lived," said Conte, speaking with the clinical authority of a pharmacist reeling off scientific facts and studies at a rapid pace.
"But I know how the mice think. That is what I did for a number of years -- find out where the loopholes were and how to circumvent and defeat their policies and procedures.
"I was able to do it successfully for a number of years. I think that ironically qualifies me to make a contribution."
FDA claims "Stiff Nights" natural ED product contains sulfoaildenafil.
"The US food and drug safety watchdog warned Thursday that an over-the-counter men's sex aid, labeled as all-natural, contains a chemical similar to the active ingredient in Viagra and could be dangerous.
"'Stiff Nights', a product marketed as a dietary supplement for sexual enhancement, contains an ingredient that can dangerously lower blood pressure and is illegal," the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said in a statement.
The FDA began probing Stiff Nights after receiving a customer complaint about the product. The agency did not reveal the nature of the complaint.
The investigation found that rather than being all-natural, Stiff Nights contains sulfoaildenafil, a chemical similar to the ingredient in Viagra.
"Because this product is labeled as an all-natural dietary supplement, consumers may assume it is harmless and poses no health risk," said Deborah Autor, director of the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research Office of Compliance.
"In fact, this product is illegally marketed and can cause serious complications," she said.
Sulfoaildenafil could interact with prescription drugs known as nitrates and cause dangerously low blood pressure.
Stiff Nights is sold online and at retail stores in bottles or blister packs containing red capsules.
A bottle of 12 Stiff Nights capsules was being offered Thursday on Amazon for around 27 dollars.
Another website -- mystiffnights.com -- said the product is made with "only the finest herbs and greens."
Story from the AFP via google.
"'Stiff Nights', a product marketed as a dietary supplement for sexual enhancement, contains an ingredient that can dangerously lower blood pressure and is illegal," the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said in a statement.
The FDA began probing Stiff Nights after receiving a customer complaint about the product. The agency did not reveal the nature of the complaint.
The investigation found that rather than being all-natural, Stiff Nights contains sulfoaildenafil, a chemical similar to the ingredient in Viagra.
"Because this product is labeled as an all-natural dietary supplement, consumers may assume it is harmless and poses no health risk," said Deborah Autor, director of the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research Office of Compliance.
"In fact, this product is illegally marketed and can cause serious complications," she said.
Sulfoaildenafil could interact with prescription drugs known as nitrates and cause dangerously low blood pressure.
Stiff Nights is sold online and at retail stores in bottles or blister packs containing red capsules.
A bottle of 12 Stiff Nights capsules was being offered Thursday on Amazon for around 27 dollars.
Another website -- mystiffnights.com -- said the product is made with "only the finest herbs and greens."
Story from the AFP via google.
British Man Sentenced For Sale And Supply Of Controlled And Counterfeit Drugs.
"A 41-year-old man, Mr Harish Gami, received an eight month prison sentence suspended for two years at Aylesbury Crown Court today for the illicit sale and supply of controlled drugs as well as counterfeit and unlicensed medicines.
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) discovered more than 86,000 Valium tablets and a further 11,500 medicinal products in an undercover investigation into Gami's illegal online dealing.
The controlled drugs seized were Valium, Diazepam, Alpazolam, Clonazepam, Temazepam, Lorazepam and Zolpidem.
There was also counterfeit Viagra, Levitra and Cialis uncovered as part of the operation as well as the unlicensed erectile dysfunction drug Kamagra.
The fake drugs were stored in bin liners and shopping bags inside a wall unit under the stairs at the man's house in Aylesbury. They are believed to have been sent from Pakistan via a courier company.
MHRA Head of Enforcement, Mick Deats, said that successful prosecutions such as this send a clear signal to those contemplating the sale and supply of counterfeit medicines.
"Mr Gami was in possession of almost 100,000 doses of counterfeit and illegal medicines which would have been distributed through illegal websites."
Story from www.pharmaceuticalonline.com
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) discovered more than 86,000 Valium tablets and a further 11,500 medicinal products in an undercover investigation into Gami's illegal online dealing.
The controlled drugs seized were Valium, Diazepam, Alpazolam, Clonazepam, Temazepam, Lorazepam and Zolpidem.
There was also counterfeit Viagra, Levitra and Cialis uncovered as part of the operation as well as the unlicensed erectile dysfunction drug Kamagra.
The fake drugs were stored in bin liners and shopping bags inside a wall unit under the stairs at the man's house in Aylesbury. They are believed to have been sent from Pakistan via a courier company.
MHRA Head of Enforcement, Mick Deats, said that successful prosecutions such as this send a clear signal to those contemplating the sale and supply of counterfeit medicines.
"Mr Gami was in possession of almost 100,000 doses of counterfeit and illegal medicines which would have been distributed through illegal websites."
Story from www.pharmaceuticalonline.com
Virginia doctor gets a year in prison for prescription scam.
"A Virginia doctor who wrote tens of thousands of prescriptions for muscle relaxants and other drugs over the Internet without meeting or examining the patients has been sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison.
Dr. Torrino Jennings of Mechanicsville, Va., was also sentenced in federal court in Boston on Wednesday to three years of probation following his release.
Jennings pleaded guilty in July to seven counts of introducing misbranded drugs into interstate commerce and four counts of tax evasion.
Prosecutors say between 2004 and 2007, Jennings issued from 50,000 to 100,000 prescriptions based on forms completed for online pharmacies. Jennings was paid from $5 to $7 per prescription, but never reported the income to the Internal Revenue Service."
Story from the Associated press via google.
NYC man charged in $365K fitness Web site scam.
"A former college staffer convicted of ripping off the school raised money to repay it by roping far-flung investors into funding a fictitious online fitness magazine, prosecutors said Thursday.
Mark Andrew Moore lured people from at least six states into putting up a total of $365,000 to launch an online personal fitness forum but created only a skeletal Web site, the Manhattan District Attorney's office said.
The more than 50 victims mostly met Moore through an investment club, prosecutors said. One Massachusetts victim gave him $77,000; others pitched in an average of $5,000 each from California, Georgia, Maryland, Nevada and Virginia, according to prosecutors.
They said he spent the money on more than $100,000 in restaurant and bar tabs, a $3,500 Louis Vuitton bag, other luxuries and at least one necessity - $15,000 in restitution from a 2000 grand larceny conviction for stealing from Hunter College, where he had been a facilities manager.
Moore sent victims bogus stock certificates and held conference calls about a venture called eS-prit International Inc., billing it as an online magazine and social network letting users communicate with health and fitness experts, assistant district attorney Hope Korenstein said."
Full story from the Sanluisobispo.com
Scammers in our industry, now that is a surprise.
Mark Andrew Moore lured people from at least six states into putting up a total of $365,000 to launch an online personal fitness forum but created only a skeletal Web site, the Manhattan District Attorney's office said.
The more than 50 victims mostly met Moore through an investment club, prosecutors said. One Massachusetts victim gave him $77,000; others pitched in an average of $5,000 each from California, Georgia, Maryland, Nevada and Virginia, according to prosecutors.
They said he spent the money on more than $100,000 in restaurant and bar tabs, a $3,500 Louis Vuitton bag, other luxuries and at least one necessity - $15,000 in restitution from a 2000 grand larceny conviction for stealing from Hunter College, where he had been a facilities manager.
Moore sent victims bogus stock certificates and held conference calls about a venture called eS-prit International Inc., billing it as an online magazine and social network letting users communicate with health and fitness experts, assistant district attorney Hope Korenstein said."
Full story from the Sanluisobispo.com
Scammers in our industry, now that is a surprise.
Former Tour de France winner Oscar Pereiro forced to undergo doping test in restaurant
"Former Tour de France winner Oscar Pereiro was forced to undergo a doping control while on his way to the toilet in a restaurant. The 2006 Tour winner was stopped in view of other customers and subsequently required to provide a urine and blood sample. "That is unhygienic and humiliating," Pereiro told the local La Voz de Galicia newspaper. The incident happened on Wednesday as the Caisse d'Epargne rider was dining with friends.
Pereiro was contacted by the controllers from the world cycling body UCI at the restaurant as they had failed to reach him at his house. They suggested meeting him in the lobby of the hotel but the rider refused. The 32-year-old broke no rules as he was present between eight and nine in the morning on the day in question for any dope test as required.
Pereiro was named Tour winner three years ago after American Floyd Landis was disqualified and subsequently banned for testing positive for testosterone."
Story from EarthTimes.org
Pereiro was contacted by the controllers from the world cycling body UCI at the restaurant as they had failed to reach him at his house. They suggested meeting him in the lobby of the hotel but the rider refused. The 32-year-old broke no rules as he was present between eight and nine in the morning on the day in question for any dope test as required.
Pereiro was named Tour winner three years ago after American Floyd Landis was disqualified and subsequently banned for testing positive for testosterone."
Story from EarthTimes.org
Steroids Ring Under Investigation in Desoto County, Mississippi.
"FOX13 News has learned through multiple sources that a large scale investigation into the trafficking of illegal steroids is taking place in Desoto County.
Indictments are expected to be forthcoming in the next two weeks."
Story from MyFoxMempis.com
Shipments of potentially dangerous cosmetics from third world countries are routinely checked by Customs so IMHO this was not the greatest smuggling idea.
The investigation centers around a Hernando Mississippi Fireman and Police officer who were allegedly receiving large shipments of steroids from overseas disguised as cosmetics.
The investigation not only centers around Hernando's Police and fire departments, but also includes investigations into officers with Horn Lake, Southaven, Walls and Hernando Police Department, as well as investigations into the Southaven, Horn Lake, Walls and Hernando Fire Departments.
The investigation also includes several North Mississippi Public officialsIndictments are expected to be forthcoming in the next two weeks."
Story from MyFoxMempis.com
Shipments of potentially dangerous cosmetics from third world countries are routinely checked by Customs so IMHO this was not the greatest smuggling idea.
Wednesday, 4 November 2009
Pfizer revamps anti-counterfeit campaign : "Realdanger. Get Real, Get a Prescription"
I'm not a big fan of Pfizer and the high prices they charge but I did find the UG lab cartoon above rather funny. If you would like to see the rest of the new campaign go to RealDanger.co.uk ( not sure if the same campaign is running stateside ).
Tuesday, 3 November 2009
BODYBUILDING.COM product recall.
"As part of its ongoing cooperation with the Food and Drug Administration ("FDA"), Bodybuilding.com, LLC (the “Company") announced today that it is conducting a voluntary nationwide and international recall of all lots and expiration dates of 65 dietary supplement products (the "Recalled Products") described on the attached list, that were sold through the Company's website, www.bodybuilding.com.
RECALLED PRODUCT LIST
Brand Name
4Ever Fit D-Drol
Advanced Muscle Science Dienedrone
Advanced Muscle Science Liquidrone UTT
Anabolic Xtreme Hyperdrol X2
APS (aka Advanced Muscle Science) Mastavol
APS (aka Advanced Muscle Science) Revamp
APS (aka Advanced Muscle Science) Ultra Mass Stack
APS (aka Advanced Muscle Science) Ripped Stack
Better Body Sports Finadex
Black China Labs Straight Drol
Black China Labs Straight Phlexed
Body Conditioning Solutions TestraFLEX
Bjorklund Methyldrostanolone
BOSC Enterprises Epi-Tren
BOSC Enterprises Magna Drol
Chaparral Labs Epivol
Chaparral Labs Pheravol-V
Competitive Edge Labs M-Drol
Competitive Edge Labs P-Plex
Competitive Edge Labs X-tren
Diabolic Labs Epio-Plex
Diabolic Labs Finabolic 50
Diabolic Labs Revenge
Ergopharm 6-OXO
Ergopharm 6-OXO Extreme
EST (aka Engineered Sports Technology) MethAnstance
Extreme Labs Susto-Test Depot
Fizogen ON Cycle II Hardcore
G.E.T/ (Genetic Edge Technologies) SUS-500
G.E.T/ (Genetic Edge Technologies) Tren-250
Hardcore Formulations T-Roid
I Force Nutrition 1,4 AD Bold 200
I Force Dymethazine/Reversitol Combo Pack
I Force Reversitol
I Force Nutrition 17a PheraFLEX
I Force Nutrition Dymethazine
I Force Nutrition Methadrol
IDS (aka Innovative Delivery Systems) Bromodrol
IDS (aka Innovative Delivery Systems) Grow Tabs TR
IDS (aka Innovative Delivery Systems) Mass Tabs
IDS (aka Innovative Delivery Systems) Oxodrol Pro
IDS (aka Innovative Delivery Systems) Ripped Tabs TR
IDS (aka Innovative Delivery Systems) Rapid Release
Ripped Tabs
Kilo Sports Massdrol
Kilo Sports Phera-Mass
Kilo Sports Trenadrol
Monster Caps Monster Caps
Myogenix Spawn
Nutra Coastal D-Stianozol
Nutra Coastal H-Drol
Nutra Coastal MDIT
Nutra Coastal S-Drol
Nutra Coastal Trena
Performance Anabolics Methastadrol
Performance Anabolics Tri-Methyl X
Purus Labs E-pol Inslinsified
Purus Labs Nasty Mass
Rage RV2
Rage RV3
Rage RV4
Rage RV5
Redefine Nutrition Finaflex 550-XD
Redefine Nutrition Finaflex Ripped
Transform Supplements Forged Extreme Mass
Transform Supplements Forged Lean Mass
Full story from the FDA.
RECALLED PRODUCT LIST
Brand Name
4Ever Fit D-Drol
Advanced Muscle Science Dienedrone
Advanced Muscle Science Liquidrone UTT
Anabolic Xtreme Hyperdrol X2
APS (aka Advanced Muscle Science) Mastavol
APS (aka Advanced Muscle Science) Revamp
APS (aka Advanced Muscle Science) Ultra Mass Stack
APS (aka Advanced Muscle Science) Ripped Stack
Better Body Sports Finadex
Black China Labs Straight Drol
Black China Labs Straight Phlexed
Body Conditioning Solutions TestraFLEX
Bjorklund Methyldrostanolone
BOSC Enterprises Epi-Tren
BOSC Enterprises Magna Drol
Chaparral Labs Epivol
Chaparral Labs Pheravol-V
Competitive Edge Labs M-Drol
Competitive Edge Labs P-Plex
Competitive Edge Labs X-tren
Diabolic Labs Epio-Plex
Diabolic Labs Finabolic 50
Diabolic Labs Revenge
Ergopharm 6-OXO
Ergopharm 6-OXO Extreme
EST (aka Engineered Sports Technology) MethAnstance
Extreme Labs Susto-Test Depot
Fizogen ON Cycle II Hardcore
G.E.T/ (Genetic Edge Technologies) SUS-500
G.E.T/ (Genetic Edge Technologies) Tren-250
Hardcore Formulations T-Roid
I Force Nutrition 1,4 AD Bold 200
I Force Dymethazine/Reversitol Combo Pack
I Force Reversitol
I Force Nutrition 17a PheraFLEX
I Force Nutrition Dymethazine
I Force Nutrition Methadrol
IDS (aka Innovative Delivery Systems) Bromodrol
IDS (aka Innovative Delivery Systems) Grow Tabs TR
IDS (aka Innovative Delivery Systems) Mass Tabs
IDS (aka Innovative Delivery Systems) Oxodrol Pro
IDS (aka Innovative Delivery Systems) Ripped Tabs TR
IDS (aka Innovative Delivery Systems) Rapid Release
Ripped Tabs
Kilo Sports Massdrol
Kilo Sports Phera-Mass
Kilo Sports Trenadrol
Monster Caps Monster Caps
Myogenix Spawn
Nutra Coastal D-Stianozol
Nutra Coastal H-Drol
Nutra Coastal MDIT
Nutra Coastal S-Drol
Nutra Coastal Trena
Performance Anabolics Methastadrol
Performance Anabolics Tri-Methyl X
Purus Labs E-pol Inslinsified
Purus Labs Nasty Mass
Rage RV2
Rage RV3
Rage RV4
Rage RV5
Redefine Nutrition Finaflex 550-XD
Redefine Nutrition Finaflex Ripped
Transform Supplements Forged Extreme Mass
Transform Supplements Forged Lean Mass
Full story from the FDA.
Trooper pleads not guilty to steroid charge.
Suspended Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper Jeffrey Jerman waived a formal arraignment Monday and pleaded not guilty to a charge of delivery of a controlled substance stemming from his alleged sale of steroids to a police informant.
Jerman, free on a personal recognizance bond since his Sept. 11 arrest, declined comment after his brief courtroom appearance, as did his attorney, Alan Brown. State District Judge Steve Ables set a pretrial hearing for Jan. 4 and a potential trial date in March.
Story from MySanAntonio.com
Monday, 2 November 2009
Dubai's Ministry of Health stops shipment of 1.75m fake Viagra tablets.
"The Ministry of Health seized 1.75 million fake Viagra pills at customs clearance in the Ghuwaifat checkpoint.
A company was trying to clear the fake drug to be exported.
The border authorities refused to let the shipment through and returned it to Ghuwaifat, where it was held after the Registration and Control Department at the Ministry of Health found out that the shipment of 86 boxes containing 1,750,000 Viagra tablets was not registered at the ministry.
Dr Ameen Bin Hussain Al Amiri, executive director for Medical Practices and Licensing at the ministry, said the seized drugs were prohibited and not legally registered.
He said the company obtained a certificate of origin from a chamber of commerce and industry in the UAE to export the shipment, without referring to the Ministry of Health to ensure that the drug is registered and safe for use.
The ministry informed Abu Dhabi Police to take official procedures and hold the shipment and any other amounts that may be available at the company's warehouses in a northern emirate.
Concerned bodies were informed to find out how the shipment entered the country, and chambers of commerce were asked to stop issuing certificates of origin for drugs before obtaining the ministry's approval."
Story from Gulfnews.com
A company was trying to clear the fake drug to be exported.
The border authorities refused to let the shipment through and returned it to Ghuwaifat, where it was held after the Registration and Control Department at the Ministry of Health found out that the shipment of 86 boxes containing 1,750,000 Viagra tablets was not registered at the ministry.
Dr Ameen Bin Hussain Al Amiri, executive director for Medical Practices and Licensing at the ministry, said the seized drugs were prohibited and not legally registered.
He said the company obtained a certificate of origin from a chamber of commerce and industry in the UAE to export the shipment, without referring to the Ministry of Health to ensure that the drug is registered and safe for use.
The ministry informed Abu Dhabi Police to take official procedures and hold the shipment and any other amounts that may be available at the company's warehouses in a northern emirate.
Concerned bodies were informed to find out how the shipment entered the country, and chambers of commerce were asked to stop issuing certificates of origin for drugs before obtaining the ministry's approval."
Story from Gulfnews.com
Golfer Doug Barron is 1st to violate PGA Tour drug policy.
"Doug Barron, a 40-year-old journeyman who lost his tour card three years ago, became the first player to be suspended by the PGA Tour for testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance.
Barron was immediately suspended for one year, the PGA Tour said Monday. He played eight full seasons on the tour, with his best finish a tie for third at the Byron Nelson Championship in 2006.
"I would like to apologize for any negative perception of the tour of its players resulting from my suspension," Barron said in a statement released by the tour. "I want my fellow tour members and the fans to know that I did not intend to gain an unfair competitive advantage or enhance my performance while on tour."
The tour announced the suspension about two hours before the World Golf Hall of Fame induction ceremony. The tour said it would have no further comment, and Barron's agent did not immediately return a call.
Under its doping policy, the tour announces a suspension but does not disclose what substance a player used. The tour did not start random testing until July 2008, which includes its second-tier Nationwide Tour."
Full story from AP via Google.
Sunday, 1 November 2009
British steroid gang members jailed for sending funds to China and Thailand.
Three fitness club members have been jailed for their role in a huge plot to import steroids and growth hormones from the Far East.
David Newcombe, Kevin Lewis and David Fletcher were recruited by others linked to the Darlington gym to wire money to China and Thailand to buy the drugs.
The trio were paid £50 a time and received an occasional bottle of whisky for transferring the money, usually £3,000 to £4,000, a court heard.
Fletcher’s 60 transactions totalled £191,000 in 18 months, Newcombe was involved for three years and wired £122,000, while Lewis made 19 transfers, amounting to £56,000.
Teesside Crown Court heard yesterday the men were “spokes in the wheel, and not the hub”, and the money was provided by another, un-named, man.
Judge George Moorhouse was told that the import and purchase of the muscle-boosting drugs is not illegal, but the onward sale of them in the UK is against the law.
The trio pleaded guilty to transferring criminal property – knowing or suspecting that the money came from the sales of the products by the plot leaders.
Fletcher, from Middlesbrough, was jailed for three years; Newcombe, from Darlington, received 18 months; and Lewis, also from Darlington, got nine months.
The court heard the men probably never knew one another and were recruited independently.
Dan Cordey, in mitigation, said Lewis, of Teal Road, played a lesser role for 13 months, and wired money only to Thailand for steroids, never for growth hormones.
He described the 46-year-old as naive and stupid and said he became involved after he was assured the plot was legitimate, even though he suspected it might not be.
Mr Cordey said: “He foolishly took the view it was none of his business, and took the stupid risk to make some cash-in-hand.”
John Ellwood, for businessman Fletcher, 38, of Wyke Lane, Nunthorpe, said: “At first, what he did, was not something that he thought was wrong.
“But as time went on and the number of transactions grew, at some stage during that he must have realised that questions should have been asked and he chose not to.”
No mitigation was given on behalf of Newcombe, 41. The court was told that ten boxes of growth hormones were found at his home, in Truman Grove, when he was arrested last year."
Story from TheNorthernEcho.co.uk
The penalties seem rather severe to me.
David Newcombe, Kevin Lewis and David Fletcher were recruited by others linked to the Darlington gym to wire money to China and Thailand to buy the drugs.
The trio were paid £50 a time and received an occasional bottle of whisky for transferring the money, usually £3,000 to £4,000, a court heard.
Fletcher’s 60 transactions totalled £191,000 in 18 months, Newcombe was involved for three years and wired £122,000, while Lewis made 19 transfers, amounting to £56,000.
Teesside Crown Court heard yesterday the men were “spokes in the wheel, and not the hub”, and the money was provided by another, un-named, man.
Judge George Moorhouse was told that the import and purchase of the muscle-boosting drugs is not illegal, but the onward sale of them in the UK is against the law.
The trio pleaded guilty to transferring criminal property – knowing or suspecting that the money came from the sales of the products by the plot leaders.
Fletcher, from Middlesbrough, was jailed for three years; Newcombe, from Darlington, received 18 months; and Lewis, also from Darlington, got nine months.
The court heard the men probably never knew one another and were recruited independently.
Dan Cordey, in mitigation, said Lewis, of Teal Road, played a lesser role for 13 months, and wired money only to Thailand for steroids, never for growth hormones.
He described the 46-year-old as naive and stupid and said he became involved after he was assured the plot was legitimate, even though he suspected it might not be.
Mr Cordey said: “He foolishly took the view it was none of his business, and took the stupid risk to make some cash-in-hand.”
John Ellwood, for businessman Fletcher, 38, of Wyke Lane, Nunthorpe, said: “At first, what he did, was not something that he thought was wrong.
“But as time went on and the number of transactions grew, at some stage during that he must have realised that questions should have been asked and he chose not to.”
No mitigation was given on behalf of Newcombe, 41. The court was told that ten boxes of growth hormones were found at his home, in Truman Grove, when he was arrested last year."
Story from TheNorthernEcho.co.uk
The penalties seem rather severe to me.
Friday, 30 October 2009
Hell Fire Labs operators sentenced.
"Thirty-six-year-old Kristen Mealer, of Timbo, Ark., was sentenced to nine months in prison and two years of supervised release.
Thirty-seven-year-old David Edward Retter, of Vandergrift, was sentenced to six months in prison, six months home confinement and two years of supervised release.
Agents raided Mealer's home and Arkansas business, Stone County Fitness Center, as part of the investigation. Prosecutors say the pair conspired with others to distribute more than 189,000 doses of anabolic steroids from January 2007 until the ring was broken up in February 2008.
They were sentenced Friday in U.S. District Court in Pittsburgh."
Story from TodaysTHV.com
Plea agreement made in May 2009 :
"According to the plea agreement, Miss Mealer has agreed to cooperate with the investigation and could earn a reduction in her recommended sentencing range of 24 to 30 months. He will be sentenced by U.S. District Judge Arthur J. Schwab on Oct. 30 and will remain free until then."
Thirty-seven-year-old David Edward Retter, of Vandergrift, was sentenced to six months in prison, six months home confinement and two years of supervised release.
Agents raided Mealer's home and Arkansas business, Stone County Fitness Center, as part of the investigation. Prosecutors say the pair conspired with others to distribute more than 189,000 doses of anabolic steroids from January 2007 until the ring was broken up in February 2008.
They were sentenced Friday in U.S. District Court in Pittsburgh."
Story from TodaysTHV.com
Plea agreement made in May 2009 :
"According to the plea agreement, Miss Mealer has agreed to cooperate with the investigation and could earn a reduction in her recommended sentencing range of 24 to 30 months. He will be sentenced by U.S. District Judge Arthur J. Schwab on Oct. 30 and will remain free until then."
Woman convicted of selling human growth hormone.
"A Los Angeles-area woman has been convicted for smuggling human growth hormone into the United States, then selling it over the Internet to doctors and spas across the country.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which led the probe, said Friday that 61-year-old Rana J. Hunter, of Marina del Rey, had been convicted in U.S. District Court on eight criminal counts, including smuggling goods into the United States, knowingly distributing growth hormone for a use unauthorized by law and identity theft.
Prosecutors say Hunter's business also claimed to offer Botox. Samples tested turned out to be fake.
Hunter, who has been imprisoned since her July 2008 arrest, faces a maximum penalty of 39 years in federal prison."
Story from MercuryNews.com
The original bust story ( from before this blog started ) :
"The investigation leading to Hunter's arrest began in March 2007 after ICE agents in Los Angeles received a lead from ICE's Cyber Crimes Center in Virginia. According to the case affidavit, during the ensuing probe, U.S. Customs and Border Protection ( CBP ) officers intercepted numerous packages containing vials of HGH and counterfeit Botox from China that were addressed to the Marina Del Rey mailbox listed on the Internet as Westgate's business address. The parcels were mislabeled variously as synthetic hair pieces, plastic molds and "sample iron oxide."
Within the last two months, an ICE undercover agent, posing as a supplier for clinics and spas, contacted the phone number listed for Westgate on the Internet. As described in the affidavit, the ICE undercover agent ultimately made two buys, including multiple vials of HGH and a substance purported to be Botox, along with syringes and needles. A subsequent laboratory analysis revealed the HGH was genuine, but the substance being sold as Botox contained no evidence of the Botulinum toxin."
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which led the probe, said Friday that 61-year-old Rana J. Hunter, of Marina del Rey, had been convicted in U.S. District Court on eight criminal counts, including smuggling goods into the United States, knowingly distributing growth hormone for a use unauthorized by law and identity theft.
Prosecutors say Hunter's business also claimed to offer Botox. Samples tested turned out to be fake.
Hunter, who has been imprisoned since her July 2008 arrest, faces a maximum penalty of 39 years in federal prison."
Story from MercuryNews.com
The original bust story ( from before this blog started ) :
"The investigation leading to Hunter's arrest began in March 2007 after ICE agents in Los Angeles received a lead from ICE's Cyber Crimes Center in Virginia. According to the case affidavit, during the ensuing probe, U.S. Customs and Border Protection ( CBP ) officers intercepted numerous packages containing vials of HGH and counterfeit Botox from China that were addressed to the Marina Del Rey mailbox listed on the Internet as Westgate's business address. The parcels were mislabeled variously as synthetic hair pieces, plastic molds and "sample iron oxide."
Within the last two months, an ICE undercover agent, posing as a supplier for clinics and spas, contacted the phone number listed for Westgate on the Internet. As described in the affidavit, the ICE undercover agent ultimately made two buys, including multiple vials of HGH and a substance purported to be Botox, along with syringes and needles. A subsequent laboratory analysis revealed the HGH was genuine, but the substance being sold as Botox contained no evidence of the Botulinum toxin."
Repros Therapeutics settles with creditors, new hope for Androxal FDA approval.
"The creditor settlement is an important first step in addressing our balance sheet issues and allows us to continue our Androxal® program for the immediate future while we pursue additional financing and strategic options. We have recently submitted a request for a Type C meeting with the FDA to discuss our latest findings for Androxal."
Mr. Podolski continued: "We hope to determine with the FDA whether the previously reported preservation of fertility while being treated for secondary hypogonadism is a clinically relevant outcome which would allow for a clear clinical path for Androxal, an oral treatment that restores testicular function. There can be no assurances that the FDA will deem fertility preservation during treatment as clinically relevant and sufficient to support efficacy of the drug.
Previously Repros showed Androxal to be non inferior to Androgel when comparing circulating testosterone levels. Androgel is a topical testosterone gel and the leading testosterone treatment with reported US sales of over $400 million. Unlike Androgel or exogenous testosterone treatments in general, Androxal does not suppress the hypothalamic-pituitary-testes axis as evidenced by secretion of normal pituitary hormones as well as normalization of testicular production of testosterone and sperm when hypogonadal men are administered Androxal."
Full story from Reuters.com
Mr. Podolski continued: "We hope to determine with the FDA whether the previously reported preservation of fertility while being treated for secondary hypogonadism is a clinically relevant outcome which would allow for a clear clinical path for Androxal, an oral treatment that restores testicular function. There can be no assurances that the FDA will deem fertility preservation during treatment as clinically relevant and sufficient to support efficacy of the drug.
Previously Repros showed Androxal to be non inferior to Androgel when comparing circulating testosterone levels. Androgel is a topical testosterone gel and the leading testosterone treatment with reported US sales of over $400 million. Unlike Androgel or exogenous testosterone treatments in general, Androxal does not suppress the hypothalamic-pituitary-testes axis as evidenced by secretion of normal pituitary hormones as well as normalization of testicular production of testosterone and sperm when hypogonadal men are administered Androxal."
Full story from Reuters.com
Hulk Hogan interviewed by Time.com
"In your book, you talked about steroids — how they were legal and really common when you first started out ?
I just drank an iced tea here with lunch. If next year they say iced tea is worse than steroids, I'll probably quit drinking that too. But at the time it was legal, just like drinking an iced tea is legal. The baseball players, the football players, the hockey players — everybody I knew in every professional sport was using it to up their game, or to heal injuries, or to stay at their peak. And everybody thought it was safe."
Full story on Time.com
I just drank an iced tea here with lunch. If next year they say iced tea is worse than steroids, I'll probably quit drinking that too. But at the time it was legal, just like drinking an iced tea is legal. The baseball players, the football players, the hockey players — everybody I knew in every professional sport was using it to up their game, or to heal injuries, or to stay at their peak. And everybody thought it was safe."
Full story on Time.com
Crimestoppers tip leads to steroid bust, arrest.
Pro 8 News is there as the Webb county sheriff's departments in conjunction with I.C.E. raid two homes in west Laredo.
They had been conducting surveillance for several weeks on the homes and today they hit the jackpot.
The incident occurred in the two thousand block of Camp Street. There, sheriff's deputies with the narcotics team found an unusual controlled substance.
After intensive investigation deputies found several doses of steroids. Some of the doses were in syringes others were still in bottles. Agents also found surveillance cameras along the side of one house.
Video on this link. ( was the SWAT team really necessary ? )
They had been conducting surveillance for several weeks on the homes and today they hit the jackpot.
The incident occurred in the two thousand block of Camp Street. There, sheriff's deputies with the narcotics team found an unusual controlled substance.
After intensive investigation deputies found several doses of steroids. Some of the doses were in syringes others were still in bottles. Agents also found surveillance cameras along the side of one house.
Video on this link. ( was the SWAT team really necessary ? )
Thursday, 29 October 2009
"Britanski Dragon" and Ret bust story on Russian TV.
Discovered via Ronny T's post on the BodyOfScience.com forum.
October 26-2009 Bodybuilders on trial for smuggling steroids
( English is poor as it's a google translation from Russian )
On Monday in Moscow began the trial of the sellers of steroids. A group of bodybuilders start supplying banned anabolic steroids in the United States. As they say in Moscow narkopolitseyskie such cases they have not yet. American athletes under the trademark "British Dragon" label from Thailand relies on Russia for drugs made in Moldova. The FBI is unable to unravel.
These cadres operatives Moscow drug control during the filming, surveillance as the prime suspect. Dmitry Koshuba-looking sports man. Here he goes home with a fairly hefty bag, inside which the parcel. And so day after day. From house to mail. Always in the same department. Staff Mail said: loyal customers a little, and such a colorful man they remembered immediately.
"He's not fat, but as if pumped. Bodybuilder or something" - said an employee mail.
The box indicated the contents of a parcel - food additives, the material value - three hundred rubles, the address of the recipient. That's so simple, almost commonplace, according to narkopolitseyskih, worked well-established channel of delivery in the United States of anabolic steroids. They are forbidden for the free circulation of the ocean as well as in Russia. Considered potent substances.
In essence, anabolics - a hormonal medications. They have properties to increase muscle mass man. According to some experts, with the regular use by athletes may cause dependence, similar to the drug. Similarly it is proved that non-therapeutic method anabolics destroys the body.
"All the drugs were smuggled. Supplies are available from Moldova and China. Packaging printed and distributed from Thailand, where he was their accomplice, a man named Richard, who was also detained service of the U.S. service anti-drug", - said Ivan Elisavetchenko, Head of Control Service the licit drug control the RF Federal Drug Control Service in Moscow.
U.S. intelligence has long tried to calculate the feed supply in their country of anabolic steroids, but eventually came out only to the press. And only then from the Moscow narkopolitseyskih learned the names of the suppliers. As investigators believe, tablets and capsules, by the way, produced at the underground plant, packaged and packed associates Dmitry Koshuba at home. Ready Party is bare, and he sends them to America. On boxes and jars glued obtained from the Thai label company with a great name British Dragon Pharmaceuticals.
"This company does not exist, - says Ivan Elisavetchenko. - It was invented by Koshuba along with his accomplice, Richard. The name was also false. But among those who use these drugs, the company was widely known. All felt that the existing legal pharmaceutical company. What is understandable: the quality of drugs was at altitude. As they say narkopolitseyskie, hence such a sporty look very Dmitry Koshuba: what to trade, then he swallowed.
There was a sale exclusively through the Internet. There, an American customer placed the order, received the parcel only after wholly prepaid. It frames the search in the mansion Dmitry Koshuba. Police believed the money very long.
In the dock - Five people, including members of Russia's customs, who helped parcels safely pass mandatory monitoring and verification of content.
Pleaded trade potent substances, smuggling and organizing group accused not guilty and demanded that their case examined the jury.
If you ordered from Ret I suggest you watch the video on this link.
Seizure of drugs in England and Wales 2009 statistics.
"Seizures of anabolic steroids increased by 53 percent to 802, which is the highest total since records began for this drug type in 1996"
Full report on www.homeoffice.gov.uk
1996 was the year that steroids were re-classified from POM to Class C.
Approx half the seizures in the report were made by local Police forces the other half by UK Customs.
There's no information in the report on how many of the seizures resulted in prosecutions.
Full report on www.homeoffice.gov.uk
1996 was the year that steroids were re-classified from POM to Class C.
Approx half the seizures in the report were made by local Police forces the other half by UK Customs.
There's no information in the report on how many of the seizures resulted in prosecutions.
Kidney Damage Another Consequence of Anabolic Steroids.
Anabolic steroids, taken by some athletes to build muscle and strength, can cause kidney disease, new research suggests.
Doctors haven't previously realized that the steroids, which are known to cause many health problems, also can seriously harm the kidneys.
In the new study, Dr. Leal Herlitz, of Columbia University Medical Center in New York City, and her colleagues studied 10 bodybuilders who were long-time users of steroids. The patients had begun to leak protein into their urine and had lost kidney function.
Tests showed that all but one of the bodybuilders developed a kidney-scarring condition known as focal segmental glomerulosclerosis.
According to the researchers, the condition develops when the kidneys are overworked. The kidney scarring in the study patients was worse than is sometimes seen in morbidly obese people, the study authors noted in a news release from the American Society of Nephrology.
However, there was some good news: Except for one, who went on to develop end-stage kidney failure and needed dialysis, the kidneys of the bodybuilders improved when they stopped taking the steroids, although one patient relapsed upon taking steroids again.
The researchers suspect that rapidly increasing muscle mass puts a lot of strain on kidneys, and the steroids themselves can be toxic to the organs.
Full story from USNews.com
High protein diets and uncontrolled high blood pressure could also be to blame.
Doctors haven't previously realized that the steroids, which are known to cause many health problems, also can seriously harm the kidneys.
In the new study, Dr. Leal Herlitz, of Columbia University Medical Center in New York City, and her colleagues studied 10 bodybuilders who were long-time users of steroids. The patients had begun to leak protein into their urine and had lost kidney function.
Tests showed that all but one of the bodybuilders developed a kidney-scarring condition known as focal segmental glomerulosclerosis.
According to the researchers, the condition develops when the kidneys are overworked. The kidney scarring in the study patients was worse than is sometimes seen in morbidly obese people, the study authors noted in a news release from the American Society of Nephrology.
However, there was some good news: Except for one, who went on to develop end-stage kidney failure and needed dialysis, the kidneys of the bodybuilders improved when they stopped taking the steroids, although one patient relapsed upon taking steroids again.
The researchers suspect that rapidly increasing muscle mass puts a lot of strain on kidneys, and the steroids themselves can be toxic to the organs.
Full story from USNews.com
High protein diets and uncontrolled high blood pressure could also be to blame.
Bulk rHGH only $1 million per kg :-)
TransGenRx, a Baton Rouge biotech firm that produces specialized proteins, has won a contract worth up to $30 million to make human-growth hormone for Laboratorio Pablo Cassara SRL, an Argentine drug-maker.
The contract calls for TransGenRx Inc. to make 66 pounds of human-growth hormone in the next 12 to 18 months, company President William Fioretti said Wednesday.
TransGenRx will be paid roughly $1 million for every kilogram, or 2.2 pounds, of the hormone. It’s used to treat abnormally short children and adults who don’t produce enough of the hormone.
Story from 2theadvocate.com
The contract calls for TransGenRx Inc. to make 66 pounds of human-growth hormone in the next 12 to 18 months, company President William Fioretti said Wednesday.
TransGenRx will be paid roughly $1 million for every kilogram, or 2.2 pounds, of the hormone. It’s used to treat abnormally short children and adults who don’t produce enough of the hormone.
Story from 2theadvocate.com
Spanish UG busted for producing fake ED meds, Botox, Xanax etc
Calpe was the location of a raid by police which uncovered over 150,000 fake Viagra pills, the biggest haul of dodgy Viagra tablets ever found in Spain. The police arrested five people in connection with “producing pharmaceuticals without any sanitary control”.
It is understood that the drugs were distributed via a courier company, after their customers purchased the “little blue pills’ via the internet. The “company” also distributed BZP (benzylpiperazine) powder, Xanax (anxiolytic) and Kamagra, whose effects are similar to those of Viagra, among other products.
Those detained were also producing a version of Botox, a potentially dangerous drug, as it works by poisoning the patient, so any variation in the substance could have serious consequences.
Story from SpanishNews.es
It is understood that the drugs were distributed via a courier company, after their customers purchased the “little blue pills’ via the internet. The “company” also distributed BZP (benzylpiperazine) powder, Xanax (anxiolytic) and Kamagra, whose effects are similar to those of Viagra, among other products.
Those detained were also producing a version of Botox, a potentially dangerous drug, as it works by poisoning the patient, so any variation in the substance could have serious consequences.
Story from SpanishNews.es
Wired.com article on domestic site selling Botox and HCG without prescription.
A website that sells a prescription drug similar to Botox without requiring a prescription claims it has more than 2,000 customers. Some have learned how to inject the botulism-derived drug into their own faces from YouTube videos produced for the site.
Discountmedspa sells a variety of other DIY cosmetic treatments, including prescription Renova, and lip-filling gels. The botulinum toxin-derivative for sale on the site is Dysport, produced by the pharmaceutical company Ipsen and is a competitor of Allergan’s Botox. The site simply calls it “the Freeze.”
A Grand Prairie, Texas, woman, Laurie D’Alleva, who appears to be the site’s proprietor, performs treatments on herself in self-made videos posted to the site’s YouTube channel. In one video, D’Alleva pulls out a vial of what is presumably Dysport and a syringe filled with saline.
“It’s important to remember that you are mixing the potency of the botox,” she says, mixing the contents of the vial with the saline solution. She then injects her forehead and the areas around her eyes.
Full story from Wired.com
I'm expecting the site's female owner to be busted by the end of the year :-(
Discountmedspa sells a variety of other DIY cosmetic treatments, including prescription Renova, and lip-filling gels. The botulinum toxin-derivative for sale on the site is Dysport, produced by the pharmaceutical company Ipsen and is a competitor of Allergan’s Botox. The site simply calls it “the Freeze.”
A Grand Prairie, Texas, woman, Laurie D’Alleva, who appears to be the site’s proprietor, performs treatments on herself in self-made videos posted to the site’s YouTube channel. In one video, D’Alleva pulls out a vial of what is presumably Dysport and a syringe filled with saline.
“It’s important to remember that you are mixing the potency of the botox,” she says, mixing the contents of the vial with the saline solution. She then injects her forehead and the areas around her eyes.
Full story from Wired.com
I'm expecting the site's female owner to be busted by the end of the year :-(
Wednesday, 28 October 2009
Study finds moderate amounts of protein per meal found best for building muscle.
The study's results, obtained by measuring muscle synthesis rates in volunteers who consumed different amounts of lean beef, show that only about the first 30 grams (just over one ounce) of dietary protein consumed in a meal actually produce muscle.
"We knew from previous work that consuming 30 grams of protein -- or the equivalent of approximately 4 ounces of chicken, fish, dairy, soy, or, in this case, lean beef -- increased the rate of muscle protein synthesis by 50 percent in young and older adults," said associate professor Douglas Paddon-Jones, senior author of a paper on the study published in the September issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association. "We asked if 4 ounces of beef gives you a 50 percent increase, would 12 ounces, containing 90 grams of protein, give you a further increase?"
The UTMB researchers tested this possibility by feeding 17 young and 17 elderly volunteers identical 4- or 12-ounce portions of lean beef. Using blood samples and thigh muscle biopsies, they then determined the subjects' muscle protein synthesis rates following each of the meals.
"In young and old adults, we saw that 12 ounces gave exactly the same increase in muscle protein synthesis as 4 ounces," Paddon-Jones says. "This suggests that at around 30 grams of protein per meal, maybe a little less, muscle protein synthesis hits an upper ceiling. I think this has a lot of application for how we design meals and make menu recommendations for both young and older adults."
Full story from ScienceDaily.com
"We knew from previous work that consuming 30 grams of protein -- or the equivalent of approximately 4 ounces of chicken, fish, dairy, soy, or, in this case, lean beef -- increased the rate of muscle protein synthesis by 50 percent in young and older adults," said associate professor Douglas Paddon-Jones, senior author of a paper on the study published in the September issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association. "We asked if 4 ounces of beef gives you a 50 percent increase, would 12 ounces, containing 90 grams of protein, give you a further increase?"
The UTMB researchers tested this possibility by feeding 17 young and 17 elderly volunteers identical 4- or 12-ounce portions of lean beef. Using blood samples and thigh muscle biopsies, they then determined the subjects' muscle protein synthesis rates following each of the meals.
"In young and old adults, we saw that 12 ounces gave exactly the same increase in muscle protein synthesis as 4 ounces," Paddon-Jones says. "This suggests that at around 30 grams of protein per meal, maybe a little less, muscle protein synthesis hits an upper ceiling. I think this has a lot of application for how we design meals and make menu recommendations for both young and older adults."
Full story from ScienceDaily.com
Former trooper pleads guilty to possession of steroids.
A former state trooper will likely avoid jail time after admitting in court Tuesday to possessing anabolic steroids.
Asked by a judge how he wanted to plead to the charge of possession of a controlled substance, Adam Longo replied, "Your honor, I'm guilty."
Longo's name surfaced during a Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation probe of Franklin Ryle Jr., a former state trooper accused of kidnapping a Wal-Mart truck driver. During that investigation, authorities discovered anabolic steroids in Ryle's desk, according to a police affidavit.
In February, Longo walked into the office of Col. Sam Powell, the head of the Wyoming Highway Patrol, and admitted that he had used steroids during the previous 18 months and given some to Ryle.
According to police, Longo said he purchased the steroids at a Casper gym.
Speaking after Longo's arraignment Tuesday, District Attorney Michael Blonigen said several factors played into the plea agreement. Longo had no criminal record, and the anabolic steroids he admitted to having -- more than 0.3 grams of Cypiogen in liquid form -- was for personal use, Blonigen said.
Full story from Trib.com
Asked by a judge how he wanted to plead to the charge of possession of a controlled substance, Adam Longo replied, "Your honor, I'm guilty."
Longo's name surfaced during a Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation probe of Franklin Ryle Jr., a former state trooper accused of kidnapping a Wal-Mart truck driver. During that investigation, authorities discovered anabolic steroids in Ryle's desk, according to a police affidavit.
In February, Longo walked into the office of Col. Sam Powell, the head of the Wyoming Highway Patrol, and admitted that he had used steroids during the previous 18 months and given some to Ryle.
According to police, Longo said he purchased the steroids at a Casper gym.
Speaking after Longo's arraignment Tuesday, District Attorney Michael Blonigen said several factors played into the plea agreement. Longo had no criminal record, and the anabolic steroids he admitted to having -- more than 0.3 grams of Cypiogen in liquid form -- was for personal use, Blonigen said.
Full story from Trib.com
Tuesday, 27 October 2009
High testosterone makes men stingy.
According to the study, the hormone which makes men big and beefy also reduces their generosity.
Karen Redwine, a neuro-economist at Whittier College in California, presented the work at the Society for Neuroscience’s annual meeting in Chicago last week.
To reach the conclusion, Redwine and her colleague Paul Zak, at the Claremont Graduate University in California, gave a testosterone-containing gel to 25 male university students, reports New Scientist.
They then tested their generosity.
All the participants also got a placebo cream with no testosterone. Neither the researchers nor the participants knew which was which until the end of the study.
After analyses, it was found that the testosterone cream worked.
The next day, twice as much of the potent sex hormone coursed through the veins of volunteers, on average.
The students then played a simple economic game with another participant via a computer. Each volunteer played the game in both roles, on and off the testosterone gel.
On the whole, the testosterone cream caused a 27 per cent reduction in the generosity of the offers, Redwine and Zak found.
A more potent variant of testosterone, dihydrotestosterone (DHT), exerted an even stronger influence on behaviour, the study found.
Story from Tagarana.com
Karen Redwine, a neuro-economist at Whittier College in California, presented the work at the Society for Neuroscience’s annual meeting in Chicago last week.
To reach the conclusion, Redwine and her colleague Paul Zak, at the Claremont Graduate University in California, gave a testosterone-containing gel to 25 male university students, reports New Scientist.
They then tested their generosity.
All the participants also got a placebo cream with no testosterone. Neither the researchers nor the participants knew which was which until the end of the study.
After analyses, it was found that the testosterone cream worked.
The next day, twice as much of the potent sex hormone coursed through the veins of volunteers, on average.
The students then played a simple economic game with another participant via a computer. Each volunteer played the game in both roles, on and off the testosterone gel.
On the whole, the testosterone cream caused a 27 per cent reduction in the generosity of the offers, Redwine and Zak found.
A more potent variant of testosterone, dihydrotestosterone (DHT), exerted an even stronger influence on behaviour, the study found.
Story from Tagarana.com
How Andreas won gold as doping-victim Heidi.
Having been crowned European shot put champion in 1986, Heidi Krieger was one of the stars of the former GDR.
But having been subjected to a doping program like thousand of other former East German athletes, Krieger realised on her 1990 retirement that the effects of testosterone hormone abuse had left her with all the traits of a man.
She opted for a sex change operation and is today known as Andreas whose birth certificate has been altered and, sporting a moustache, he now owns an army clothes shop in Magdeburg.
The confident, strapping man of 1.87m shows a copy of his photo from his competition days as Heidi, and a timid girl stares out from the image with short brown hair and broad shoulders hidden in a tracksuit.
Full story from AFP via google.
But having been subjected to a doping program like thousand of other former East German athletes, Krieger realised on her 1990 retirement that the effects of testosterone hormone abuse had left her with all the traits of a man.
She opted for a sex change operation and is today known as Andreas whose birth certificate has been altered and, sporting a moustache, he now owns an army clothes shop in Magdeburg.
The confident, strapping man of 1.87m shows a copy of his photo from his competition days as Heidi, and a timid girl stares out from the image with short brown hair and broad shoulders hidden in a tracksuit.
Full story from AFP via google.
Third positive test rocks Chinese National Games.
Wang Jing, who won the women's 100m title on Thursday, faces a lifetime ban after testing positive for illegal substances at the National Games.
Her coach, Chen Hua, could also be banned for life, senior athletics officials announced yesterday.
Wang has accepted the results but stated she did not know how the drugs got into her system.
"According to our anti-doping rules, we have decided to ban Wang and her coach for life. However, Wang has the right to appeal this decision and she can also ask for a check of her 'B' sample," said Shen Chunde, vice director of the Chinese Athletics Administration Center.
Wang, from southeastern Fujian province, tested positive for epitestosterone and testosterone after winning the 100m final. Her medal has been stripped and she was barred from the 200m final on Sunday night; before the official announcement of her positive test was made. She finished second in her 200m heat.
Full story from Eastday.com
Her coach, Chen Hua, could also be banned for life, senior athletics officials announced yesterday.
Wang has accepted the results but stated she did not know how the drugs got into her system.
"According to our anti-doping rules, we have decided to ban Wang and her coach for life. However, Wang has the right to appeal this decision and she can also ask for a check of her 'B' sample," said Shen Chunde, vice director of the Chinese Athletics Administration Center.
Wang, from southeastern Fujian province, tested positive for epitestosterone and testosterone after winning the 100m final. Her medal has been stripped and she was barred from the 200m final on Sunday night; before the official announcement of her positive test was made. She finished second in her 200m heat.
Full story from Eastday.com
Sunday, 25 October 2009
Chinese rower Guo Linna banned for four years.
"Chinese rower Guo Linna from Henan rowing team, who was expelled from the 11th Chinese National Games for testing positive for banned substance, will be banned for four years from competition, the Chinese Rowing Association announced here on Monday."
Full story from ChinaView.
Full story from ChinaView.
FTC, drugstores sue Solvay over delay in generic AndroGel.
The AndroGel suits allege Solvay conspired with the generic defendants to monopolize the market. The generic manufacturers agreed to keep their product off the market for nearly a decade in exchange for substantial cash payments, the suits claim. As a result of the defendants’ illegal conduct, the suits suggested, plaintiffs paid artificially inflated prices for AndroGel and were deprived of the opportunity to purchase lower-priced generic versions of the medication.
Full story from BizJournals.com
With the huge profits involved in the 'legal' prescription HRT market it wouldn't surprise me to find that there were lobbyists employed by pharmaceutical companies doing their best to make sure steroids are not decriminalized.
Full story from BizJournals.com
With the huge profits involved in the 'legal' prescription HRT market it wouldn't surprise me to find that there were lobbyists employed by pharmaceutical companies doing their best to make sure steroids are not decriminalized.
Two Israelis arrested after 30,000 fake impotence pills found.
Two men suspected of producing fake pills and potions to "treat" impotence were arrested by Herzliya Police last week.
The Health Ministry's unit to combat pharmaceutical crime assisted the police, who seized 30,000 tablets and little bottles of a product called "Herba Gra for sex-life improvement" as well as dozens of counterfeit Viagra and Cialis erectile dysfunction drugs.
In the investigation, one of the suspects - who lives in Herzliya - said that he manufactures the products and packages them in a warehouse in Kfar Manda in the Galilee for people in east Jerusalem, who important the "active ingredient" from China.
The warehouse was also raided by police, who found pill-making machines, along with chemicals, blister packets for pills and aluminum foil to seal them into the blisters.
The suspect said he did not know what was contained in the pills but knew only that the active ingredient came from China. The ministry's lab found that this active ingredient was sildenafil, which is in fact the main component of Viagra and Cialis.
In 2005, the ministry received a request from a number of east Jerusalem and Ramallah residents for a license to market Herba-Gra, which they claimed was an "herbal mixture." It was given for a year and renewed from time to time, the ministry said.
Finally, ministry suspicions led to the police action.
Story from the Jerusalem Post.
The Health Ministry's unit to combat pharmaceutical crime assisted the police, who seized 30,000 tablets and little bottles of a product called "Herba Gra for sex-life improvement" as well as dozens of counterfeit Viagra and Cialis erectile dysfunction drugs.
In the investigation, one of the suspects - who lives in Herzliya - said that he manufactures the products and packages them in a warehouse in Kfar Manda in the Galilee for people in east Jerusalem, who important the "active ingredient" from China.
The warehouse was also raided by police, who found pill-making machines, along with chemicals, blister packets for pills and aluminum foil to seal them into the blisters.
The suspect said he did not know what was contained in the pills but knew only that the active ingredient came from China. The ministry's lab found that this active ingredient was sildenafil, which is in fact the main component of Viagra and Cialis.
In 2005, the ministry received a request from a number of east Jerusalem and Ramallah residents for a license to market Herba-Gra, which they claimed was an "herbal mixture." It was given for a year and renewed from time to time, the ministry said.
Finally, ministry suspicions led to the police action.
Story from the Jerusalem Post.
Saturday, 24 October 2009
Comical study on teenage AS use by South African psychology post-graduate student.
Illegal substances, mainly steroids, are being peddled at gyms, schools, sports grounds and even by family doctors.
Research on how masculinity influences the drive for muscular bodies through steroid abuse, supplement consumption and over-exercising among teenage boys found that 15% of 500 pupils questioned had used illegal drugs to boost their physiques.
Almost all the boys polled - over 80% - were involved in competitive sport, with close on 40% being rugby players.
The study was conducted among state school pupils aged 15 to 19 by University of KwaZulu-Natal psychology post-graduate student Jarred Martin.
"One youngster told me he had bought steroids in the R100/R200 price range. But he discovered that it was just olive oil in syringes. He got very ill," said Martin.
Martin said boys were paying a 10th of the price of pure steroids, believing they were buying the real thing.
Full story on TimesLive.co.za
Research on how masculinity influences the drive for muscular bodies through steroid abuse, supplement consumption and over-exercising among teenage boys found that 15% of 500 pupils questioned had used illegal drugs to boost their physiques.
Almost all the boys polled - over 80% - were involved in competitive sport, with close on 40% being rugby players.
The study was conducted among state school pupils aged 15 to 19 by University of KwaZulu-Natal psychology post-graduate student Jarred Martin.
"One youngster told me he had bought steroids in the R100/R200 price range. But he discovered that it was just olive oil in syringes. He got very ill," said Martin.
Martin said boys were paying a 10th of the price of pure steroids, believing they were buying the real thing.
Full story on TimesLive.co.za
Miami Customs Seizes Fifty Pounds Of Counterfeit Viagra.
"A shipment believed to contain 21,600 Viagra pills turned out to be counterfeit, U.S. Customs & Border Protection officials said.
The 50-pound shipment was coming from India and in transit to another country when officials intercepted it at Miami International Airport on Monday. Samples were taken to a CBP specialist who determined that they were not consistent with the authentic Viagra.
"We don't believe it was meant for the United States," said Jose Castellanos, chief with the U.S. Customs & Border Protection. "It has happened in the past, but this was a larger shipment than we have usually found. It's a good amount of contraband."
Story from CBS4.com
The 50-pound shipment was coming from India and in transit to another country when officials intercepted it at Miami International Airport on Monday. Samples were taken to a CBP specialist who determined that they were not consistent with the authentic Viagra.
"We don't believe it was meant for the United States," said Jose Castellanos, chief with the U.S. Customs & Border Protection. "It has happened in the past, but this was a larger shipment than we have usually found. It's a good amount of contraband."
Story from CBS4.com
Friday, 23 October 2009
Alibaba.com trying to prevent steroid sales on their site.
Alibaba.com released a new FAQ on prohibited items on October 22 :-
"Can I display controlled or prescription drugs on Alibaba.com?
Drugs such as narcotics, steroids, valium, poppy seeds, poppy seed products (including all drugs listed in Schedules I, II, III, IV or V of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act, 21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) or prescription drugs are strictly forbidden on Alibaba.com.
If you want to trade in chemical materials, please state clearly in your product listings or Buying Leads that the product you want to sell (or buy) is a chemical material, not a drug. Please keep this in mind when entering the subject, keyword, category, description etc.
Tip: If you are selling test kits for drugs, please do not use the name of the drug as a keyword."
Read the full FAQ.
The end of an era.
Alibaba was the place to find Chinese suppliers of powders and finished products back in the day and without it I would never have met some of the greatest guys in the biz such Ken Chen and Ohua ( who have both sadly retired ).
btw if anyone has Ken's current email please let me have it, hopefully his dream of opening a Mc Donalds franchise in Shanghai came true :-)
"Can I display controlled or prescription drugs on Alibaba.com?
Drugs such as narcotics, steroids, valium, poppy seeds, poppy seed products (including all drugs listed in Schedules I, II, III, IV or V of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act, 21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) or prescription drugs are strictly forbidden on Alibaba.com.
If you want to trade in chemical materials, please state clearly in your product listings or Buying Leads that the product you want to sell (or buy) is a chemical material, not a drug. Please keep this in mind when entering the subject, keyword, category, description etc.
Tip: If you are selling test kits for drugs, please do not use the name of the drug as a keyword."
Read the full FAQ.
The end of an era.
Alibaba was the place to find Chinese suppliers of powders and finished products back in the day and without it I would never have met some of the greatest guys in the biz such Ken Chen and Ohua ( who have both sadly retired ).
btw if anyone has Ken's current email please let me have it, hopefully his dream of opening a Mc Donalds franchise in Shanghai came true :-)
Thursday, 22 October 2009
Mavericks baskball team owner Cuban takes pro-steroid stance.
Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban told a group of American university students that he is in favour of supervised steroid use for athletes.
Speaking at a student forum at the University of Pittsburgh, Cuban said his "common sense" tells him that athletes could benefit from using steroids if they were made legal, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported Wednesday.
Cuban said athletes could use steroids to recover from injuries as long as a doctor is supervising the programme and it could be insured there were no long-term harmful side effects. "I will get killed for saying this ... but I'm not so against steroids," Cuban said. "We do performance-enhancing things all the time, just not steroids. "If you administer them properly and fairly and set the rules strictly as long as in doing so we recognize there are no negative long-term health impact issues."
Sometimes, you just put the blinders on because it came from underground. Rather than saying, 'what's the best way to do this and is there a positive out of it?' We just dismiss it."
The controversial Cuban also boasted to the students that he has been fined more than 1.5 million dollars by the National Basketball Association."Maybe because I don't have to deal with it that it is an uninformed comment," Cuban said. "but I think my position is common sense." Cuban said he doesn't expect any of the American professional sports leagues to abandon their steroid-testing programmes anytime soon. "You have to get to the point where that risk isn't there and we are not there yet," he said.
Story from the AFP via Google.
Speaking at a student forum at the University of Pittsburgh, Cuban said his "common sense" tells him that athletes could benefit from using steroids if they were made legal, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported Wednesday.
Cuban said athletes could use steroids to recover from injuries as long as a doctor is supervising the programme and it could be insured there were no long-term harmful side effects. "I will get killed for saying this ... but I'm not so against steroids," Cuban said. "We do performance-enhancing things all the time, just not steroids. "If you administer them properly and fairly and set the rules strictly as long as in doing so we recognize there are no negative long-term health impact issues."
Sometimes, you just put the blinders on because it came from underground. Rather than saying, 'what's the best way to do this and is there a positive out of it?' We just dismiss it."
The controversial Cuban also boasted to the students that he has been fined more than 1.5 million dollars by the National Basketball Association."Maybe because I don't have to deal with it that it is an uninformed comment," Cuban said. "but I think my position is common sense." Cuban said he doesn't expect any of the American professional sports leagues to abandon their steroid-testing programmes anytime soon. "You have to get to the point where that risk isn't there and we are not there yet," he said.
Story from the AFP via Google.
Illegal Steroids Still for Sale.
Since the first CBS News story aired last March, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has begun to crack down on designer steroids like Tren, but as CBS News correspondent Kelly Cobiella reported on "The Early Show," they're still very available -- and very dangerous.
Using a hidden camera at a supplement store, Cobiella spoke with an unidentified salesman who, referring to Tren said, "I saw a decent amount of size -- and it leaned me out."
Cobiella says that, since Part One of "The Early Show"'s "Early Eye" investigation on over-the-counter steroids aired Monday, there's been plenty of talk at supplement stores, in gyms and online about so-called "prohormones" such as Tren, including discussions of how they work, and the effect they can have on organs like the liver.
Maryland Congressman Elijah Cummings told "The Early Show," "I would guess that 85 percent of the people know exactly what they're doing. There's been too much publicity with regard to this area. They know."
Story and video from CBSnews.com
Using a hidden camera at a supplement store, Cobiella spoke with an unidentified salesman who, referring to Tren said, "I saw a decent amount of size -- and it leaned me out."
Cobiella says that, since Part One of "The Early Show"'s "Early Eye" investigation on over-the-counter steroids aired Monday, there's been plenty of talk at supplement stores, in gyms and online about so-called "prohormones" such as Tren, including discussions of how they work, and the effect they can have on organs like the liver.
Maryland Congressman Elijah Cummings told "The Early Show," "I would guess that 85 percent of the people know exactly what they're doing. There's been too much publicity with regard to this area. They know."
Story and video from CBSnews.com
Former South Bend, Michigan officer arrested for allegedly dealing steroids.
A former South Bend cop has been busted for allegedly dealing steroids and it's not the first time he's been in trouble.
According to our reporting partners at the Elkhart Truth , Tuesday, police arrested 39-year-old Tony Macik after a raid at a home on Eagle Lake in Cass County.
Macik is being held on $200,000 bond on charges of possession of steroids with intent to deliver, and possession of a taser.
Macik left the force after the chief recommended he be fired by the South Bend Board of Public Safety.
Story from WDNU.com
According to our reporting partners at the Elkhart Truth , Tuesday, police arrested 39-year-old Tony Macik after a raid at a home on Eagle Lake in Cass County.
Macik is being held on $200,000 bond on charges of possession of steroids with intent to deliver, and possession of a taser.
Macik left the force after the chief recommended he be fired by the South Bend Board of Public Safety.
Story from WDNU.com
Former McIntosh County deputy pleads guilty in steroids case.
A former McIntosh County reserve deputy has pleaded guilty to a federal drug charge alleging that he sold anabolic steroids to several buyers over three years, authorities said Wednesday.
Dusty Burns, 29, of Checotah was charged with possessing anabolic steroids with intent to distribute, U.S. Attorney Sheldon Sperling said in a statement. Burns is expected to spend roughly a year in prison.
A U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency investigation revealed that Burns sold the drugs to Jimmy “Rusty” Hamm, 31, a former Creek Nation Lighthorse Police officer who reportedly delivered steroids from a marked patrol car while he was on duty.
Hamm pleaded guilty in September to possession of steroids with an intent to distribute.
The DEA inquiry also indicated that Bobby Brown, 38, of Vian was involved in drug sales. He is accused of selling steroids near Vian High School to buyers who were younger than 21.
Burns won’t be sentenced until after a presentencing investigation report is prepared. Estimates by federal court officials predict that he will spend 10 to 16 months in prison, Sperling said.
The maximum sentence is five years in prison and $250,000 in fines. Burns will be under the supervision of the U.S. Probation Office until his sentencing, the release states.
Story from TulsaWorld.com
Dusty Burns, 29, of Checotah was charged with possessing anabolic steroids with intent to distribute, U.S. Attorney Sheldon Sperling said in a statement. Burns is expected to spend roughly a year in prison.
A U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency investigation revealed that Burns sold the drugs to Jimmy “Rusty” Hamm, 31, a former Creek Nation Lighthorse Police officer who reportedly delivered steroids from a marked patrol car while he was on duty.
Hamm pleaded guilty in September to possession of steroids with an intent to distribute.
The DEA inquiry also indicated that Bobby Brown, 38, of Vian was involved in drug sales. He is accused of selling steroids near Vian High School to buyers who were younger than 21.
Burns won’t be sentenced until after a presentencing investigation report is prepared. Estimates by federal court officials predict that he will spend 10 to 16 months in prison, Sperling said.
The maximum sentence is five years in prison and $250,000 in fines. Burns will be under the supervision of the U.S. Probation Office until his sentencing, the release states.
Story from TulsaWorld.com
William Llewellyn’s new book "Sport Supplement Reference Guide" launched.
"Everything you ever wanted to know about performance-enhancing supplements - hype-free!
SSRG includes a comprehensive, in-depth review of the top selling supplement ingredients.
There’s a clear, organized rating system as well as a summary of the effectiveness ratings for each ingredient. Whether the reader wants to increase muscle size and strength, enhance sports performance, or improve aerobic endurance, it’s all laid out in plain English.
In addition, the SSRG is filled with valuable information for anyone who feels lost in the frustrating maze of thousands of sports supplements, not knowing which way to turn. This is the first, most detailed, comprehensive, extensively researched and up-to-date guide ever written on the subject."
Read more on Molecular Nutrition's site.
Unigen Life Sciences Sterility Report.
"We contacted ALS Laboratory Group, a multinational company Established in 1975, they are one of the most reputable laboratories and have many locations throughout the world. As is standard procedure for sterility testing they requested 20 sample vials of each product to be tested, from the samples they would select 10 vials of each to be analyzed.
Attached are the results for the three products; Test-Comp 250, Depo-Test 250 & Nandro 250 I hope this clears up any confusion as to the quality of our products and hope in the future buyers are certain as to the legitimacy of their products to be used."
Read more on BodyofScience.com
These tests arranged by Unigen's Thai distributor ( at ALS's Bangkok, Thai branch ) showed all three oil based injectable products to be bacteria free.
Attached are the results for the three products; Test-Comp 250, Depo-Test 250 & Nandro 250 I hope this clears up any confusion as to the quality of our products and hope in the future buyers are certain as to the legitimacy of their products to be used."
Read more on BodyofScience.com
These tests arranged by Unigen's Thai distributor ( at ALS's Bangkok, Thai branch ) showed all three oil based injectable products to be bacteria free.
Stiff penalty for Australian steroid importer.
A man from the Northern Territory has been fined for importing steroids to help him with erection problems.
Troy Allan Martin Chester did not appear in the Darwin Magistrates Court this morning but his lawyer pleaded guilty on his behalf to importing prohibited steroids and lying on his arrival form to Customs.
The court heard Chester bought 100 methandrastenalone pills from an overseas pharmacy.
Customs found the pills in his bag when he flew into Darwin from Singapore in September last year.
He told officers the pills would help him with his erection problems. Chester also pleaded guilty to importing two illegal laser pointers. His lawyer said they were cheaper overseas and Chester used them for hunting.
He was fined $1500.
Story from ABC News Australia.
Troy Allan Martin Chester did not appear in the Darwin Magistrates Court this morning but his lawyer pleaded guilty on his behalf to importing prohibited steroids and lying on his arrival form to Customs.
The court heard Chester bought 100 methandrastenalone pills from an overseas pharmacy.
Customs found the pills in his bag when he flew into Darwin from Singapore in September last year.
He told officers the pills would help him with his erection problems. Chester also pleaded guilty to importing two illegal laser pointers. His lawyer said they were cheaper overseas and Chester used them for hunting.
He was fined $1500.
Story from ABC News Australia.
Monday, 19 October 2009
Businessman pleads guilty in Applied Pharmacy Services steroids case.
"A Colorado businessman has pleaded guilty to steroid charges in what prosecutors describe as a $4 million distribution scheme that allegedly operated in at least 10 states.
James A. Abernathy of Colorado Springs, pleaded guilty last week to conspiracy to distribute steroids and money laundering. The Mobile Press-Register reported Abernathy's plea Monday.
He had faced trial along with 11 other defendants after an investigation focusing on Applied Pharmacy Services, which was based in Mobile and allegedly sold thousands of doses of anabolic steroids to customers across the country.
Abernathy also agreed to surrender $5,000 in drug proceeds and money used to facilitate the conspiracy."
Story from the MontgomeryAdvertiser.com
James A. Abernathy of Colorado Springs, pleaded guilty last week to conspiracy to distribute steroids and money laundering. The Mobile Press-Register reported Abernathy's plea Monday.
He had faced trial along with 11 other defendants after an investigation focusing on Applied Pharmacy Services, which was based in Mobile and allegedly sold thousands of doses of anabolic steroids to customers across the country.
Abernathy also agreed to surrender $5,000 in drug proceeds and money used to facilitate the conspiracy."
Story from the MontgomeryAdvertiser.com
Sunday, 18 October 2009
Miracle-Gro for kids ( hgh story from the NY Post )
"Jeffrey is just one of at least six sophomores at the private Dalton School taking Humatrope, a designer drug for preteens that some experts call "Miracle-Gro for kids."
The growth hormones -- which are shockingly easy to get -- are being used increasingly by wealthy parents looking to give their children a leg up, literally, experts say."
Full story from the NYPost.
The growth hormones -- which are shockingly easy to get -- are being used increasingly by wealthy parents looking to give their children a leg up, literally, experts say."
Full story from the NYPost.
Wrestler Jeff Hardy to appear in court on November 4th.
"The professional wrestler and Moore County native who was arrested in September and charged with possessing several illegal drugs including cocaine, prescription pills and anabolic steroids will appear before the Moore County District Court on Nov. 4, according to published reports.
The hearing will determine if a crime has been committed. The case will then be passed on to a grand jury, who would review the evidence and decide whether or not to criminally indict Hardy on all charges.
Hardy was charged with trafficking in opium, two counts of possession with intent to sell or deliver a Schedule III controlled substance, maintaining a dwelling for drugs, possession of cocaine, and possession of drug paraphernalia."
Story from the Sanford Herald.
The hearing will determine if a crime has been committed. The case will then be passed on to a grand jury, who would review the evidence and decide whether or not to criminally indict Hardy on all charges.
Hardy was charged with trafficking in opium, two counts of possession with intent to sell or deliver a Schedule III controlled substance, maintaining a dwelling for drugs, possession of cocaine, and possession of drug paraphernalia."
Story from the Sanford Herald.
China starts catching it's own athletes doping ?
"A Chinese rower has failed a doping test and was kicked out of the National Games, the first such case during the prestigious competition, state media reported on Sunday.
Henan province representative Guo Linna tested positive for 19-norandrostenedione, a precursor to steroids, and she faced a four-year ban, the official Xinhua news agency said."
Full story from Reuters.com
Henan province representative Guo Linna tested positive for 19-norandrostenedione, a precursor to steroids, and she faced a four-year ban, the official Xinhua news agency said."
Full story from Reuters.com
Saturday, 17 October 2009
Feds charge Allentown man following controlled tablet delivery.
"Bruce and Jean Seidel of Kutztown thought they were doing a friend a favor by accepting what they thought were parcels from China filled with Viagra.
For accepting each shipment, the couple was paid $100 by their friend, Edward B. Webb of Allentown, according to federal authorities.
But in August, customs officials in Miami intercepted a box destined for Webb through the Seidels and discovered nearly 1,000 OxyContin pills with a street value of $79,200.
Federal prosecutors on Thursday charged Webb with two counts of attempted possession with intent to distribute OxyContin.
If convicted, Webb, 41, would face up to 40 years in prison and a $2 million fine.
The Seidels were not charged.
According to prosecutors, after the box was intercepted in Miami, agents with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement followed it to its delivery at the Seidels' home.
After interviewing the Seidels, ICE agents had Bruce Seidel wear a wire when he delivered the package to Webb on Aug. 21. After the delivery, Seidel went outside to smoke a cigarette, which alerted ICE agents that Webb had received the package.
Webb was subsequently arrested but released on $10,000 bond. His indictment was unsealed on Thursday."
Story from MCall.com
Until today I had no idea the charge "attempted possession" even existed.
For accepting each shipment, the couple was paid $100 by their friend, Edward B. Webb of Allentown, according to federal authorities.
But in August, customs officials in Miami intercepted a box destined for Webb through the Seidels and discovered nearly 1,000 OxyContin pills with a street value of $79,200.
Federal prosecutors on Thursday charged Webb with two counts of attempted possession with intent to distribute OxyContin.
If convicted, Webb, 41, would face up to 40 years in prison and a $2 million fine.
The Seidels were not charged.
According to prosecutors, after the box was intercepted in Miami, agents with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement followed it to its delivery at the Seidels' home.
After interviewing the Seidels, ICE agents had Bruce Seidel wear a wire when he delivered the package to Webb on Aug. 21. After the delivery, Seidel went outside to smoke a cigarette, which alerted ICE agents that Webb had received the package.
Webb was subsequently arrested but released on $10,000 bond. His indictment was unsealed on Thursday."
Story from MCall.com
Until today I had no idea the charge "attempted possession" even existed.
Hidden hazards in bodybuilding products story from the Boston Globe.
"Eighteen-year-old Fidah Salem did not know anything about the ingredients listed on the 4 1/2-pound container of Cell-Tech Hardcore, but he liked the nutritional supplement’s promise: “packs on muscle strength.’’
So he persuaded his mother, Paula Smith, to spend $100 on it and other products last week at the GNC store at South Shore Plaza in Braintree.
Smith said she and her son did not know the US Food and Drug Administration recently warned against the use of some bodybuilding supplements - though not Cell-Tech Hardcore specifically - saying they might contain anabolic steroids, which are illegal.
“A bunch of my friends use [supplements], so I thought I’d try,’’ Salem said. “It gives you muscle and gets you bigger without shooting steroids.’’
While much attention has been paid to steroid use among professional athletes, teenagers are often drawn to sports performance products that advertise similarly dramatic results. There are hundreds of over-the-counter items available locally, such as Anabolic Halo, a powder touted as promoting “chilling gains in muscle size and strength,’’ and Jack3d, which is said to induce “ultra-intense muscle-gorging strength.’’ Those and other supplements are sold with virtually no oversight by the FDA.
“What we’re saying is avoid anything that sounds like it has the equivalent of illegal steroids in it, because quite possibly it does,’’ Levy said.
Jack3d, made by USP Labs, trumpets its ability to give users “the mad aggressive desire and ability to lift more weight, pump more reps, and have crazy lasting energy along with sick muscle-engorging pumps.’’ Rick Quinn, a lawyer for USP Labs, acknowledged that such assertions are common and conceded the supplement industry can be “shady.’’ But despite the hype, Quinn said, the company’s products are made “legally and naturally.’’
Cell-Tech Hardcore is sold under the name MuscleTech, a brand produced by Iovate Health Sciences Inc. in Ontario, Canada. Iovate officials could not be reached by phone and a customer service number went unanswered. The company also makes Anabolic Halo and voluntarily recalled its Hydroxycut dietary supplement earlier this year after the FDA found it posed a “severe potentially life-threatening hazard to some users.’’
Safety questions about bodybuilding supplements have led to the emergence of at-home steroid tests aimed at parents and schools. Phamatech Inc., based in San Diego, began marketing its At Home Steroid Test in the Boston area recently. Phamatech said the $79.99 kit requires a urine sample, which must be sent to its lab for testing. It says the test can identify the “11 most commonly abused steroids’’ with 99 percent accuracy within five to seven days. (The FDA said it has not tested the company’s assertions.)"
Full story from the BostonGlobe.com
So he persuaded his mother, Paula Smith, to spend $100 on it and other products last week at the GNC store at South Shore Plaza in Braintree.
Smith said she and her son did not know the US Food and Drug Administration recently warned against the use of some bodybuilding supplements - though not Cell-Tech Hardcore specifically - saying they might contain anabolic steroids, which are illegal.
“A bunch of my friends use [supplements], so I thought I’d try,’’ Salem said. “It gives you muscle and gets you bigger without shooting steroids.’’
While much attention has been paid to steroid use among professional athletes, teenagers are often drawn to sports performance products that advertise similarly dramatic results. There are hundreds of over-the-counter items available locally, such as Anabolic Halo, a powder touted as promoting “chilling gains in muscle size and strength,’’ and Jack3d, which is said to induce “ultra-intense muscle-gorging strength.’’ Those and other supplements are sold with virtually no oversight by the FDA.
“What we’re saying is avoid anything that sounds like it has the equivalent of illegal steroids in it, because quite possibly it does,’’ Levy said.
Jack3d, made by USP Labs, trumpets its ability to give users “the mad aggressive desire and ability to lift more weight, pump more reps, and have crazy lasting energy along with sick muscle-engorging pumps.’’ Rick Quinn, a lawyer for USP Labs, acknowledged that such assertions are common and conceded the supplement industry can be “shady.’’ But despite the hype, Quinn said, the company’s products are made “legally and naturally.’’
Cell-Tech Hardcore is sold under the name MuscleTech, a brand produced by Iovate Health Sciences Inc. in Ontario, Canada. Iovate officials could not be reached by phone and a customer service number went unanswered. The company also makes Anabolic Halo and voluntarily recalled its Hydroxycut dietary supplement earlier this year after the FDA found it posed a “severe potentially life-threatening hazard to some users.’’
Safety questions about bodybuilding supplements have led to the emergence of at-home steroid tests aimed at parents and schools. Phamatech Inc., based in San Diego, began marketing its At Home Steroid Test in the Boston area recently. Phamatech said the $79.99 kit requires a urine sample, which must be sent to its lab for testing. It says the test can identify the “11 most commonly abused steroids’’ with 99 percent accuracy within five to seven days. (The FDA said it has not tested the company’s assertions.)"
Full story from the BostonGlobe.com
Former Memphis police officer pleads guilty to protecting steroid dealer.
"A former Memphis police officer who was once the Tennessee narcotics officer of the year pleaded guilty Friday to helping a known drug dealer safely deliver steroids without police interference.
Brady Valentine, 38, pleaded guilty to a one-count criminal information, bypassing a grand jury in a plea agreement. Under terms of the plea, a more serious eight-count indictment returned in 2007 that also accused him of dealing in illegal steroids will be dismissed.
Valentine, who faces up to three years in prison, will be sentenced Jan. 15 by U.S. Dist. Court Judge Samuel Mays.
"This is one of those situations where you have to make the best of what it is," he responded when Mays asked if he wanted to plead guilty.
Valentine was assigned to the police Organized Crime Unit and detailed to the West Tennessee Drug Task Force Interstate Interdiction Unit, which patrols the interstates.
Federal prosecutor Joseph Murphy said that in September of 2007 Valentine talked by phone with a known drug dealer he had known for some years about making a delivery of illegal anabolic steroids from Arkansas to Shelby County.
Murphy said an informant, who also talked with the dealer, told authorities that Valentine assured the dealer he would have safe passage along local interstates.
Asked by the judge what crime he was pleading guilty to, Valentine replied, "I knew someone was doing something wrong and I didn't report it."
The 13-year veteran, who resigned after being indicted, was named officer of the year for 2006 by the Memphis Police Organized Crime Unit and by the Tennessee Narcotics Officers Association.
When Valentine was named in the eight-count drug indictment in 2007, he indicated through his attorney at that time he would claim entrapment if the case went to trial.
The alleged violations occurred between Sept. 9, 2007, and Sept. 25, 2007, and stemmed from a series of phone calls and contacts between a confidential source and Valentine in an alleged attempt to distribute anabolic steroids.
Defense attorney Ted Hansom called Valentine a good officer and said the indictment did not match with his client's character."
Story from CommercialAppeal.com
Brady Valentine, 38, pleaded guilty to a one-count criminal information, bypassing a grand jury in a plea agreement. Under terms of the plea, a more serious eight-count indictment returned in 2007 that also accused him of dealing in illegal steroids will be dismissed.
Valentine, who faces up to three years in prison, will be sentenced Jan. 15 by U.S. Dist. Court Judge Samuel Mays.
"This is one of those situations where you have to make the best of what it is," he responded when Mays asked if he wanted to plead guilty.
Valentine was assigned to the police Organized Crime Unit and detailed to the West Tennessee Drug Task Force Interstate Interdiction Unit, which patrols the interstates.
Federal prosecutor Joseph Murphy said that in September of 2007 Valentine talked by phone with a known drug dealer he had known for some years about making a delivery of illegal anabolic steroids from Arkansas to Shelby County.
Murphy said an informant, who also talked with the dealer, told authorities that Valentine assured the dealer he would have safe passage along local interstates.
Asked by the judge what crime he was pleading guilty to, Valentine replied, "I knew someone was doing something wrong and I didn't report it."
The 13-year veteran, who resigned after being indicted, was named officer of the year for 2006 by the Memphis Police Organized Crime Unit and by the Tennessee Narcotics Officers Association.
When Valentine was named in the eight-count drug indictment in 2007, he indicated through his attorney at that time he would claim entrapment if the case went to trial.
The alleged violations occurred between Sept. 9, 2007, and Sept. 25, 2007, and stemmed from a series of phone calls and contacts between a confidential source and Valentine in an alleged attempt to distribute anabolic steroids.
Defense attorney Ted Hansom called Valentine a good officer and said the indictment did not match with his client's character."
Story from CommercialAppeal.com
Friday, 16 October 2009
Bayer vs Schering ( Thai versions ) pics.
Here's a picture of the new Bayer versions of Testoviron Depot and Provironum and the old Schering Thailand versions that they have recently replaced.
The current Bayer version of Testoviron Depot is still made in Germany.
The Bayer Provironum is now made in Brazil.
Each box of the Bayer Provionum contains five blister packs of ten tabs instead of the fifteen foil strips used in the old Schering version.
The typical price per tab for the new version is a little higher at Thai pharmacy level. The new Bayer box features a perforated flap for easy opening ( yet another piece of equipment anyone attempting a counterfeit will need to buy )
Here's a picture of the versions of Proviron / Provironum I've collected over the years.
( Thai Bayer, Thai Schering, UK Schering, Greek Schering and Brazilian Schering )
The new Bayer Testoviron Depot still ships to Thai pharmacies in shrink wrapped packs of five boxes. Price per box of twenty ampules is unchanged.
The new Bayer Testoviron Depot box still holds two layers of ten ampules, twenty in total.
The Bayer Testoviron Depot ampules are very clean and shiny. The expiration date is five years after that of production.
Label is perfectly straight as is the green ring around the top of each ampule. ( the red specs are part of the snack I was eating while taking the pics ) .
The neck of each amp is scored directly under the blue dot as a result they are very easy to open.
According to my measurements the old Schering version was overfilled and contained 1.2 ml of oil per ampule I will be measuring the contents of the new Bayer version as soon as I try one.
For fun I weighed some ampules of both the new and old versions of Testoviron Depot, the older Schering's average weight was 2.705 g and the new Bayer's average weight was 2.880 g.
Doctor pleads guilty in scam to obtain partially used vials of testosterone.
"A Lexington doctor lost his job and now has pleaded guilty in federal court following a drug diversion scheme.
Dr. Horace W. Bledsoe Jr., 58, of Lexington, was a Gilbert Family Practice doctor in February of this year when it was discovered that some leftover portions of testosterone doses were not being disposed of, but instead sent to Bledsoe's office.
Bledsoe pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court to obtaining the controlled substance by fraud. The U.S. Attorney's Office said he used the drug as well as gave some to a medical assisant and other unidentified individuals.
Between Oct. 2, 2008, and this February, testosterone was diverted on at least 20 occasions and clinic records falsified to make it appear the doses were disposed of properly, federal prosecutors said.
Bledsoe and unnamed others who knew of the scheme were fired in February from the Lexington Medical Center, which operates the family practice.
Bledsoe faces sentencing in Deceber. He could receive a fine of $250,000 and up to four years in prison."
Story from TheState.com
Dr. Horace W. Bledsoe Jr., 58, of Lexington, was a Gilbert Family Practice doctor in February of this year when it was discovered that some leftover portions of testosterone doses were not being disposed of, but instead sent to Bledsoe's office.
Bledsoe pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court to obtaining the controlled substance by fraud. The U.S. Attorney's Office said he used the drug as well as gave some to a medical assisant and other unidentified individuals.
Between Oct. 2, 2008, and this February, testosterone was diverted on at least 20 occasions and clinic records falsified to make it appear the doses were disposed of properly, federal prosecutors said.
Bledsoe and unnamed others who knew of the scheme were fired in February from the Lexington Medical Center, which operates the family practice.
Bledsoe faces sentencing in Deceber. He could receive a fine of $250,000 and up to four years in prison."
Story from TheState.com
Californian Underground Lab busted.
"An El Dorado Hills man is in custody along with a Fair Oaks couple for allegedly being part of an anabolic steroid manufacturing ring.
Jason Glavin, 37, of El Dorado Hills along with Erin O’Neil, 40, and his wife Amy, 32, have been charged with possession of a controlled substance, possession of a controlled substance for sale and transportation of a controlled substance.
Glavin used to own a nutrition supplement company in Folsom called Max Muscle, but it is now closed.
The 10-month long investigation came to a conclusion late afternoon Oct. 14 when Glavin was arrested after he reportedly delivered 100 vials of anabolic steroids to an undercover officer in a parking lot in Citrus Heights.
Following Glavin’s arrest, search warrants were served on Glavin’s Borgata Way home in El Dorado Hills, the O’Neil’s Catsleglen Way home in Fair Oaks and a home in the 3000 block of Elorduy Lane in Elverta, where officials report was the location of the clandestine steroid lab.
Agents found what they called a “large” anabolic steroid lab at the Elverta home and seized more than 500 vials and 1,850 capsules of anabolic steroid pills, said Assistant Special Agent in Charge Gordon Taylor, of the Drug Enforcement Administration.
“In terms of underground steroid labs, this was a huge seizure for this area,” Taylor said. “The illegal use of anabolic steroids can be a dangerous practice, especially for young people. This danger is only compounded when drug rings manufacture steroids in unsanitary, unsterilized underground labs like we found in this case.”
In January 2009, the West El Dorado Narcotics Enforcement Team began the investigation, and one month later requested assistance from the DEA Sacramento Office. In February 2009, an undercover officer met with Glavin and reportedly purchased two vials of anabolic steroids at a parking lot in El Dorado Hills.
According to the search warrant affidavit, Glavin’s steroid supplier received “raw product” and clandestinely manufactured and labeled the anabolic steroids for distribution.
The lab was located in an unsanitary utility room and contained what appeared to be raw steroid powder and large containers of liquid steroids, a vast array of packaging materials, vials, capsules and pre-printed steroid vial labels. Overall, this investigation resulted in the seizure of approximately 500 vials and 1,850 capsules of anabolic steroids with an estimated street value of $118,000.
Full story from the Eldorado Telegraph.
Jason Glavin, 37, of El Dorado Hills along with Erin O’Neil, 40, and his wife Amy, 32, have been charged with possession of a controlled substance, possession of a controlled substance for sale and transportation of a controlled substance.
Glavin used to own a nutrition supplement company in Folsom called Max Muscle, but it is now closed.
The 10-month long investigation came to a conclusion late afternoon Oct. 14 when Glavin was arrested after he reportedly delivered 100 vials of anabolic steroids to an undercover officer in a parking lot in Citrus Heights.
Following Glavin’s arrest, search warrants were served on Glavin’s Borgata Way home in El Dorado Hills, the O’Neil’s Catsleglen Way home in Fair Oaks and a home in the 3000 block of Elorduy Lane in Elverta, where officials report was the location of the clandestine steroid lab.
Agents found what they called a “large” anabolic steroid lab at the Elverta home and seized more than 500 vials and 1,850 capsules of anabolic steroid pills, said Assistant Special Agent in Charge Gordon Taylor, of the Drug Enforcement Administration.
“In terms of underground steroid labs, this was a huge seizure for this area,” Taylor said. “The illegal use of anabolic steroids can be a dangerous practice, especially for young people. This danger is only compounded when drug rings manufacture steroids in unsanitary, unsterilized underground labs like we found in this case.”
In January 2009, the West El Dorado Narcotics Enforcement Team began the investigation, and one month later requested assistance from the DEA Sacramento Office. In February 2009, an undercover officer met with Glavin and reportedly purchased two vials of anabolic steroids at a parking lot in El Dorado Hills.
According to the search warrant affidavit, Glavin’s steroid supplier received “raw product” and clandestinely manufactured and labeled the anabolic steroids for distribution.
The lab was located in an unsanitary utility room and contained what appeared to be raw steroid powder and large containers of liquid steroids, a vast array of packaging materials, vials, capsules and pre-printed steroid vial labels. Overall, this investigation resulted in the seizure of approximately 500 vials and 1,850 capsules of anabolic steroids with an estimated street value of $118,000.
Full story from the Eldorado Telegraph.
Thursday, 15 October 2009
Three more Indian weightlifters test positive for steroids.
Three more Indian weightlifters have tested positive for doping, taking the latest positive tests to five, and the national body is now facing another suspension.
Male lifters Harbhajan Singh and Rajesh Kumar and female Bijaya Devi were caught in World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) tests at a training camp for the Commonwealth championships, Indian Weightlifting Federation (IWF) secretary Baldev Gulati said.
Shailaja Pujari, a women's 75kg gold medallist at the 2002 Commonwealth Games, and men's 56kg lifter Vicky Batta failed out-of-competition tests last month.
"I'm dumbfounded," Gulati told Reuters on Thursday. "All of them have shown some sort of anabolic steroid.
"We've also had periodic dope tests. This shows something has happened in the last 20 days, just before the Commonwealth championships, (lifters) trying something, if this is correct."
The Commonwealth meet starts in Malaysia on Sunday.
All of the competitors have denied any wrongdoing and were seeking tests of their B samples, Gulati said.
"What is causing a bit of suspicion is all of them have tested for the same type of anabolic steroid, the same quantum. There is something that doesn't look very natural."
India has repeatedly faced embarrassment due to doping among weightlifters and the national body was banned in 2004 and 2006, because three or more lifters tested positive in a calendar year.
Story from Reuters.com
Male lifters Harbhajan Singh and Rajesh Kumar and female Bijaya Devi were caught in World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) tests at a training camp for the Commonwealth championships, Indian Weightlifting Federation (IWF) secretary Baldev Gulati said.
Shailaja Pujari, a women's 75kg gold medallist at the 2002 Commonwealth Games, and men's 56kg lifter Vicky Batta failed out-of-competition tests last month.
"I'm dumbfounded," Gulati told Reuters on Thursday. "All of them have shown some sort of anabolic steroid.
"We've also had periodic dope tests. This shows something has happened in the last 20 days, just before the Commonwealth championships, (lifters) trying something, if this is correct."
The Commonwealth meet starts in Malaysia on Sunday.
All of the competitors have denied any wrongdoing and were seeking tests of their B samples, Gulati said.
"What is causing a bit of suspicion is all of them have tested for the same type of anabolic steroid, the same quantum. There is something that doesn't look very natural."
India has repeatedly faced embarrassment due to doping among weightlifters and the national body was banned in 2004 and 2006, because three or more lifters tested positive in a calendar year.
Story from Reuters.com
British police launch new appeal to find murdered steroid dealer's body.
The hunt for the body of a man believed to have been murdered in Essex has been placed as a high-profile case on the Crimestoppers website today.
Paul Duckenfield lived with his wife, Tracey, and two children in Portugal but returned alone to Stansted Airport on an Easy Jet flight at about 2pm on September 15 last year.
Essex Police have said they are “convinced” the father-of-two was murdered later the same day but have not been able to find a body, leaving the 41-year-old's family in limbo.
He was picked up at the airport by a business partner who had known him for several years and the last independent sighting was later that evening at the Palm Trees restaurant in Great Saling where he was captured on CCTV.
Officers believe the motive for the alleged killing is linked to Mr Duckenfield's involvement in the supply of anabolic steroids used by athletes and body builders.
He once featured in documentary The Cook Report in a 1996 episode called A Body to Die For which exposed the dangers of steroid abuse.
When news of the murder inquiry broke documentary maker Roger Cook told the EADT he remembered Mr Duckenfield being involved with illegal steroids sourced from India.
Detective Superintendent Tim Wills, confirmed last month his officers were looking for a body and did not have any hope of Mr Duckenfield being found alive.
He said: “Despite Paul's apparent steroid dealing he is a much missed father, husband and son."
Story from EADT.co.uk
Paul Duckenfield lived with his wife, Tracey, and two children in Portugal but returned alone to Stansted Airport on an Easy Jet flight at about 2pm on September 15 last year.
Essex Police have said they are “convinced” the father-of-two was murdered later the same day but have not been able to find a body, leaving the 41-year-old's family in limbo.
He was picked up at the airport by a business partner who had known him for several years and the last independent sighting was later that evening at the Palm Trees restaurant in Great Saling where he was captured on CCTV.
Officers believe the motive for the alleged killing is linked to Mr Duckenfield's involvement in the supply of anabolic steroids used by athletes and body builders.
He once featured in documentary The Cook Report in a 1996 episode called A Body to Die For which exposed the dangers of steroid abuse.
When news of the murder inquiry broke documentary maker Roger Cook told the EADT he remembered Mr Duckenfield being involved with illegal steroids sourced from India.
Detective Superintendent Tim Wills, confirmed last month his officers were looking for a body and did not have any hope of Mr Duckenfield being found alive.
He said: “Despite Paul's apparent steroid dealing he is a much missed father, husband and son."
Story from EADT.co.uk
Indian weightlifter disputes positive test result.
Dope-tainted lifter Shailaja Pujari, who is facing a life ban after flunking a National Anti-Doping Agency test recently, today pleaded her innocence.
Shailaja, who competes in 75kg category, was found by the NADA positive for an anabolic steroid.
"I have not done anything wrong. I tested negative on August 28. But the experts know how long the anabolic steroids remain in the body. So, I am ready to give my samples again," Shailaja said here.
The lifter also said that she was yet to receive the report of the latest NADA test and planning to approach Union Sports Minister M S Gill as well as Indian Olympic Association President Suresh Kalmadi upon receiving the same.
"I was told that the report has been sent to me, but have not received that so far," she said.
Story from PTINews.com
Shailaja, who competes in 75kg category, was found by the NADA positive for an anabolic steroid.
"I have not done anything wrong. I tested negative on August 28. But the experts know how long the anabolic steroids remain in the body. So, I am ready to give my samples again," Shailaja said here.
The lifter also said that she was yet to receive the report of the latest NADA test and planning to approach Union Sports Minister M S Gill as well as Indian Olympic Association President Suresh Kalmadi upon receiving the same.
"I was told that the report has been sent to me, but have not received that so far," she said.
Story from PTINews.com
Supplement 'Mass Tab' Allegedly Caused Stroke in 17-Year-Old Football Player.
"With growing public concerns about the unregulated health supplement market, Mass Tab, a supplement marketed to help users gain weight and strength is under fire today after allegedly causing a stroke in a 17-year-old football player who used the product and then fell ill.
"The manufacturers of Mass Tab have engaged in what appears to be fraud and reckless and negligent marketing of a bogus bulking supplement that contained a steroid," said Greg Davis, attorney for the young football player, who filed a lawsuit in state court today. "The manufacturers failed to test and to warn the public of the known risks of its product, insidiously marketing it as having 'low side-effects.'"
According to the complaint, Jacob Bray, a young athlete from Tulsa, purchased Mass Tab from the Supplement Shak in Oklahoma, and used Mass Tab over the course of several weeks. On January 31, 2008, Bray was weightlifting and immediately after doing a lift had a severe headache, which he terms as "an instant migraine," and was disoriented.
Bray was driven home by a friend. He was still disoriented, placed an icepack on his head, and took some Tylenol. When the headache seemed to intensify, his mother, Bonnie Bray, made an appointment with a neurologist and an MRI/MRA was ordered, at which time it was discovered that young Bray had suffered a stroke.
"My heart sank when I was told my son had suffered a stroke," said Mrs. Bray. "The profiteers who sell hidden steroids in unhealthful 'health' supplements must be held accountable for their irresponsible conduct. For heaven's sake, my son is just a teenager with his entire life before him."
Attorney Davis added, "Jacob was never informed about the extremely dangerous and sometimes lethal effects of steroids contained in dietary supplement products like Mass Tab."
Mass Tab is a supplement marketed by IDS, Supplement Synergy and Challenger Holdings for those who wish to gain body weight and strength. Mass Tab appears to have been pulled recently from the market but could be sold and marketed under a new name.
Mass Tab contains, as one of its active ingredients, Stenbolone, which is identified as a steroid."
Story from Reuters.com
"The manufacturers of Mass Tab have engaged in what appears to be fraud and reckless and negligent marketing of a bogus bulking supplement that contained a steroid," said Greg Davis, attorney for the young football player, who filed a lawsuit in state court today. "The manufacturers failed to test and to warn the public of the known risks of its product, insidiously marketing it as having 'low side-effects.'"
According to the complaint, Jacob Bray, a young athlete from Tulsa, purchased Mass Tab from the Supplement Shak in Oklahoma, and used Mass Tab over the course of several weeks. On January 31, 2008, Bray was weightlifting and immediately after doing a lift had a severe headache, which he terms as "an instant migraine," and was disoriented.
Bray was driven home by a friend. He was still disoriented, placed an icepack on his head, and took some Tylenol. When the headache seemed to intensify, his mother, Bonnie Bray, made an appointment with a neurologist and an MRI/MRA was ordered, at which time it was discovered that young Bray had suffered a stroke.
"My heart sank when I was told my son had suffered a stroke," said Mrs. Bray. "The profiteers who sell hidden steroids in unhealthful 'health' supplements must be held accountable for their irresponsible conduct. For heaven's sake, my son is just a teenager with his entire life before him."
Attorney Davis added, "Jacob was never informed about the extremely dangerous and sometimes lethal effects of steroids contained in dietary supplement products like Mass Tab."
Mass Tab is a supplement marketed by IDS, Supplement Synergy and Challenger Holdings for those who wish to gain body weight and strength. Mass Tab appears to have been pulled recently from the market but could be sold and marketed under a new name.
Mass Tab contains, as one of its active ingredients, Stenbolone, which is identified as a steroid."
Story from Reuters.com
Wednesday, 14 October 2009
Feds correct Bodybuilding.com warrants.
"The document used to search Bodybuilding.com’s Meridian headquarters and Boise warehouse last month incorrectly stated the number of steroids in a product purchased from the company last April by an FDA investigator.
Idaho’s U.S. attorneys filed a correction with the court last week, saying FDA analysis showed Hyperdrol X2 by Anabolic Xtreme contained Androstenedione, but not Tren.
Special Agent Robert Blenkinsop discovered the mistake after the warrants were executed on Sept. 24.
The warrants also incorrectly said company initials APS stood for Advance Muscle Science instead of Advanced Performance Supplements in a list of items to be seized."
Idaho’s U.S. attorneys filed a correction with the court last week, saying FDA analysis showed Hyperdrol X2 by Anabolic Xtreme contained Androstenedione, but not Tren.
Special Agent Robert Blenkinsop discovered the mistake after the warrants were executed on Sept. 24.
The warrants also incorrectly said company initials APS stood for Advance Muscle Science instead of Advanced Performance Supplements in a list of items to be seized."
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