Steroids that used to be called “designer" - available only to top-flight athletes looking for an edge - are now so common they're available on Amazon.com.
Hoping to stop this trend, the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency unveiled a program Wednesday called “Supplement Safety Now," trying to bring more attention to efforts to stop rogue manufacturers from selling steroids under the guise of legal dietary supplements.
USADA CEO Travis Tygart said as recently as Dec. 7 that he was able to go to Amazon.com and buy “P-Plex," a muscle builder that contains Madol, a designer steroid uncovered during the BALCO scandal in 2003.
The product still was being advertised on the site Wednesday at $69.77 a bottle.
“When you can go onto a popular site like Amazon, and without ID, you can buy a product like this, it's an obvious problem, not just for athletes," Tygart said. “It undermines the legitimacy of the legitimate supplement industry. Until these problems are adequately addressed, even the most informed customer cannot have confidence in their choice."
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