Former trooper gets probation in steroids case.
A former state trooper convicted for possession of anabolic steroids has been sentenced to two years of supervised probation.
The punishment was handed down Tuesday in Natrona District Court in the case of 28-year-old Adam Longo.
Longo pleaded guilty on October to possession of a controlled substance, a crime that carries a maximum of 5 years in prison. But prosecutors recommended probation, saying Longo reported the crime and has no criminal history.
Longo's name surfaced during a broader investigation that ultimately nabbed two other former troopers, Devan Henderson and Franklin Ryle Jr. Ryle and Henderson were accused of bringing the steroids from Mexico to Wyoming.
Longo told the judge he is ashamed and disappointed in the decisions he made.
He was also ordered to perform 100 hours of community service.
The punishment was handed down Tuesday in Natrona District Court in the case of 28-year-old Adam Longo.
Longo pleaded guilty on October to possession of a controlled substance, a crime that carries a maximum of 5 years in prison. But prosecutors recommended probation, saying Longo reported the crime and has no criminal history.
Longo's name surfaced during a broader investigation that ultimately nabbed two other former troopers, Devan Henderson and Franklin Ryle Jr. Ryle and Henderson were accused of bringing the steroids from Mexico to Wyoming.
Longo told the judge he is ashamed and disappointed in the decisions he made.
He was also ordered to perform 100 hours of community service.
Pharmacy in earlier investigation alleged to be part of international smuggling network.
An Orlando pharmacy whose operators were snared nearly three years ago in an Albany County criminal probe has been implicated in an international network that federal authorities say smuggled human growth hormone from China to the United States, court records show.
The role of Florida's Signature Compounding Pharmacy in the distribution of human growth hormone is highlighted in a partially sealed federal criminal case in Rhode Island that was never announced by the Justice Department.
Signature's alleged role in the wider federal case comes as an appellate court in Albany is set to rule soon on whether state criminal charges against the pharmacy's operators should be reinstated here.
The role of Florida's Signature Compounding Pharmacy in the distribution of human growth hormone is highlighted in a partially sealed federal criminal case in Rhode Island that was never announced by the Justice Department.
Signature's alleged role in the wider federal case comes as an appellate court in Albany is set to rule soon on whether state criminal charges against the pharmacy's operators should be reinstated here.
Signature pharmacy is identified in Effron's court papers by name and also as "pharmacy X." Two Florida physicians, Gary Brandwein and Claire Godfrey, who pleaded guilty to felony criminal charges in Albany related to prescriptions they wrote through Signature pharmacy, also are identified in Effron's criminal case.
The criminal charges against Effron detail his importing HGH from a Hong Kong company, GeneScience Pharmaceutical Co., whose founder, Lei Jin, was indicted on similar federal drug smuggling charges in Rhode Island two years ago. Jin pleaded not guilty and his case is pending.
"Pharmacy X was a licensed pharmacy located in Orlando, Florida," states an 18-page criminal information filed against Effron in June. "Pharmacy X contracted Effron to facilitate the smuggling of HGH from GPC in China to Florida."
Between 2004 and 2007 Effron, "acting on behalf of Pharmacy X," illegally imported more than $690,000 worth of HGH from China, court records show.
Effron and Lei Jin, who often used e-mails to discuss their importation of HGH, met at least three times in Orlando and China regarding their alleged conspiracy. "The owners of Pharmacy X were present during at least one of those meetings," prosecutors said in court filings.Pharmacy X and Effron took steps to conceal the origin of the HGH that was being imported (from China) because they knew that HGH manufactured by GPC was not an approved drug, that it was on the FDA seizure list, and that, in any event, Effron was not a licensed wholesale drug distributor," prosecutors wrote in Effron's criminal information.
Judge Rules Internal Steroid Trial of Police Chief Can Be Closed.
Russian K1 fighter Zabit Samedov interviewed.
Almost all Dutch fighters juice. For example, in Golden Glory it’s almost a part of the club’s policy. They shoot up and fight like it’s nothing. Because of that when they get to the ring they start raging. Think about it yourself, how could Bard Hari change his physical complexion so much in two years?
Karaev trained in Holland and said that Zimmerman shoots up in front of everyone and only after that starts training. Look at what an elephant Zimmerman had become in just two years. But most of these fighters pass all medical tests for steroids.How? They consume extremely high level new pharmaceutical drugs and go through a very expensive three months cycle. So they can get huge.
And I'm that rare breed of athlete that doesn't juice. Even though some time ago there were rumors that in Las Vegas they found some anabolic compounds in my blood but that was all settled. But I still don't know what really happened. I came to Vegas it was 45 degree heat (Celsius) so the conditioner was on all the time and I got chilled. I had an energy drink before the fight. Before the Grand Pri I also injured my elbow which they had to anesthetize. Maybe they used something... think about it, I weighed just 88 kilos. What anabolics can you possibly talk about?
Remember how Badr Hari fought in the finals last year? And then a month later he lost by KO to Overeem. I think the juice stopped working by the time he fought Overeem so that played a role.
Do you know why I am just about the lightest K1 fighter? Because I don’t shoot up roids. I’m a professional athlete, I don’t even take vitamins. I’m lazy when it comes to those things. Besides, we don’t have the money and the sponsors to go through a similar Dutch cycle. Nor do we have competent specialists who could monitor the intake of these drugs.
So we have to fight in these unequal conditions.
Karaev trained in Holland and said that Zimmerman shoots up in front of everyone and only after that starts training. Look at what an elephant Zimmerman had become in just two years. But most of these fighters pass all medical tests for steroids.How? They consume extremely high level new pharmaceutical drugs and go through a very expensive three months cycle. So they can get huge.
And I'm that rare breed of athlete that doesn't juice. Even though some time ago there were rumors that in Las Vegas they found some anabolic compounds in my blood but that was all settled. But I still don't know what really happened. I came to Vegas it was 45 degree heat (Celsius) so the conditioner was on all the time and I got chilled. I had an energy drink before the fight. Before the Grand Pri I also injured my elbow which they had to anesthetize. Maybe they used something... think about it, I weighed just 88 kilos. What anabolics can you possibly talk about?
Remember how Badr Hari fought in the finals last year? And then a month later he lost by KO to Overeem. I think the juice stopped working by the time he fought Overeem so that played a role.
Do you know why I am just about the lightest K1 fighter? Because I don’t shoot up roids. I’m a professional athlete, I don’t even take vitamins. I’m lazy when it comes to those things. Besides, we don’t have the money and the sponsors to go through a similar Dutch cycle. Nor do we have competent specialists who could monitor the intake of these drugs.
So we have to fight in these unequal conditions.
NYPD presses cop-steroid ban.
"City cops have been told to stay off the "juice" -- or else.
In an effort to create a stricter steroid ban, the NYPD last week issued a stern warning to its members not to bulk up with supplements purchased online or over the counter.
A bulletin distributed at roll call identified 21 nutritional supplements that contained steroids but failed to list them on their labels.
All dietary supplements are also forbidden, the four-page memo said -- noting that their use would trigger positive drug tests.
The NYPD began random steroid testing in April 2008 after a scandal that tainted as many as 27 cops.
At least four more have been snared by those tests in 2009.
The NYPD noted that illegal steroid use fuels a market run by organized crime."
In an effort to create a stricter steroid ban, the NYPD last week issued a stern warning to its members not to bulk up with supplements purchased online or over the counter.
A bulletin distributed at roll call identified 21 nutritional supplements that contained steroids but failed to list them on their labels.
All dietary supplements are also forbidden, the four-page memo said -- noting that their use would trigger positive drug tests.
The NYPD began random steroid testing in April 2008 after a scandal that tainted as many as 27 cops.
At least four more have been snared by those tests in 2009.
The NYPD noted that illegal steroid use fuels a market run by organized crime."
Conte Weighs In ( on the current use of PEDs in boxing )
"In my opinion, blood testing for the Pacquiao-Mayweather fight is more important for detecting possible blood doping or use of EPO than it is for human growth hormone. Measuring hematocrit levels (percentage of red blood cells to total whole blood volume) is very important. For example, even without a positive urine test for EPO, cyclists are temporarily suspended for two weeks if their hematocrit is greater than 50%. An elevated hematocrit can provide a significant advantage to a fighter by enhancing oxygen uptake and utilization. This would benefit a fighter in training and especially during the later rounds of a fight."
Ben Johnson claims his drink was spiked in autobiography "SEOUL TO SOUL"
Disgraced sprinter Ben Johnson claims he has obtained an explosive confession from a man who had access to the Olympic doping control room at the 1988 Seoul Games and who admits he spiked the 100m winner's drink with an anabolic steroid.
The alleged confession by Andre Jackson, who the Seoul 100m runner-up Carl Lewis has described as "a family friend", is contained in Johnson's autobiography due to be published in February.
While they admit he was using an East German designer steroid furazobol, they claim he had not used stanozolol for years because it made his muscles tight, which carried too great an injury risk.
Three police officers resign over home brewing scandal.
The three police officers caught for alleged steroid use were reportedly manufacturing it in their homes, according to the official internal investigation report.
The report, provided for review by the Cedartown Police Department after it became public record, confirms what Polk County Police Chief Kenny Dodd and Cedartown Assistant Police Chief Jamie Newsome stated publicly about the incident involving two county officers and one city officer.
Two Polk County officers – John Garrett, 41, of Silver Creek, and Shawn Bates, 27, of Silver Creek – both resigned effective Sept. 21, in lieu of termination.
One of the city’s officers -- Scott Couch, 36, of Cedartown – also resigned in lieu of termination Oct. 5.
The investigation into off-duty activities of the officers began Sept. 2.
That’s when one of the officer’s wives began suspecting her husband was cheating on her. She called Dodd and told him that, adding that he was acting strangely and also that she had been in the house when the drugs were manufactured with the other officer. The woman felt the drugs were the source of most of their problems.
Police went to the home of one officer while he wasn’t there and obtained three vials of a yellow liquid substance called finaplix. Finaplex is a steroid used to speed up growth and bulk of feedlot heifers, the report said.
Dodd began interviewing Bates and Garrett. Bates said he ordered a kit off a website and used Garrett’s credit card to order it because he didn’t have money at the time.
He said he and Garrett made the steroid together. He said he used four of five shots and two shots of injected testosterone.
Bates said he stopped steroid use because “he knew it was wrong and was no better than the people he was arresting.” He also said he started only because he “got curious.”
Garrett had a different story. He has maintain that he has had no involvement in Bates’ activities and said he loaned Bates his credit card because Bates told him he needed to order medication for his dogs.
Garrett said the package came to his house in a plain white box, which he gave to Bates, according to the report.
The incident was then turned over to the Rome Police Department for an internal investigation.
Bates was found deceptive in a polygraph test, which is what led investigations to Couch. According to the report, Bates’ deception was that he withheld information about the third officer’s involvement.
Garrett could not take a polygraph test because he was on the prescription drug lexapro, which is an anti-depression medication.
Further investigation and a second polygraph revealed Bates had reportedly acquired the testosterone from Garrett, who had reportedly gotten it from Couch.
Garrett has maintained his original story of no involvement and told investigation officers he “had no idea why Shawn would say these things,” according to the report.
None of the officers will face criminal charges from local law enforcement agencies. Dodd said last fall the officers’ statements were made under Garrity Warnings and that precludes using their testimony in any kind of criminal indictment.
However, further action is likely by the Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council. Dodd said the results of the two investigations have been forwarded to the POST Council. The Council may revoke the certification of these officers, place them on probation (suspended certification) or decide to take no further action against them.
The report, provided for review by the Cedartown Police Department after it became public record, confirms what Polk County Police Chief Kenny Dodd and Cedartown Assistant Police Chief Jamie Newsome stated publicly about the incident involving two county officers and one city officer.
Two Polk County officers – John Garrett, 41, of Silver Creek, and Shawn Bates, 27, of Silver Creek – both resigned effective Sept. 21, in lieu of termination.
One of the city’s officers -- Scott Couch, 36, of Cedartown – also resigned in lieu of termination Oct. 5.
The investigation into off-duty activities of the officers began Sept. 2.
That’s when one of the officer’s wives began suspecting her husband was cheating on her. She called Dodd and told him that, adding that he was acting strangely and also that she had been in the house when the drugs were manufactured with the other officer. The woman felt the drugs were the source of most of their problems.
Police went to the home of one officer while he wasn’t there and obtained three vials of a yellow liquid substance called finaplix. Finaplex is a steroid used to speed up growth and bulk of feedlot heifers, the report said.
Dodd began interviewing Bates and Garrett. Bates said he ordered a kit off a website and used Garrett’s credit card to order it because he didn’t have money at the time.
He said he and Garrett made the steroid together. He said he used four of five shots and two shots of injected testosterone.
Bates said he stopped steroid use because “he knew it was wrong and was no better than the people he was arresting.” He also said he started only because he “got curious.”
Garrett had a different story. He has maintain that he has had no involvement in Bates’ activities and said he loaned Bates his credit card because Bates told him he needed to order medication for his dogs.
Garrett said the package came to his house in a plain white box, which he gave to Bates, according to the report.
The incident was then turned over to the Rome Police Department for an internal investigation.
Bates was found deceptive in a polygraph test, which is what led investigations to Couch. According to the report, Bates’ deception was that he withheld information about the third officer’s involvement.
Garrett could not take a polygraph test because he was on the prescription drug lexapro, which is an anti-depression medication.
Further investigation and a second polygraph revealed Bates had reportedly acquired the testosterone from Garrett, who had reportedly gotten it from Couch.
Garrett has maintained his original story of no involvement and told investigation officers he “had no idea why Shawn would say these things,” according to the report.
None of the officers will face criminal charges from local law enforcement agencies. Dodd said last fall the officers’ statements were made under Garrity Warnings and that precludes using their testimony in any kind of criminal indictment.
However, further action is likely by the Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council. Dodd said the results of the two investigations have been forwarded to the POST Council. The Council may revoke the certification of these officers, place them on probation (suspended certification) or decide to take no further action against them.
Aromatase inhibition increased testosterone, decreased estradiol but didn't prevent bone loss.
Researchers conducted a one-year, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial that assessed the effects of aromatase inhibition on bone mineral density in older men. Sixty-nine men aged 60 years or older with borderline or low testosterone levels and symptoms of hypogonadism were randomly assigned to 1-mg anastrozole (Arimidex, AstraZeneca) or placebo daily.
Anastrozole increased serum testosterone levels from 319 ng/dL at baseline to 524 ng/dL at three months and a declined slightly to 474 ng/dL at one year (P<.0001) — an overall increase of about 50%.
This paper presents evidence that it is estrogen, not androgen, that preserves bone mass in men as well as women. This estrogen-deficiency bone loss was previously reported in men who have an aromatase deficiency and are unable to convert androgen to estrogen. It would be interesting to see in aging men whether there is a naturally occurring decrease in conversion of androgen to estrogen which might correspond, at least partially, to the bone loss seen in the older man.
Anastrozole increased serum testosterone levels from 319 ng/dL at baseline to 524 ng/dL at three months and a declined slightly to 474 ng/dL at one year (P<.0001) — an overall increase of about 50%.
This paper presents evidence that it is estrogen, not androgen, that preserves bone mass in men as well as women. This estrogen-deficiency bone loss was previously reported in men who have an aromatase deficiency and are unable to convert androgen to estrogen. It would be interesting to see in aging men whether there is a naturally occurring decrease in conversion of androgen to estrogen which might correspond, at least partially, to the bone loss seen in the older man.
CBP's top six most recent unusual seizures at California border checkpoints.
The next day, officers at the San Ysidro border crossing referred a San Fernando man, 37, to a secondary inspection area. They found steroids taped to his thighs and hidden in his socks. In all, the man carried two different types of liquid injectable steroids, 100 tablets of another type, and 36 syringes. Steroids and syringes were seized and the man was assessed a $14,130 penalty for the illegal attempt.
More info on Sweden's Operation Liquid ( Bottle ? ) from Spanish press.
During Operation bottle, the National Police worked with the Swedish police. Those arrested were part of an organization that was operating from Spain, where they provided illegal doping substances and materials to manufacture the products, which are then distributed via courier companies.
Detectives conducted several searches in both countries that, in addition to the doses of steroids, € 2,500,000 in cash was intercepted and 40 bank accounts in Sweden were frozen.
The Spanish police operation had the support and expertise from the Spanish Agency of Medicines and Health Products, Health inspectors also sport anti-doping authorities.
Police seized more than 2,500 doses of anabolic steroids, 6,400 doses of growth hormones, 300,000 diet pills, 600,000 ampoules and vials and 400 kilos of raw material for the manufacture of the steroids.
The Interior Ministry signed an agreement with the Secretary of State for Sport in order to strengthen the fight against such criminal methods.
Detectives conducted several searches in both countries that, in addition to the doses of steroids, € 2,500,000 in cash was intercepted and 40 bank accounts in Sweden were frozen.
The Spanish police operation had the support and expertise from the Spanish Agency of Medicines and Health Products, Health inspectors also sport anti-doping authorities.
Police seized more than 2,500 doses of anabolic steroids, 6,400 doses of growth hormones, 300,000 diet pills, 600,000 ampoules and vials and 400 kilos of raw material for the manufacture of the steroids.
The Interior Ministry signed an agreement with the Secretary of State for Sport in order to strengthen the fight against such criminal methods.
Two British men admit supplying deceased teenager Matthew Dear with steroids.
Two men have admitted supplying steroids to a teenage bodybuilder who later died.
Matthew Dear, 17, is believed to have died from swelling to the brain. He had taken black-market pills supplied to him by Garry Penny, 21, and Alexander Moss-Austin, 18.
Matthew’s grieving family looked on at Basildon Crown Court yesterday, on as the pair admitted charges of supplying him with anabolic steroid methandienone, a Class C drug.
Matthew, a part-time postman who was hoping to join the Royal Marines, lived with his family in Hamstel Road, Southend.
He was taken ill with blurred vision and agonising stomach pains in April, and died a week later at Southend Hospital.
However, speaking yesterday, Andrew Jackson, prosecuting, said: “There is conflicting medical evidence in this case. It is not clear if the drug supplied caused this death.”
Matthew’s death will not be taken into account in the sentencing of Penny and Moss-Austin, because of the inconclusive medical evidence.
Outside the court, Matthew’s dad Chris, 43, said: “It was a real bittersweet moment for us today. It is right these two should be held accountable for their drug dealing, but we have lost our son.”
His mum Tina, 41, said: “Matthew was a very fit and healthy young man, with a bright future ahead of him. But now that has been taken away.”
Moss-Austin, of Westcliff, admitted one count of supplying 50 tablets of methandienone to Matthew, and a further charge of supplying 50 tablets of the same drug to another man.
Penny, of Station Road, Westcliff, admitted one count of supplying methandienone to Matthew.
Both men were released on unconditional bail prior to their sentencing early next year.
Matthew Dear, 17, is believed to have died from swelling to the brain. He had taken black-market pills supplied to him by Garry Penny, 21, and Alexander Moss-Austin, 18.
Matthew’s grieving family looked on at Basildon Crown Court yesterday, on as the pair admitted charges of supplying him with anabolic steroid methandienone, a Class C drug.
Matthew, a part-time postman who was hoping to join the Royal Marines, lived with his family in Hamstel Road, Southend.
He was taken ill with blurred vision and agonising stomach pains in April, and died a week later at Southend Hospital.
However, speaking yesterday, Andrew Jackson, prosecuting, said: “There is conflicting medical evidence in this case. It is not clear if the drug supplied caused this death.”
Matthew’s death will not be taken into account in the sentencing of Penny and Moss-Austin, because of the inconclusive medical evidence.
Outside the court, Matthew’s dad Chris, 43, said: “It was a real bittersweet moment for us today. It is right these two should be held accountable for their drug dealing, but we have lost our son.”
His mum Tina, 41, said: “Matthew was a very fit and healthy young man, with a bright future ahead of him. But now that has been taken away.”
Moss-Austin, of Westcliff, admitted one count of supplying 50 tablets of methandienone to Matthew, and a further charge of supplying 50 tablets of the same drug to another man.
Penny, of Station Road, Westcliff, admitted one count of supplying methandienone to Matthew.
Both men were released on unconditional bail prior to their sentencing early next year.
Spanish suspects arrested following nationwide doping raids in Sweden.
It’s been revealed by the Interior Ministry that more than 40 arrests which took place across Sweden in a recent operation against doping crimes targeted a network which was supplied from Málaga province. Forty two arrests were made in Sweden and one in Fuengirola, and it’s understood that 5 million doses of anabolic steroids have been confiscated.
A number of property searches took place in both countries, and in Sweden, 40 bank accounts have been embargoed by the authorities. The Ministry said 2.5 million € in cash have also been seized.
The network used courier companies to distribute the illegal substances, mainly to Sweden, but also to customers elsewhere in Europe.
A number of property searches took place in both countries, and in Sweden, 40 bank accounts have been embargoed by the authorities. The Ministry said 2.5 million € in cash have also been seized.
The network used courier companies to distribute the illegal substances, mainly to Sweden, but also to customers elsewhere in Europe.
Former trooper Ryle charged in steroids case.
Prosecutors on Monday charged former state trooper Franklin “Joe” Ryle Jr. with possessing steroids between 2004 and 2009.
Ryle, 42, now faces two steroid charges in Natrona County. In an orange jumpsuit with his hands and ankles shackled, he made his initial appearance before Circuit Judge Michael Patchen on Tuesday.
Early this year, while investigating Ryle’s plot to kidnap a Wal-Mart truck driver, authorities interviewed another former state trooper, Devan Henderson, according to an affidavit from the case.
He told investigators that in 2004 he and Ryle brought steroids back from Mexico, where they had gone on vacation.
The investigation later led authorities to Ryle’s ex-wife. She confirmed Ryle brought steroids back from the vacation and said she had personally injected her ex-husband with steroids, according to the affidavit.
Investigators also say that in January they found two vials of Cypiogen, an anabolic steroid, in Ryle’s work desk, as well as one syringe and 11 needles.
In February, former trooper Adam Longo came forward and admitted that he had purchased steroids at a Casper gym, ultimately sharing the drugs with Ryle, according to the affidavit.
Ryle, 42, now faces two steroid charges in Natrona County. In an orange jumpsuit with his hands and ankles shackled, he made his initial appearance before Circuit Judge Michael Patchen on Tuesday.
Early this year, while investigating Ryle’s plot to kidnap a Wal-Mart truck driver, authorities interviewed another former state trooper, Devan Henderson, according to an affidavit from the case.
He told investigators that in 2004 he and Ryle brought steroids back from Mexico, where they had gone on vacation.
The investigation later led authorities to Ryle’s ex-wife. She confirmed Ryle brought steroids back from the vacation and said she had personally injected her ex-husband with steroids, according to the affidavit.
Investigators also say that in January they found two vials of Cypiogen, an anabolic steroid, in Ryle’s work desk, as well as one syringe and 11 needles.
In February, former trooper Adam Longo came forward and admitted that he had purchased steroids at a Casper gym, ultimately sharing the drugs with Ryle, according to the affidavit.
UK plans to introduce new pharmaceutical counterfeiting laws.
Operators of bogus online pharmacies could face up to 12 years in jail under a new law developed by the MHRA.
Specific criminal sentences for counterfeiting medicines are to be introduced in the UK. Convicted individuals would face a maximum penalty of 10-12 years' imprisonment, the agency has announced. Individuals could be found guilty of either supplying or offering to supply counterfeit medicines.
Current penalties are seen as limited in scope and to be failing to provide any deterrent. The MHRA proposed earlier this year to develop such an offence.
Specific criminal sentences for counterfeiting medicines are to be introduced in the UK. Convicted individuals would face a maximum penalty of 10-12 years' imprisonment, the agency has announced. Individuals could be found guilty of either supplying or offering to supply counterfeit medicines.
Current penalties are seen as limited in scope and to be failing to provide any deterrent. The MHRA proposed earlier this year to develop such an offence.
'Legal high' clubbing drugs and designer steroids / pro-hormones banned in UK.
A ban on several drugs known as "legal highs" has come into force.
The substances, including GBL and BZP, become Class C drugs, with a possible two-year jail sentence for possession.
Fifteen anabolic steroids, associated with drug abuse in sport, have also been classified as Class C.
The substances, including GBL and BZP, become Class C drugs, with a possible two-year jail sentence for possession.
Fifteen anabolic steroids, associated with drug abuse in sport, have also been classified as Class C.
Hoards of illicit items in Irish post seized each year.
The packages that attract most attention are those posted from China and the Middle East, where there is a booming black market in counterfeit products, including medicines.
It is 10 years since Viagra was launched, and it is still one of the most popular drugs to be counterfeited and sold over the internet. “Viagra and slimming products are very popular and have increased in popularity in the last five years. Diazepam and Valium are also seized on a constant basis,” adds Lonergan.
It is 10 years since Viagra was launched, and it is still one of the most popular drugs to be counterfeited and sold over the internet. “Viagra and slimming products are very popular and have increased in popularity in the last five years. Diazepam and Valium are also seized on a constant basis,” adds Lonergan.
Korea cracksdown on sales of fake ED drugs in adult stores.
Seoul cracked down on sex shops selling fake copies of impotence drugs such as Viagra or Cialis, Monday. The city's special judicial police collected samples of erectile dysfunction drugs from 103 sex shops and import traders and performed chemical experiments on them. The result showed that 100 percent of the samples were fakes.
Officials confiscated 3,604 impotence medicines, including 1,795 so-called Viagra pills and 1,809 alleged Cialis pills, from October to November and tested them - all were proven to be counterfeit. Some fake Viagra pills found during the crackdown contained twice more sildenafil, the principal ingredient of the drug, than the original, while others contained none. Among the counterfeit Cialis pills, most did not have enough of its main ingredient, tadalafil.
The shops caught are not allowed to sell drugs, but carried fake impotence pills from illegal importers. They bought the drugs for 800 to 7,700 won and sold them for 5,000 to 20,000 won.
Officials confiscated 3,604 impotence medicines, including 1,795 so-called Viagra pills and 1,809 alleged Cialis pills, from October to November and tested them - all were proven to be counterfeit. Some fake Viagra pills found during the crackdown contained twice more sildenafil, the principal ingredient of the drug, than the original, while others contained none. Among the counterfeit Cialis pills, most did not have enough of its main ingredient, tadalafil.
The shops caught are not allowed to sell drugs, but carried fake impotence pills from illegal importers. They bought the drugs for 800 to 7,700 won and sold them for 5,000 to 20,000 won.
Weird report on wrestler Jeff Hardy's case.
He did use steroids, as well, but they were anabolic steroids. These steroids are given for unbearable pain, and my source told me that Hardy rarely used them, but had them to use when the prescription painkillers weren't enough.
Failure to proof read or just written by an idiot ? His legal opinion on the case seems very strange to me.
Failure to proof read or just written by an idiot ? His legal opinion on the case seems very strange to me.
Canadian police can do drug raids at Games villages.
Canada has all the legal power it needs to enforce anti-doping rules in athlete villages for next year's Winter Olympics, including authorising police raids, Vancouver Olympics official Dick Pound said on Monday.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has been working with organisers of the 2010 Games and Canadian law enforcement officials on a protocol on sharing information to combat use of banned performance enhancing drugs.
Canada does not have specific laws dealing with athletes' use of performance enhancing drugs, which has raised questions about police being able to conduct raids in athlete villages, such as those conducted by authorities at the 2006 Turin Games.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has been working with organisers of the 2010 Games and Canadian law enforcement officials on a protocol on sharing information to combat use of banned performance enhancing drugs.
Canada does not have specific laws dealing with athletes' use of performance enhancing drugs, which has raised questions about police being able to conduct raids in athlete villages, such as those conducted by authorities at the 2006 Turin Games.
Death of Russian bodybuilder Vladimir ‘Dynamite’ Turchinsky blamed on steroids by Russian press.
According to one of the theories, the heart attack might have been caused by consumption of steroids for growing muscles. If medics prove the fact of anabolic consumption, it would most likely be stated as the cause of death, Novye Izvestia reports.
Nikolai Abramovsky, a cardiologist, told the newspaper that when anabolic steroids grow muscles, the heart does not catch up and cannot provide all muscles with blood. This can result in a heart attack. According to Yuri Vasilkov, a former doctor of the soccer team Russia, many sportsmen who consume anabolic steroids start experiencing various health problems at the age of 50.
Three weeks ago, Turchinsky visited a naval hospital complaining about chest pain. He was tested, but no abnormalities were revealed. The doctors say that plasmapheresis that Turchinsky underwent the day before his death could not cause the heart attack. Cardiologists are convinced that the procedure is harmless. Plasmapheresis helps to rid the body of toxins. The toxins could be caused by anabolic steroids.
Three years ago, in an interview, Turchinsky confessed that a sportsman who relied on his health alone coul only perform well enough to meet the sport standard. “All the rest is due to one or the other kind of stimulation, “the showman stated.
Professor Gennady Konovalov, head of the center of extracorporeal treatment Medsi where, according to some sources, Turchinsky could undergo plasmapheresis, refused to confirm that Turchinsky was treated in the clinic. However, Konovalov explained that if the procedure was to cause complications, he would have died an hour after the procedure and not the next morning.
As we wrote earlier, Turchinsky died in his countryside house in the village of Pashukovo in the Noginsk district of the Moscow region at 5.00 am December 16. The investigators said Turchinsky was unwell when he woke up. He fainted and collapsed onto the floor. His wife called an ambulance, but by the time paramedics arrived the bodybuilder was dead.
Nikolai Abramovsky, a cardiologist, told the newspaper that when anabolic steroids grow muscles, the heart does not catch up and cannot provide all muscles with blood. This can result in a heart attack. According to Yuri Vasilkov, a former doctor of the soccer team Russia, many sportsmen who consume anabolic steroids start experiencing various health problems at the age of 50.
Three weeks ago, Turchinsky visited a naval hospital complaining about chest pain. He was tested, but no abnormalities were revealed. The doctors say that plasmapheresis that Turchinsky underwent the day before his death could not cause the heart attack. Cardiologists are convinced that the procedure is harmless. Plasmapheresis helps to rid the body of toxins. The toxins could be caused by anabolic steroids.
Three years ago, in an interview, Turchinsky confessed that a sportsman who relied on his health alone coul only perform well enough to meet the sport standard. “All the rest is due to one or the other kind of stimulation, “the showman stated.
Professor Gennady Konovalov, head of the center of extracorporeal treatment Medsi where, according to some sources, Turchinsky could undergo plasmapheresis, refused to confirm that Turchinsky was treated in the clinic. However, Konovalov explained that if the procedure was to cause complications, he would have died an hour after the procedure and not the next morning.
As we wrote earlier, Turchinsky died in his countryside house in the village of Pashukovo in the Noginsk district of the Moscow region at 5.00 am December 16. The investigators said Turchinsky was unwell when he woke up. He fainted and collapsed onto the floor. His wife called an ambulance, but by the time paramedics arrived the bodybuilder was dead.
Pharmacist in long-running steroids case faces new charges.
A defendant in a long-running steroids case faces new charges that he improperly obtained prescription medication.
Jodi Carl Silvio is scheduled to go on trial in Mobile next month on charges that he participated in a scheme to provide steroids illegally from a compounding pharmacy in Mobile.
The new allegations, to which Silvio pleaded not guilty Wednesday, involve a pharmacy he owns in Bay Minette. According to the indictment, he transferred prescriptions in his ex-wife's name from Medicap Pharmacy to CVS and Winn-Dixie in Bay Minette, even though the medications had not been authorized by a doctor.
Silvio then tried to bill Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama for the medications, the indictment alleges.
Jodi Carl Silvio is scheduled to go on trial in Mobile next month on charges that he participated in a scheme to provide steroids illegally from a compounding pharmacy in Mobile.
The new allegations, to which Silvio pleaded not guilty Wednesday, involve a pharmacy he owns in Bay Minette. According to the indictment, he transferred prescriptions in his ex-wife's name from Medicap Pharmacy to CVS and Winn-Dixie in Bay Minette, even though the medications had not been authorized by a doctor.
Silvio then tried to bill Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama for the medications, the indictment alleges.
H.G.H.’s Conundrum: Does Costly Treatment Enhance Performance?
"While human growth hormone has a remarkable ability to generate controversy, exactly what it does for athletes, both good and bad, is as much of a mystery today as when it first found favor as a performance booster during the 1990s.
“That’s uncharted territory,” said Richard J. Auchus, a professor of endocrinology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas. “We just don’t know what happens when people use high doses for long periods of time.”
H.G.H. is among the drugs prescribed by Anthony Galea, a Toronto-based sports medicine physician who was charged by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police last week with, among other things, conspiring to smuggle it into the United States. H.G.H. is legal in Canada but approved in the United States for only a few specific uses that do not include hastening recovery from injuries."
“That’s uncharted territory,” said Richard J. Auchus, a professor of endocrinology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas. “We just don’t know what happens when people use high doses for long periods of time.”
H.G.H. is among the drugs prescribed by Anthony Galea, a Toronto-based sports medicine physician who was charged by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police last week with, among other things, conspiring to smuggle it into the United States. H.G.H. is legal in Canada but approved in the United States for only a few specific uses that do not include hastening recovery from injuries."
Community order for British man who dealt steroids in pub.
A man whose friend asked him to get hold of some drugs has appeared in court for dealing in a west Cumbrian pub.
Sam McMahon, 27, from Holmrook, immediately handed the drugs over to police when they went to investigate reports of someone trying to sell them on September 18, Carlisle Crown Court heard.
He was arrested and searched and found to have more anabolic steroid tablets.
McMahon, who said the friend gave him £30 to get drugs, admitted possessing steroids and amphetamine with intent to supply.
Sam McMahon, 27, from Holmrook, immediately handed the drugs over to police when they went to investigate reports of someone trying to sell them on September 18, Carlisle Crown Court heard.
He was arrested and searched and found to have more anabolic steroid tablets.
McMahon, who said the friend gave him £30 to get drugs, admitted possessing steroids and amphetamine with intent to supply.
Food releases anti-hunger aromas during chewing.
A real possibility does exist for developing a new generation of foods that make people feel full by releasing anti-hunger aromas during chewing, scientists in the Netherlands are reporting after a review of research on that topic. Such foods would fight the global epidemic of obesity with aromas that quench hunger and prevent people from overeating. Their article appears in ACS' Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.
Rianne Ruijschop and colleagues note that scientists long have tried to develop tasty foods that trigger or boost the feeling of fullness. Until recently, that research focused on food's effects in stomach after people swallow it. Efforts now have expanded to include foods that release hunger-quenching aromas during chewing. Molecules that make up a food's aroma apparently do so by activating areas of the brain that signal fullness.
Their analysis found that aroma release during chewing does contribute to the feeling of fullness and possibly to consumers' decisions to stop eating. The report cites several possible applications, including developing foods that release more aroma during chewing or developing aromas that have a more powerful effect in triggering feelings of fullness.
Rianne Ruijschop and colleagues note that scientists long have tried to develop tasty foods that trigger or boost the feeling of fullness. Until recently, that research focused on food's effects in stomach after people swallow it. Efforts now have expanded to include foods that release hunger-quenching aromas during chewing. Molecules that make up a food's aroma apparently do so by activating areas of the brain that signal fullness.
Their analysis found that aroma release during chewing does contribute to the feeling of fullness and possibly to consumers' decisions to stop eating. The report cites several possible applications, including developing foods that release more aroma during chewing or developing aromas that have a more powerful effect in triggering feelings of fullness.
Mom Says High School Coach Gave Kid Steroids.
A high school football coach sold a boy steroids without telling him what the drug was, and then conspired with school administrators to keep the drug deal a secret, the student's mother claims in Cumberland County Court.
Tammy Butler says Stone Memorial High School assistant football coach Jim Wilson gave her son steroids after the season ended in the boy's junior year. She says her 17-year-old boy asked about over-the-counter supplements and Wilson offered him pills he referred to as "supplements."
Butler says she paid for the drugs with a $140 check made out to Wilson, believing she was buying supplements to help her son.
"Unbeknownst to Benjamin Dodd or his mother the 'supplements' were actually illegal steroids," the complaint states. "Neither Benjamin Dodd or Tammy Butler knew they were obtaining or paying for anabolic steroids. Had they known, Benjamin Dodd would not have accepted or taken them. Tammy Butler certainly would not have paid for them. ... It is believed other young men on the football team were approached about taking steroids."
After taking the pills, Benjamin Dodd ended up at the Crossville Medical Center, suffering from headaches, chest pains and violent mood swings, his mom says.
Tammy Butler says Stone Memorial High School assistant football coach Jim Wilson gave her son steroids after the season ended in the boy's junior year. She says her 17-year-old boy asked about over-the-counter supplements and Wilson offered him pills he referred to as "supplements."
Butler says she paid for the drugs with a $140 check made out to Wilson, believing she was buying supplements to help her son.
"Unbeknownst to Benjamin Dodd or his mother the 'supplements' were actually illegal steroids," the complaint states. "Neither Benjamin Dodd or Tammy Butler knew they were obtaining or paying for anabolic steroids. Had they known, Benjamin Dodd would not have accepted or taken them. Tammy Butler certainly would not have paid for them. ... It is believed other young men on the football team were approached about taking steroids."
After taking the pills, Benjamin Dodd ended up at the Crossville Medical Center, suffering from headaches, chest pains and violent mood swings, his mom says.
Pakistani 'bad boy' cricketer has doping ban overturned ?
On November 1, 2006, Shoaib was banned for two years after he and team-mate Mohammed Asif tested positive to the performance-enhancing substance nandrolone.
Shoaib was acquitted by a tribunal, which ruled the PCB's drug-testing procedures were technically flawed. Former Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq has accused Shoaib of steroid abuse, but the paceman who has taken 178 Test wickets maintains he is clean.
"I have never used that stuff, mate," he says. "I don't need to cheat with drugs. I have bowled more than 100mph for years, so why would I use drugs to enhance my performance? The story was this - the PCB tested the whole team. My normal nandrolone level was higher and my argument was this figure cannot be the same for every person on the planet.
"Some people have higher levels of testosterone and nandrolone. You can't define it. It's such a controversial subject that there cannot be one figure for every athlete. I pleaded this in court ... and I was cleared."
Shoaib was acquitted by a tribunal, which ruled the PCB's drug-testing procedures were technically flawed. Former Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq has accused Shoaib of steroid abuse, but the paceman who has taken 178 Test wickets maintains he is clean.
"I have never used that stuff, mate," he says. "I don't need to cheat with drugs. I have bowled more than 100mph for years, so why would I use drugs to enhance my performance? The story was this - the PCB tested the whole team. My normal nandrolone level was higher and my argument was this figure cannot be the same for every person on the planet.
"Some people have higher levels of testosterone and nandrolone. You can't define it. It's such a controversial subject that there cannot be one figure for every athlete. I pleaded this in court ... and I was cleared."
British Dispensary Anabol pictures ( current design vs old )
Batch M10256 made 28/05/09 on the left.
Batch H10150 made 06/05/04 on the right ( with infamous 'pormotion' spelling mistake )
Looks to me like the British Dispensary hologram and white tub is unchanged even after five years.
Former Lexington doctor sentenced for stealing testosterone.
A former Lexington doctor has been sentenced for stealing testosterone from his office, according to prosecutors.
United States Attorney W. Walter Wilkins said Horace W. Bledsoe, Jr., 58, was sentenced to 36 months probation and ordered to perform 80 hours of community service Thursday in federal court in Columbia.
In October, Bledsoe pled guilty to obtaining testosterone by fraud. Wilkins said between October 2008 and February 2009, Bledsoe stole testosterone while working as a physician working at Lexington Medical Center's Gilbert Family Practice.
Some of the testosterone was for Bledsoe's own use, Wilkins said, and some was given to a medical assistant and other unidentified individuals.
Bledsoe and several others who knew of this conduct were fired in February 2009 when this was discovered.
United States Attorney W. Walter Wilkins said Horace W. Bledsoe, Jr., 58, was sentenced to 36 months probation and ordered to perform 80 hours of community service Thursday in federal court in Columbia.
In October, Bledsoe pled guilty to obtaining testosterone by fraud. Wilkins said between October 2008 and February 2009, Bledsoe stole testosterone while working as a physician working at Lexington Medical Center's Gilbert Family Practice.
Some of the testosterone was for Bledsoe's own use, Wilkins said, and some was given to a medical assistant and other unidentified individuals.
Bledsoe and several others who knew of this conduct were fired in February 2009 when this was discovered.
LSUA coach faces charge for steroids distribution.
A volunteer coach for the Louisiana State University at Alexandria women's softball team was arrested Monday in connection with distribution of steroids.
Sgt. Newmon Bobb, supervisor of Alexandria Police's Narcotics Division, said they received a tip that a package containing a possibly illegal substance would be delivered to Jenkins on LSUA's campus. Narcotics agents contacted the university's police to help with the investigation and were able to conduct surveillance.
Once Jenkins picked up the package Monday, police arrested him. They found 100 white, square-shaped pills that tested positive for Winstrol -- an illegal steroid typically used by bodybuilders and athletes to achieve strength gains by burning fat from the body.
As the investigation continued, officers learned who Jenkins received his shipment of steroids from -- Jessie Wayne Villali, 28, of Gonzales. On Tuesday, deputies with the Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office arrested Villali and transported him to Rapides Parish, where he is facing a charge of conspiracy to distribute steroids.
Sgt. Newmon Bobb, supervisor of Alexandria Police's Narcotics Division, said they received a tip that a package containing a possibly illegal substance would be delivered to Jenkins on LSUA's campus. Narcotics agents contacted the university's police to help with the investigation and were able to conduct surveillance.
Once Jenkins picked up the package Monday, police arrested him. They found 100 white, square-shaped pills that tested positive for Winstrol -- an illegal steroid typically used by bodybuilders and athletes to achieve strength gains by burning fat from the body.
As the investigation continued, officers learned who Jenkins received his shipment of steroids from -- Jessie Wayne Villali, 28, of Gonzales. On Tuesday, deputies with the Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office arrested Villali and transported him to Rapides Parish, where he is facing a charge of conspiracy to distribute steroids.
Russia's Most Famous Bodybuilder Vladimir Turchinky Dies Sudden Death.
The heart of one of Russia’s strongest men, Vladimir ‘Dynamite’ Turchinsky, suddenly stopped on Wednesday night. He was just 47 years old.
The official cause of death is not yet known, but the sportsman’s manager, Elena Dari, told Interfax news agency that Turchinsky died of a heart attack in his home outside Moscow.
There were also reports that a day before he had undergone a plasmapheresis procedure in order to rejuvenate.
Turchinsky, who used to work as a bodyguard in his younger years, made his name in the middle of the 1990s, when he was a part of Russia’s team on the International Gladiators TV show. This is where he’s got his nickname – Dynamite.
He set a number of world records in strength athletics and occupied the position of president of the Russian Federation of Strength Athletics.
The athlete is included in the Guinness book of records for pulling a double-decker bus weighing 20 tonnes for 100 meters with only his left hand. He also managed to budge the 260-tonne-strong Ruslan cargo plane.
Turchinsky was also known as a showman and actor. He hosted a number of programs on Russian television – from sports to comedy shows and starred in 27 films. He is survived by a wife and two children.
Russia’s probably most famous bodybuilder, TV and radio host Vladimir Turchinsky died a sudden death in Moscow at age 47 on December 16. He reportedly died soon after a blood rejuvenation procedure which he had had at a Moscow clinic.
His heart stopped beating at 9:45 a.m. on December 16 at his home in the Moscow region. Turchinsky decided to have the blood cleansing and detoxification procedure at a clinic in downtown Moscow. The procedure has become quite popular in Moscow recently.
“He was at the radio station yesterday. I could not imagine that it would happen to him. He was fine, never complained of his health, everything was fine about him always,” Turchinsky’s colleague at Silver Rain radio station, Vladimir Soloviov said.
“His wife called and said that he died. But his cause of death will have to be determined,” Soloviov said.
“He had problems with his health – he would often play with it. Like many professional athletes, he had numerous fractures. Most likely, he had problems with his heart,” Mikhail Marfin, a friend and colleague of the deceased bodybuilder told Life News.
Vladimir Turchinsky’s mother said that her son called her yesterday and said that he was feeling great after the procedure.
“He said that he felt as if his blood was all pure. He said that I should do the same,” Nina Turchinsky said.
For the time being, the cause of Vladimir Turchinsky’s death has not been officially confirmed. It is only known that his death coincided with the above-mentioned blood purification procedure.
Plasmapheresis is the removal, treatment, and return of (components of) blood plasma from blood circulation. It is thus an extracorporeal therapy. The method can also be used to collect plasma for further manufacturing into a variety of medications.
The procedure is used to treat a variety of disorders, including those of the immune system, such as Guillain-Barré syndrome, lupus, and thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura. Dr. D. J. Wallace states that Michael Rubinstein was the first person to use plasmapheresis to treat an immune-related disorder when he "saved the life of an adolescent boy with thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) at the old Cedars of Lebanon Hospital in Los Angeles in 1959". Also according to Wallace, the modern plasmapheresis process itself originated in the "[U.S.] National Cancer Institute between 1963 and 1968, [where] investigators drew upon an old dairy creamer separation technology first used in 1878 and refined by Edward Cohn's centrifuge marketed in 1953.
The official cause of death is not yet known, but the sportsman’s manager, Elena Dari, told Interfax news agency that Turchinsky died of a heart attack in his home outside Moscow.
There were also reports that a day before he had undergone a plasmapheresis procedure in order to rejuvenate.
Turchinsky, who used to work as a bodyguard in his younger years, made his name in the middle of the 1990s, when he was a part of Russia’s team on the International Gladiators TV show. This is where he’s got his nickname – Dynamite.
He set a number of world records in strength athletics and occupied the position of president of the Russian Federation of Strength Athletics.
The athlete is included in the Guinness book of records for pulling a double-decker bus weighing 20 tonnes for 100 meters with only his left hand. He also managed to budge the 260-tonne-strong Ruslan cargo plane.
Turchinsky was also known as a showman and actor. He hosted a number of programs on Russian television – from sports to comedy shows and starred in 27 films. He is survived by a wife and two children.
Russia’s probably most famous bodybuilder, TV and radio host Vladimir Turchinsky died a sudden death in Moscow at age 47 on December 16. He reportedly died soon after a blood rejuvenation procedure which he had had at a Moscow clinic.
His heart stopped beating at 9:45 a.m. on December 16 at his home in the Moscow region. Turchinsky decided to have the blood cleansing and detoxification procedure at a clinic in downtown Moscow. The procedure has become quite popular in Moscow recently.
“He was at the radio station yesterday. I could not imagine that it would happen to him. He was fine, never complained of his health, everything was fine about him always,” Turchinsky’s colleague at Silver Rain radio station, Vladimir Soloviov said.
“His wife called and said that he died. But his cause of death will have to be determined,” Soloviov said.
“He had problems with his health – he would often play with it. Like many professional athletes, he had numerous fractures. Most likely, he had problems with his heart,” Mikhail Marfin, a friend and colleague of the deceased bodybuilder told Life News.
Vladimir Turchinsky’s mother said that her son called her yesterday and said that he was feeling great after the procedure.
“He said that he felt as if his blood was all pure. He said that I should do the same,” Nina Turchinsky said.
For the time being, the cause of Vladimir Turchinsky’s death has not been officially confirmed. It is only known that his death coincided with the above-mentioned blood purification procedure.
Plasmapheresis is the removal, treatment, and return of (components of) blood plasma from blood circulation. It is thus an extracorporeal therapy. The method can also be used to collect plasma for further manufacturing into a variety of medications.
The procedure is used to treat a variety of disorders, including those of the immune system, such as Guillain-Barré syndrome, lupus, and thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura. Dr. D. J. Wallace states that Michael Rubinstein was the first person to use plasmapheresis to treat an immune-related disorder when he "saved the life of an adolescent boy with thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) at the old Cedars of Lebanon Hospital in Los Angeles in 1959". Also according to Wallace, the modern plasmapheresis process itself originated in the "[U.S.] National Cancer Institute between 1963 and 1968, [where] investigators drew upon an old dairy creamer separation technology first used in 1878 and refined by Edward Cohn's centrifuge marketed in 1953.
New Jersey ( Horse ) Racing Commission's new steroid rules.
On Wednesday, the New Jersey Racing Commission (NJRC) approved a proposal to implement new regulations on the use of androgenic-anabolic steroids in standardbred race horses.
The new rule, N.J.A.C. 13:71-23.16, prohibits the administration of anabolic steroids to standardbreds except for the four permitted anabolic steroids (boldenone, nandrolone, stanozolol and testosterone) providing that the threshold levels are not met or exceeded. The new rule also establishes a testing program for anabolic steroids in standardbred racing.
The new rule, N.J.A.C. 13:71-23.16, prohibits the administration of anabolic steroids to standardbreds except for the four permitted anabolic steroids (boldenone, nandrolone, stanozolol and testosterone) providing that the threshold levels are not met or exceeded. The new rule also establishes a testing program for anabolic steroids in standardbred racing.
Employee of doctor facing charges was arrested at border.
An employee of a Toronto doctor who has treated golfer Tiger Woods and other famous athletes faces a smuggling charge after being arrested at the Peace Bridge in September with human growth hormone.
Mary Anne Catalano, 32, was arrested at the Peace Bridge on Sept. 14 after a bridge officer searched her car and found a quantity of Nutropin, a human growth hormone that is sometimes used by athletes to increase their muscle-building potential.
According to U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement agents, 20 vials, 101 syringes, and 76 ampules, of "unknown misbranded drugs, including Nutropin" were found in Catalano's car on Sept. 14.
Catalano told investigators that she was bringing the drug into the United States at the request of "her employer," the U.S. Attorney's office alleged in court documents obtained today by The Buffalo News. The individual who asked her to smuggle the drugs was not identified by name, but court papers indicate that Catalano told authorities she works at the ISM Health & Wellness Center.
Mary Anne Catalano, 32, was arrested at the Peace Bridge on Sept. 14 after a bridge officer searched her car and found a quantity of Nutropin, a human growth hormone that is sometimes used by athletes to increase their muscle-building potential.
According to U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement agents, 20 vials, 101 syringes, and 76 ampules, of "unknown misbranded drugs, including Nutropin" were found in Catalano's car on Sept. 14.
Catalano told investigators that she was bringing the drug into the United States at the request of "her employer," the U.S. Attorney's office alleged in court documents obtained today by The Buffalo News. The individual who asked her to smuggle the drugs was not identified by name, but court papers indicate that Catalano told authorities she works at the ISM Health & Wellness Center.
Earnest Graham claims 30 % of Amerian Football players using HGH.
“They don’t have a [drug] test for [HGH]. It wouldn’t shock me if a ton … I’d say a lot of NFL players are doing it,” Graham said. “I would say, I’ve heard a lot of people, even in Hollywood the average person is [using] HGH. It’s supposed to be this great thing. Especially in a sport like football. You know, I would assume that a lot of guys have access to it and are using it. I would assume so. I wouldn’t doubt it, man, with what’s at stake. Especially in this game, not having guaranteed contracts you know with so much riding on your performance, a game that tears your body down like that, I would assume that a lot of people are making that decision to use HGH. Especially if there’s not a test for it. Because at some point you feel like you’re not cheating, you’re not doing anything wrong. I would say definitely. I would not be shocked.”
“I mean, you know, sometimes. It gets done by, you know, just knowing a guy. Seeing how it benefits another guy. That’s how it ends up, you know. Most guys don’t have access to it, don’t know how to go about it, probably won’t take the time to check on it. So usually another guy refers it, you know, to someone and that’s how all that starts.
Graham went on to say that he doesn’t “understand the whole steriod thing” and just that certain guys are just prone to experiment with HGH or other drugs and supplements.
“Any sport, guys come across injuries and need to get back fast and come back stronger than they were before. I wouldn’t be shocked. I don’t know that I’d really make a big deal about it if I heard it. It’s kind of understood for me at this point,” Graham said.
“Not a test for [HGH]. I don’t think a guy would think it’s cheating. No. I mean they know it [is cheating]. But I don’t think it registers. …I would say 30 percent [are using HGH]. I have no idea how to come across it. Not that I’m looking for it. I don’t know anybody. It’s not something that a guy would just, unless you really trust a guy, to open up and talk about. You know what I mean. …I’ve heard a guy talk about HGH but not [that he's doing it].”
Graham went on to say he doesn’t believe any NFL player would admit to using HGH.
“A lot of guys are kind of proud guys and don’t want to feel like they were cheating. Me, myself. I would feel like I’m cheating,” Graham said.
“I mean, you know, sometimes. It gets done by, you know, just knowing a guy. Seeing how it benefits another guy. That’s how it ends up, you know. Most guys don’t have access to it, don’t know how to go about it, probably won’t take the time to check on it. So usually another guy refers it, you know, to someone and that’s how all that starts.
Graham went on to say that he doesn’t “understand the whole steriod thing” and just that certain guys are just prone to experiment with HGH or other drugs and supplements.
“Any sport, guys come across injuries and need to get back fast and come back stronger than they were before. I wouldn’t be shocked. I don’t know that I’d really make a big deal about it if I heard it. It’s kind of understood for me at this point,” Graham said.
“Not a test for [HGH]. I don’t think a guy would think it’s cheating. No. I mean they know it [is cheating]. But I don’t think it registers. …I would say 30 percent [are using HGH]. I have no idea how to come across it. Not that I’m looking for it. I don’t know anybody. It’s not something that a guy would just, unless you really trust a guy, to open up and talk about. You know what I mean. …I’ve heard a guy talk about HGH but not [that he's doing it].”
Graham went on to say he doesn’t believe any NFL player would admit to using HGH.
“A lot of guys are kind of proud guys and don’t want to feel like they were cheating. Me, myself. I would feel like I’m cheating,” Graham said.
Desma Winstrol with gold ring ?
Former Wyoming trooper gets probation for steroids.
A judge has sentenced a 34-year-old former state trooper to two years of supervised probation for possessing anabolic steroids. District Judge David Park sentenced Devan J. Henderson on Tuesday.
The Casper Star-Tribune reports that Henderson pleaded guilty last month to felony possession of a steroid in 2004. Before being sentenced, Henderson apologized to his family, the Highway Patrol, the state judicial system and to the citizens of Wyoming.
He says he's a changed person. Henderson faced up to five years behind bars before reaching a deal with prosecutors.
The Casper Star-Tribune reports that Henderson pleaded guilty last month to felony possession of a steroid in 2004. Before being sentenced, Henderson apologized to his family, the Highway Patrol, the state judicial system and to the citizens of Wyoming.
He says he's a changed person. Henderson faced up to five years behind bars before reaching a deal with prosecutors.
Actovegin and blood spinning "Legal, hard to spot and open to misuse"
Blood spinning and Actovegin, two of the three techniques Dr Anthony Galea apparently uses, are similar to each other because they are cutting-edge sports medicine therapies that are on the edge of anti-doping regulations.
Doctors will always find cutting-edge treatments because they want to get sportspeople they are treating back on to the pitch as quickly as possible. But those treatments can come up against laws meant to prevent doping, and it is not clear what is and is not allowed.
Blood spinning is openly used and is endorsed by the English Institute of Sport. It is done to speed up recovery from injury, and involves taking some of a player's own blood, putting it into a centrifuge and separating out the platelets, or red and white blood cells, from the plasma, then reinjecting the concentrations of platelets, which look a bit like jelly.
Until now the World Anti Doping Agency's regulations have been vague, although from 1 January such injections will be allowed if they are into the joint, but not into the muscle. But there's huge potential for it to be misused, either by adding growth factors when the blood is reinjected or injecting it into the muscle. But is there really a difference between injecting it into the muscle and blood doping, which is banned by Wada?
Blood spinning would be a problem because it's very difficult to detect. A blood test won't tell you.
Human growth hormone is banned because it is a performance enhancing agent. It can promote the recovery of muscle tissue that's been damaged during hard training. It has more sophisticated benefits than steroids and is used by some bodybuilders. There are concerns about possible serious side-effects, such as the jaw, ears, teeth, hands and feet continuing to get bigger and bigger.
Actovegin is like blood spinning, except that the doctor would use an extract of calf's blood, not the patient's own blood. It's another way of getting people fit again. Media reports say that a lot of top athletes across a range of sports have tried it. The concern is that it could be a way of getting banned growth factors into the body. It's not banned, but Wada say they are closely monitoring it. The trouble is, if it's banned, can it be detected? Sadly, the answer at the moment is no.
Doctors will always find cutting-edge treatments because they want to get sportspeople they are treating back on to the pitch as quickly as possible. But those treatments can come up against laws meant to prevent doping, and it is not clear what is and is not allowed.
Blood spinning is openly used and is endorsed by the English Institute of Sport. It is done to speed up recovery from injury, and involves taking some of a player's own blood, putting it into a centrifuge and separating out the platelets, or red and white blood cells, from the plasma, then reinjecting the concentrations of platelets, which look a bit like jelly.
Until now the World Anti Doping Agency's regulations have been vague, although from 1 January such injections will be allowed if they are into the joint, but not into the muscle. But there's huge potential for it to be misused, either by adding growth factors when the blood is reinjected or injecting it into the muscle. But is there really a difference between injecting it into the muscle and blood doping, which is banned by Wada?
Blood spinning would be a problem because it's very difficult to detect. A blood test won't tell you.
Human growth hormone is banned because it is a performance enhancing agent. It can promote the recovery of muscle tissue that's been damaged during hard training. It has more sophisticated benefits than steroids and is used by some bodybuilders. There are concerns about possible serious side-effects, such as the jaw, ears, teeth, hands and feet continuing to get bigger and bigger.
Actovegin is like blood spinning, except that the doctor would use an extract of calf's blood, not the patient's own blood. It's another way of getting people fit again. Media reports say that a lot of top athletes across a range of sports have tried it. The concern is that it could be a way of getting banned growth factors into the body. It's not banned, but Wada say they are closely monitoring it. The trouble is, if it's banned, can it be detected? Sadly, the answer at the moment is no.
Female Testosterone patch trial is a flop.
A testosterone patch designed to pep up a woman's sex drive received the thumbs down in a study published in the UK's Drugs and Therapeutics Bulletin. The side effects included acne, excess hair, breast pain, weight gain, insomnia, voice deepening and migraine. "Significant numbers" of women placed on a placebo patch reported an increase in sex drive.
Ex-Queenstown bodybuilder pleads guilty.
A former Queenstown bodybuilder has pleaded guilty to a range of steroid charges.
Andrew van Lent, 24, changed his plea to guilty on Monday at an appearance at the Waitakere District Court.
He has been charged alongside former Invercargill bodybuilder Marc William Rainbow, 42.
Rainbow and Lent allegedly imported 1524 steroids in the form of pills and capsules, two types of powdered steroid, a vial of testosterone and two dropper bottles of other steroids through their business SSIS Pharmaceuticals, and sold hundreds of bottles to individuals.
All the drugs were imported through the mail.
Van Lent will be sentenced on March 9, while Rainbow is set to defend his charges on May 10.
Andrew van Lent, 24, changed his plea to guilty on Monday at an appearance at the Waitakere District Court.
He has been charged alongside former Invercargill bodybuilder Marc William Rainbow, 42.
Rainbow and Lent allegedly imported 1524 steroids in the form of pills and capsules, two types of powdered steroid, a vial of testosterone and two dropper bottles of other steroids through their business SSIS Pharmaceuticals, and sold hundreds of bottles to individuals.
All the drugs were imported through the mail.
Van Lent will be sentenced on March 9, while Rainbow is set to defend his charges on May 10.
Lawsuit: Legal muscle-building supplements can damage the liver.
For some people, working out isn’t just about staying in shape – it’s about building muscle and getting bigger. And inside gyms around the country, body builders talk to each other about how to get results fast.
"That’s how I heard about it – word of mouth in the gym. Everybody is on it. This is the going thing right now. It is working," Heath Stevison said. So in June, Stevison started taking M-Drol, a dietary supplement he bought over the Internet.
"I took this stuff off the Internet – supposedly legal – just trying to get big, look a little better, and now I’m laying in a hospital bed looking at a transplant," Stevison said. He was there for 11 days. Stevison said his eyes were turning yellow and he constantly suffered from fatigue. After a series of tests, doctors determined his liver was shutting down.
"It aggravated me because there were no warnings about how it could shut down my liver. There was nothing about liver damage, anything. If it would have had the proper warnings on there, I wouldn’t have took it," Stevison said.
"That’s how I heard about it – word of mouth in the gym. Everybody is on it. This is the going thing right now. It is working," Heath Stevison said. So in June, Stevison started taking M-Drol, a dietary supplement he bought over the Internet.
"I took this stuff off the Internet – supposedly legal – just trying to get big, look a little better, and now I’m laying in a hospital bed looking at a transplant," Stevison said. He was there for 11 days. Stevison said his eyes were turning yellow and he constantly suffered from fatigue. After a series of tests, doctors determined his liver was shutting down.
"It aggravated me because there were no warnings about how it could shut down my liver. There was nothing about liver damage, anything. If it would have had the proper warnings on there, I wouldn’t have took it," Stevison said.
Dr. Ramon Scruggs gets 3 years in prison for dealing steroids.
Dr. Ramon Scruggs, 62, of Santa Ana, Calif., was sentenced Monday to three years in prison for prescribing steroids for nonmedical reasons.
He did so using the Internet from January 2003 through June 2007, Assistant Prosecutor James Gutierrez said.
Scruggs pleaded guilty to five counts of drug trafficking and was sentenced by Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge Nancy Margaret Russo.
He did so using the Internet from January 2003 through June 2007, Assistant Prosecutor James Gutierrez said.
Scruggs pleaded guilty to five counts of drug trafficking and was sentenced by Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge Nancy Margaret Russo.
Thaigertropin - Tiger Woods linked to Canadian doctor's HGH scandal.
A Canadian doctor who has treated many N.F.L. players as well as Olympic medalists like Donovan Bailey and the world’s top golfer, Tiger Woods, is under criminal investigation in the United States. He is suspected of providing athletes with performance-enhancing drugs, according to several people who have been briefed on the investigation.
The F.B.I. investigation of Dr. Anthony Galea, a sports medicine specialist who has treated hundreds of professional athletes across many sports, follows his arrest on Oct. 15 in Toronto by the Canadian police. Human growth hormone and Actovegin, a drug extracted from calf’s blood, were found in his medical bag at the United States-Canada border in late September. Using, selling or importing Actovegin is illegal in the United States.
Dr. Galea is also being investigated by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police for smuggling, advertising and selling unapproved drugs as well as criminal conspiracy. He is tentatively scheduled to appear in a Canadian courtroom on Friday.
I hadn't previously heard of Actovegin, here's a brief description taken from it's product insert :
Actovegin® is a Deproteinized Hemoderivative of Calf Blood that is obtained by ultra-filtration. The Deproteinized Hemoderivative of Calf Blood contains only physiological components, anorganic substances socle as electrolytes and essential trace elements and 30% of organic components as amino acids, oligopeptides, nucleosides, intermediary products of the carbohydrate and of the fat metabolism, and components of the cellular membranes as glycosphingolipids. One of the physiologic components of Actovegin® is inositol phospho-oligosaccharides ( IPOs ). These compounds are thought to possess central and peripheral insulin effects, suggesting that a therapeutic benefit could be obtained in disorders of impaired glucose utilization. The molecular weight of the organic components is below 6000 Dalton.
Pharmacodynamics:
The active components in Actovegin® promote glucose uptake by cerebral and skeletal muscle and other cells and stimulate intrinsic glucose transport by regulating glucose carrier GluT1; Actovegin® activates piruvate-dehydrogenase (PDH) and thereby leads to increased utilization of glucose by cells and formation of energy-rich substances ("insulin-like·effect). (Oberermaier-Kusser et al. 1989;) Actovegin® also increases uptake and utilization of oxygen by hypoxic tissues and cells (which can be proven by Warburg's test) via promoting mitochondrial respiratory function and decreases formation of lactate, as a result, it protects hypoxic tissue. (Machicao, 1993; Kununaka et al. 1991)
Sounds pretty nasty to me :-(
The F.B.I. investigation of Dr. Anthony Galea, a sports medicine specialist who has treated hundreds of professional athletes across many sports, follows his arrest on Oct. 15 in Toronto by the Canadian police. Human growth hormone and Actovegin, a drug extracted from calf’s blood, were found in his medical bag at the United States-Canada border in late September. Using, selling or importing Actovegin is illegal in the United States.
Dr. Galea is also being investigated by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police for smuggling, advertising and selling unapproved drugs as well as criminal conspiracy. He is tentatively scheduled to appear in a Canadian courtroom on Friday.
I hadn't previously heard of Actovegin, here's a brief description taken from it's product insert :
Actovegin® is a Deproteinized Hemoderivative of Calf Blood that is obtained by ultra-filtration. The Deproteinized Hemoderivative of Calf Blood contains only physiological components, anorganic substances socle as electrolytes and essential trace elements and 30% of organic components as amino acids, oligopeptides, nucleosides, intermediary products of the carbohydrate and of the fat metabolism, and components of the cellular membranes as glycosphingolipids. One of the physiologic components of Actovegin® is inositol phospho-oligosaccharides ( IPOs ). These compounds are thought to possess central and peripheral insulin effects, suggesting that a therapeutic benefit could be obtained in disorders of impaired glucose utilization. The molecular weight of the organic components is below 6000 Dalton.
Pharmacodynamics:
The active components in Actovegin® promote glucose uptake by cerebral and skeletal muscle and other cells and stimulate intrinsic glucose transport by regulating glucose carrier GluT1; Actovegin® activates piruvate-dehydrogenase (PDH) and thereby leads to increased utilization of glucose by cells and formation of energy-rich substances ("insulin-like·effect). (Oberermaier-Kusser et al. 1989;) Actovegin® also increases uptake and utilization of oxygen by hypoxic tissues and cells (which can be proven by Warburg's test) via promoting mitochondrial respiratory function and decreases formation of lactate, as a result, it protects hypoxic tissue. (Machicao, 1993; Kununaka et al. 1991)
Sounds pretty nasty to me :-(
Doping in Cycling case study from 'Bike Pure'.
On May 7, 2006, at the UCI Tour of Turkey, Papp was found positive for metabolites of testosterone at the post stage test for which he won – his fourth of the event. While he awaited definitive proof from his B sample, Papp’s continued racing into July. Competing in Tuscany’s 100-mile Granfondo Michele Bartoli, where he crashed with less than a half-mile to go. Papp initially thought he’d only endured a few scrapes. But by the time he lay down in his hotel room, his left buttock had swelled grotesquely. Papp cajoled his team soigneur into driving him to the closest hospital, in nearby Pescia. For he knew the injury was not innocuous. Surgeons operated on Papp several days later, removing a mass of EPO-damaged sludge that amounted to roughly a fourth of his blood volume.
Getting the honest truth from a convicted doper is a rare thing. So we quizzed Papp into the choices that led him to the dark side: “I took a few years away from full time racing to finish first my undergraduate and then to complete a Fellowship at Graduate level. When I came back in 2001 and was riding on form, and a guy who I could normally beat and who had suffered with me in the mountains for as long as I could remember – I recall him on one climb just riding away from me, so fast, so eye openingly fast, for a sprinter!!! I thought something had changed. Other guys were at a whole new level after only a few years away. When I asked a team mate- he laughed at my naivety.
Getting the honest truth from a convicted doper is a rare thing. So we quizzed Papp into the choices that led him to the dark side: “I took a few years away from full time racing to finish first my undergraduate and then to complete a Fellowship at Graduate level. When I came back in 2001 and was riding on form, and a guy who I could normally beat and who had suffered with me in the mountains for as long as I could remember – I recall him on one climb just riding away from me, so fast, so eye openingly fast, for a sprinter!!! I thought something had changed. Other guys were at a whole new level after only a few years away. When I asked a team mate- he laughed at my naivety.
Utah politicians trying to block new supplement laws.
The U.S. Olympic team and major sports leagues are pressuring Congress to crack down on dietary supplement makers who secretly slip designer steroids into their products.
The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency launched the joint effort under the name Supplement Safety Now earlier this month, targeting lenient regulations that allow rogue companies to keep "selling this poison to our kids and profiting from it greatly," says Travis Tygart, the agency's CEO.
USADA has recruited a number of supporters for its supplement campaign including professional football, baseball, basketball and hockey leagues, as well as college athletics.
But the group faces stiff resistance from the supplement industry and its key political backers -- led by Sen. Orrin Hatch and Rep. Jason Chaffetz, both Utah Republicans who count this sector among their top campaign contributors.
While they respect the goals of the anti-doping agency, they believe the Food and Drug Administration already has the authority, just not enough funding, to go after these unscrupulous supplement companies.
"There are sufficient laws on the books," said Chaffetz, a former Nu Skin executive who is now the co-chairman of the House dietary supplement caucus. "If you are mislabeling your product, the FDA should go after you. And if there are banned products on the shelf, the FDA should go after them. The law already allows for that."
In the sports world, it has become cliché for an athlete to blame a spiked supplement for a positive steroid test and these claims are usually met with skepticism. But it does happen.
The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency launched the joint effort under the name Supplement Safety Now earlier this month, targeting lenient regulations that allow rogue companies to keep "selling this poison to our kids and profiting from it greatly," says Travis Tygart, the agency's CEO.
USADA has recruited a number of supporters for its supplement campaign including professional football, baseball, basketball and hockey leagues, as well as college athletics.
But the group faces stiff resistance from the supplement industry and its key political backers -- led by Sen. Orrin Hatch and Rep. Jason Chaffetz, both Utah Republicans who count this sector among their top campaign contributors.
While they respect the goals of the anti-doping agency, they believe the Food and Drug Administration already has the authority, just not enough funding, to go after these unscrupulous supplement companies.
"There are sufficient laws on the books," said Chaffetz, a former Nu Skin executive who is now the co-chairman of the House dietary supplement caucus. "If you are mislabeling your product, the FDA should go after you. And if there are banned products on the shelf, the FDA should go after them. The law already allows for that."
In the sports world, it has become cliché for an athlete to blame a spiked supplement for a positive steroid test and these claims are usually met with skepticism. But it does happen.
Scientists have proved fructose is evil !
Over 10 weeks, 16 volunteers on a strictly controlled diet, including high levels of fructose, produced new fat cells around their heart, liver and other digestive organs. They also showed signs of food-processing abnormalities linked to diabetes and heart disease. Another group of volunteers on the same diet, but with glucose sugar replacing fructose, did not have these problems.
People in both groups put on a similar amount of weight. However, researchers at the University of California who conducted the trial, said the levels of weight gain among the fructose consumers would be greater over the long term.
Fructose bypasses the digestive process that breaks down other forms of sugar. It arrives intact in the liver where it causes a variety of abnormal reactions, including the disruption of mechanisms that instruct the body whether to burn or store fat.
“This is the first evidence we have that fructose increases diabetes and heart disease independently from causing simple weight gain,” said Kimber Stanhope, a molecular biologist who led the study. “We didn’t see any of these changes in the people eating glucose.”
Natural fructose represents 5%-10% of the weight of any fruit. Its use in processed foods stems from a discovery in 1971 that synthesised a 55% fructose and 45% glucose syrup from maize, creating an ingredient cheaper and six times sweeter than cane sugar.
High-fructose corn syrup, or glucose-fructose syrup, is listed as an ingredient in many food and drink products in Britain, although it is virtually impossible for consumers to know the quantity and ratio of fructose used. Barry Popkin, professor of nutrition at the University of North Carolina, and a US government adviser on health policy, said: “Historically, we never consumed much sugar. We’re not built to process it. ”
Rejecting the California research, a spokesman for the Food and Drink Federation, a UK industry trade group, said: “It makes no sense to highlight one single ingredient as a cause of obesity.”
People in both groups put on a similar amount of weight. However, researchers at the University of California who conducted the trial, said the levels of weight gain among the fructose consumers would be greater over the long term.
Fructose bypasses the digestive process that breaks down other forms of sugar. It arrives intact in the liver where it causes a variety of abnormal reactions, including the disruption of mechanisms that instruct the body whether to burn or store fat.
“This is the first evidence we have that fructose increases diabetes and heart disease independently from causing simple weight gain,” said Kimber Stanhope, a molecular biologist who led the study. “We didn’t see any of these changes in the people eating glucose.”
Natural fructose represents 5%-10% of the weight of any fruit. Its use in processed foods stems from a discovery in 1971 that synthesised a 55% fructose and 45% glucose syrup from maize, creating an ingredient cheaper and six times sweeter than cane sugar.
High-fructose corn syrup, or glucose-fructose syrup, is listed as an ingredient in many food and drink products in Britain, although it is virtually impossible for consumers to know the quantity and ratio of fructose used. Barry Popkin, professor of nutrition at the University of North Carolina, and a US government adviser on health policy, said: “Historically, we never consumed much sugar. We’re not built to process it. ”
Rejecting the California research, a spokesman for the Food and Drink Federation, a UK industry trade group, said: “It makes no sense to highlight one single ingredient as a cause of obesity.”
U.S. Anti-Doping Agency hopes to end designer steroid trend.
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."
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."
Bulgarian weightlifter banned for steroid use.
"Bulgaria's Plamen Boev has been given a four-year ban for doping, the country's weightlifting federation said.
Boev, fifth in the 85kg category and bronze medallist in the clean and jerk at the European Championships in Bucharest in April, tested positive for the steroid norandrosterone.
"I'm devastated," 22-year-old Boev told reporters, adding that he had no idea where the banned substance came from. "I have nothing to do but to accept the ban but it's a real pity since 11 years of hard work went in vain."
Bulgaria withdrew its team before the start of the Olympics in Beijing after 11 members failed doping tests and missed the world championships due to financial problems."
Boev, fifth in the 85kg category and bronze medallist in the clean and jerk at the European Championships in Bucharest in April, tested positive for the steroid norandrosterone.
"I'm devastated," 22-year-old Boev told reporters, adding that he had no idea where the banned substance came from. "I have nothing to do but to accept the ban but it's a real pity since 11 years of hard work went in vain."
Bulgaria withdrew its team before the start of the Olympics in Beijing after 11 members failed doping tests and missed the world championships due to financial problems."
British bodybuilder blames steroids for violent attack but is still jailed.
A BODYBUILDER who terrified his ex-partner when he turned up drunk at her home in the early hours has been jailed for two years.
Anthony Thurlow, 22, demanded a reconciliation with Sarah Kirk and kicked a bedroom door off its hinges, flinging it onto a bed where two youngsters were cowering.
When she refused, he bit her ear, punched her in the face and ordered her to tell police he had done nothing wrong.
Thurlow, a scaffolder from Stockton, had previous convictions for violence against Miss Kirk during the failed three-and-a-half years relationship, prosecutor Harry Hadfield told Teesside Crown Court yesterday.
Richard Herrmann, defending, said Thurlow had been using steroids as a bodybuilder and did not realise they were responsible for making him angry. He had not used them since the incident on January 13, Mr Herrmann told Teesside Crown Court.
Mr Herrmann added: “He urges me to inform the court that he fully accepts his responsibility for this offending, and that it is particularly abhorrent in nature.”
Anthony Thurlow, 22, demanded a reconciliation with Sarah Kirk and kicked a bedroom door off its hinges, flinging it onto a bed where two youngsters were cowering.
When she refused, he bit her ear, punched her in the face and ordered her to tell police he had done nothing wrong.
Thurlow, a scaffolder from Stockton, had previous convictions for violence against Miss Kirk during the failed three-and-a-half years relationship, prosecutor Harry Hadfield told Teesside Crown Court yesterday.
Richard Herrmann, defending, said Thurlow had been using steroids as a bodybuilder and did not realise they were responsible for making him angry. He had not used them since the incident on January 13, Mr Herrmann told Teesside Crown Court.
Mr Herrmann added: “He urges me to inform the court that he fully accepts his responsibility for this offending, and that it is particularly abhorrent in nature.”
Spanish steroid gang arrested.
Gang distributing anabolic drugs, operating in several towns near Barcelona, arrested and 176,000 euros seized.
Those arrested were members of a tightly knit group, which according to officials, engaged in drug trafficking and all kinds of steroids and sexual performance enhancers in the municipalities of Cerdanyola del Vallès, Penedes, Santa Perpetua de la Mogoda and Caldes de Montbui.
As part of this operation, police raided up to eight homes and commercial premises, and found nearly three kilos of cocaine, half a kilo of marijuana, and other quantities of hashish and 353 Viagra tablets.
In addition to the 176,000 euros confiscated were $2300, 1,700 Dominican pesos, seven high-end vehicles, four large motorcycles and a mock gun.
The police found that detainees balanced their "criminal work" with their normal day to day jobs-they found cocaine in the locker of one of them and found that he had relatives who were responsible for deliveries or who kept significant amounts of money in their homes.
Six of those arrested in the operation were sent to prison and the rest were released on bail.
Those arrested were members of a tightly knit group, which according to officials, engaged in drug trafficking and all kinds of steroids and sexual performance enhancers in the municipalities of Cerdanyola del Vallès, Penedes, Santa Perpetua de la Mogoda and Caldes de Montbui.
As part of this operation, police raided up to eight homes and commercial premises, and found nearly three kilos of cocaine, half a kilo of marijuana, and other quantities of hashish and 353 Viagra tablets.
In addition to the 176,000 euros confiscated were $2300, 1,700 Dominican pesos, seven high-end vehicles, four large motorcycles and a mock gun.
The police found that detainees balanced their "criminal work" with their normal day to day jobs-they found cocaine in the locker of one of them and found that he had relatives who were responsible for deliveries or who kept significant amounts of money in their homes.
Six of those arrested in the operation were sent to prison and the rest were released on bail.
Will the real Desma please stand up.
The pic above was one of many posted by a user called Cerberus.As you have probably noticed there are major visual differences between the three different groups of ampules shown in the pic. ( size, colour of liquid, printing etc )
If you consider yourself a Desma expert it's time for you to join the debate and help him work out which famous forum sponsor is currently selling fakes.
Czech Government cracks down on doping from Jan 1 2010.
"The old rules only said that "more than a small amount" of a drug is consider illegal, leaving the decision up to law enforcement authorities.
Kovarova also said that anyone who has more than one injection of banned doping substances, including anabolic steroids and other forms of performance enhancing drugs, will face a prison term."
Kovarova also said that anyone who has more than one injection of banned doping substances, including anabolic steroids and other forms of performance enhancing drugs, will face a prison term."
Low quality pic of the new British Dragon Stanabol surfaces on Meso-Rx.com
Despite having been on there for two days sadly only 20 users have so far bothered to view it. The pic isn't of the highest quality and has a huge watermark however I do feel it deserves a much bigger audience, so here it is :-
It never ceases to amaze me that the labs release pics like this on the forums before they bother to update their own web sites.
It never ceases to amaze me that the labs release pics like this on the forums before they bother to update their own web sites.
Axio unveils injectable range in ampules.
"Finally... AXIO Labs are unveiling their much anticipated AMP's... You are getting a first hand look at the finished product!" What do you think ?"
I'm sure I'm not the only one who will be a little shocked by the size and design of Axio's ampules. I expect those long fragile necks to make breakages during shipping a real problem for them.
It appears they have at least invested in a decent amp sealing machine rather than trying to do it by hand ( the tops of the amps in these pics look nearly perfectly round ).
For those that havn't seen one before this is what an unsealed amp of this type looks like :-
Axio appear to be using a clear pre-scored gold ring glass version rather than the amber one shown here :-)
I'm sure I'm not the only one who will be a little shocked by the size and design of Axio's ampules. I expect those long fragile necks to make breakages during shipping a real problem for them.
It appears they have at least invested in a decent amp sealing machine rather than trying to do it by hand ( the tops of the amps in these pics look nearly perfectly round ).
For those that havn't seen one before this is what an unsealed amp of this type looks like :-
Axio appear to be using a clear pre-scored gold ring glass version rather than the amber one shown here :-)
Mariusz Pudzianowski world's strongest man wins mma debut.
"Five-time World's Strongest Man winner Mariusz Pudzianowski needed less than a minute to win his mixed martial arts debut on Friday in Poland, pummeling an opponent named Marcin Najman by TKO just 43 seconds into the first round.
The fight, which took place in Pudzianowski's native Poland, didn't tell us much about what kind of fighter he can be: Najman didn't have any MMA experience and wasn't able to provide him with any kind of challenge at all.
There's a whiff of "freak show" to the idea of a World's Strongest Man competitor beating someone up in an MMA ring, but Pudzianowski says he's long been interested in martial arts and is taking MMA seriously. I don't think we're ever going to see Pudzianowski beat a high-level opponent, but as someone who enjoys both MMA and strongman competitions, I confess that I like the idea of Pudzianowski crossing over from one to the other."
The fight, which took place in Pudzianowski's native Poland, didn't tell us much about what kind of fighter he can be: Najman didn't have any MMA experience and wasn't able to provide him with any kind of challenge at all.
There's a whiff of "freak show" to the idea of a World's Strongest Man competitor beating someone up in an MMA ring, but Pudzianowski says he's long been interested in martial arts and is taking MMA seriously. I don't think we're ever going to see Pudzianowski beat a high-level opponent, but as someone who enjoys both MMA and strongman competitions, I confess that I like the idea of Pudzianowski crossing over from one to the other."
“The decade of testosterone”
In abundance, the male sex hormone testosterone has become synonymous with virility, authority, and bulging pectorals. And in short supply, it is understood to result in sexual apathy and erectile dysfunction. What most men are unaware of, however, is the more dangerous link between low testosterone and early death from heart attack, vascular disease, and complications from diabetes.
Normal testosterone levels are essential to men’s well-being, in and out of the bedroom, says Abdulmaged Traish (GRS’78, GSM’94), a School of Medicine professor of biochemistry and urology and director of the Laboratory for Sexual Medicine Research. A coauthor of a recent study implicating testosterone deficiency in cardiovascular disease, Traish, winner of the 2006 Metcalf Cup and Prize, the University’s highest teaching honor, is on a mission to educate primary care doctors about the prevalence and the dangers of low testosterone.
Known as androgen deficiency, or AD, low testosterone is a treatable condition believed to affect nearly a third of men between 35 and 60. In the study, published in the September-October issue of the Journal of Andrology, Traish and his colleagues evaluated 29 years of data on the link between AD and cardiovascular risk factors, ranging from cholesterol levels to blood pressure. The authors found that the higher the testosterone levels of men, the lower the risk of death from cardiovascular disease, and they concluded that replacing testosterone (T therapy) in men with AD could reduce their risk of heart attack and prolong lives.
Traish says many physicians are reluctant to diagnose and treat AD because of a long suspected, but now debunked, link between testosterone and prostate cancer.
And he is determined to correct the situation. One of a contingent of urologists and endocrinologists sounding the AD battle cry, Traish says that 2010 will herald “the decade of testosterone.”
For pharmaceutical companies, testosterone’s decade is well under way. According to Business Week, sales of testosterone products already on the market soared 25 percent in the 12 months ending June 2009, to just under $1 billion. Sales of the ubiquitous Viagra declined during this period.
Indicated by a simple, inexpensive blood test, androgen deficiency is defined by the Food and Drug Administration as a testosterone level of 300 nanograms per deciliter of blood or lower, with the normal range 300 to 1,200. Because hormone levels vary over the course of the day, Traish recommends that men be tested in the morning, when testosterone is highest. Most family doctors don’t order the test, but they should, he says, as a matter of course.
“We want primary care doctors, the gatekeepers, to be aware of AD,” he says. “It’s not just a quality of life issue; it’s a question of mortality.”
Testosterone is important for skeletal and muscular health as well as healthy blood vessels and red blood cells. As they adjust their belts, men over 35 might shrug off burgeoning guts as an unfortunate but inevitable sign of aging. “But now we’ve learned that this new fat is an organ of its own,” Traish says. “It causes a lot of bad things to happen.”
In fact, he says, AD can almost always be diagnosed without a blood test, even without visiting the doctor. The best evidence is waking up without an erection.
“It’s the first thing I ask patients,” he says. “After T therapy, the answer is always yes.”
When testosterone is prescribed, Traish says, it is not in the doses associated with illicit doping in athletes. And while testosterone does increases muscle mass and does fuel sex drive, no one should fear a pandemic of testosterone-pumped predators.
“We just want to bring the levels up to what they should be normally,” he says. Unlike the female sex hormone estrogen, which drops radically at menopause, testosterone decreases slowly and gradually after men reach 35. Factors that can speed its decline are stress, anxiety, obesity, genetics, and prostate cancer treatments involving surgery or drug therapies based on some doctors’ belief that testosterone deprivation stops early prostate cancers from growing.
Men can increase their testosterone levels through exercise, a healthful diet, and avoiding stress. But when androgen-deficient men are given testosterone, Traish says, their fat goes down, their overall muscle mass goes up, their bad cholesterol goes down, and their good cholesterol goes up.
He says that study after study show the protective health benefits of T therapy. “One study compared a group of male type II diabetics who made lifestyle changes alone with men who were taking better care of themselves but also given testosterone,” says Traish. “This is very exciting. In the testosterone group, the diabetes was completely reversed.”
Testosterone can be administered in a variety of ways. The least effective is a pill, because the liver breaks the hormone down quickly and much of it escapes in urine. Other options are an injection, a gel, a patch, and slow-release pellets inserted into a small cut in the patient’s buttocks.
Each has its drawbacks. The gel can be transferred from skin to skin. “You don’t want to use it if you’ll be holding a baby,” says Traish. Many men find the patch annoying, but he jokes that it’s possessive wives who object most, because “it has a very inviting aroma.” He prefers injections, which are given four times a year.
Googlers searching for a cut-rate way to optimal testosterone levels are taking a foolish risk, Traish says. “Many of the androgen products sold on the Web may not be safe and may not contain the right ingredients. I strongly suggest that no one use androgen products without an evaluation by a physician.”
One unanswered question is about the long-term effects of testosterone treatment. “The National Institutes of Health will not give $100 million for a Women’s Health Initiative–type study in men,” according to Traish. But after following patients on T replacement therapy for almost a decade, he and his colleagues have found no adverse effects. “Patients on testosterone don’t want to stop,” he says.
Normal testosterone levels are essential to men’s well-being, in and out of the bedroom, says Abdulmaged Traish (GRS’78, GSM’94), a School of Medicine professor of biochemistry and urology and director of the Laboratory for Sexual Medicine Research. A coauthor of a recent study implicating testosterone deficiency in cardiovascular disease, Traish, winner of the 2006 Metcalf Cup and Prize, the University’s highest teaching honor, is on a mission to educate primary care doctors about the prevalence and the dangers of low testosterone.
Known as androgen deficiency, or AD, low testosterone is a treatable condition believed to affect nearly a third of men between 35 and 60. In the study, published in the September-October issue of the Journal of Andrology, Traish and his colleagues evaluated 29 years of data on the link between AD and cardiovascular risk factors, ranging from cholesterol levels to blood pressure. The authors found that the higher the testosterone levels of men, the lower the risk of death from cardiovascular disease, and they concluded that replacing testosterone (T therapy) in men with AD could reduce their risk of heart attack and prolong lives.
Traish says many physicians are reluctant to diagnose and treat AD because of a long suspected, but now debunked, link between testosterone and prostate cancer.
And he is determined to correct the situation. One of a contingent of urologists and endocrinologists sounding the AD battle cry, Traish says that 2010 will herald “the decade of testosterone.”
For pharmaceutical companies, testosterone’s decade is well under way. According to Business Week, sales of testosterone products already on the market soared 25 percent in the 12 months ending June 2009, to just under $1 billion. Sales of the ubiquitous Viagra declined during this period.
Indicated by a simple, inexpensive blood test, androgen deficiency is defined by the Food and Drug Administration as a testosterone level of 300 nanograms per deciliter of blood or lower, with the normal range 300 to 1,200. Because hormone levels vary over the course of the day, Traish recommends that men be tested in the morning, when testosterone is highest. Most family doctors don’t order the test, but they should, he says, as a matter of course.
“We want primary care doctors, the gatekeepers, to be aware of AD,” he says. “It’s not just a quality of life issue; it’s a question of mortality.”
Testosterone is important for skeletal and muscular health as well as healthy blood vessels and red blood cells. As they adjust their belts, men over 35 might shrug off burgeoning guts as an unfortunate but inevitable sign of aging. “But now we’ve learned that this new fat is an organ of its own,” Traish says. “It causes a lot of bad things to happen.”
In fact, he says, AD can almost always be diagnosed without a blood test, even without visiting the doctor. The best evidence is waking up without an erection.
“It’s the first thing I ask patients,” he says. “After T therapy, the answer is always yes.”
When testosterone is prescribed, Traish says, it is not in the doses associated with illicit doping in athletes. And while testosterone does increases muscle mass and does fuel sex drive, no one should fear a pandemic of testosterone-pumped predators.
“We just want to bring the levels up to what they should be normally,” he says. Unlike the female sex hormone estrogen, which drops radically at menopause, testosterone decreases slowly and gradually after men reach 35. Factors that can speed its decline are stress, anxiety, obesity, genetics, and prostate cancer treatments involving surgery or drug therapies based on some doctors’ belief that testosterone deprivation stops early prostate cancers from growing.
Men can increase their testosterone levels through exercise, a healthful diet, and avoiding stress. But when androgen-deficient men are given testosterone, Traish says, their fat goes down, their overall muscle mass goes up, their bad cholesterol goes down, and their good cholesterol goes up.
He says that study after study show the protective health benefits of T therapy. “One study compared a group of male type II diabetics who made lifestyle changes alone with men who were taking better care of themselves but also given testosterone,” says Traish. “This is very exciting. In the testosterone group, the diabetes was completely reversed.”
Testosterone can be administered in a variety of ways. The least effective is a pill, because the liver breaks the hormone down quickly and much of it escapes in urine. Other options are an injection, a gel, a patch, and slow-release pellets inserted into a small cut in the patient’s buttocks.
Each has its drawbacks. The gel can be transferred from skin to skin. “You don’t want to use it if you’ll be holding a baby,” says Traish. Many men find the patch annoying, but he jokes that it’s possessive wives who object most, because “it has a very inviting aroma.” He prefers injections, which are given four times a year.
Googlers searching for a cut-rate way to optimal testosterone levels are taking a foolish risk, Traish says. “Many of the androgen products sold on the Web may not be safe and may not contain the right ingredients. I strongly suggest that no one use androgen products without an evaluation by a physician.”
One unanswered question is about the long-term effects of testosterone treatment. “The National Institutes of Health will not give $100 million for a Women’s Health Initiative–type study in men,” according to Traish. But after following patients on T replacement therapy for almost a decade, he and his colleagues have found no adverse effects. “Patients on testosterone don’t want to stop,” he says.
Sciroxx introduces two new injectables.
Nandrodex 100 (100mg/ml nandrolone phenylpropionate)
Primodex 50 (50mg/ml methenolone acetate)
I'm sure fitness competitors and female bodybuilders will be very happy.
Personally I'll be surprised if either is a big seller for them.
Hopefully they have spell checked these new labels.
Sadly no pics to show you as they havn't bothered to update their site yet.
Primodex 50 (50mg/ml methenolone acetate)
I'm sure fitness competitors and female bodybuilders will be very happy.
Personally I'll be surprised if either is a big seller for them.
Hopefully they have spell checked these new labels.
Sadly no pics to show you as they havn't bothered to update their site yet.
Christmas gift ideas for steroid users :-)
British drug dealer spared jail.
"Text messages on the telephones suggested Partridge had also been dealing in anabolic steroids and he admitted having supplied the drug to a circle of 20 people for almost a year.
He said he had supplied his bank details to his "customers" and they paid directly into his account.
Partridge was released on bail."
( rest of the story is about his dealing of real drugs )
He said he had supplied his bank details to his "customers" and they paid directly into his account.
Partridge was released on bail."
( rest of the story is about his dealing of real drugs )
Prosecutor: Mentzer’s Mother Gave Him Steroids.
"As Mark Mentzer waits to answer felony charges in an alleged plot to bomb Weir High School, his mother will serve six months' probation for giving him anabolic steroids while he was still a minor.
Karen Mentzer of Weirton pleaded no contest Monday to contributing to the delinquency of a minor before Hancock County Circuit Judge Martin Gaughan.
Hancock County Prosecutor James Davis Jr. said Mentzer gave the drug to her son, now 19, to use while lifting weights. Mark Mentzer was still 17 years old at the time.
Davis said in April 2008, school officials discovered two vials of powder containing nandrolone decanoate in Mark Mentzer's possession at the John D. Rockefeller Career Center in New Cumberland, a vocational school serving public school students in Hancock County.
That substance, commonly used to treat osteoporosis in postmenopausal women, is illegal without a prescription, Davis said.
When school authorities contacted Karen Mentzer seeking proof of a prescription for the steroids, Davis said she admitted to purchasing them over the Internet.
If she violates the terms of her probation, Davis said Karen Mentzer could be sentenced on the original felony charge of delivering a controlled substance to a minor, which carries a prison sentence of one to five years."
Karen Mentzer of Weirton pleaded no contest Monday to contributing to the delinquency of a minor before Hancock County Circuit Judge Martin Gaughan.
Hancock County Prosecutor James Davis Jr. said Mentzer gave the drug to her son, now 19, to use while lifting weights. Mark Mentzer was still 17 years old at the time.
Davis said in April 2008, school officials discovered two vials of powder containing nandrolone decanoate in Mark Mentzer's possession at the John D. Rockefeller Career Center in New Cumberland, a vocational school serving public school students in Hancock County.
That substance, commonly used to treat osteoporosis in postmenopausal women, is illegal without a prescription, Davis said.
When school authorities contacted Karen Mentzer seeking proof of a prescription for the steroids, Davis said she admitted to purchasing them over the Internet.
If she violates the terms of her probation, Davis said Karen Mentzer could be sentenced on the original felony charge of delivering a controlled substance to a minor, which carries a prison sentence of one to five years."
Bodybuilders See Kidney Damage With Steroids.
The study began 10 years ago when a kidney pathologist at Columbia University Medical Center in New York noticed that a bodybuilder had an advanced form of kidney disease. Curious, she started looking for similar cases and eventually studied 10 men with serious kidney damage who acknowledged using steroids. Nine were bodybuilders and one was a competitive powerlifter with a similar training routine.
All 10 men in the case series, published in November by the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, showed damage to the filters of the kidney. Nine had an irreversible disease known as focal segmental glomerulosclerosis — the same disease contracted by Wheeler — even though the men in the study did not have other apparent risk factors. Their disease was worse than in obese patients with a higher body-mass index, suggesting that steroids — combined with the other practices — might be harming the kidneys.
Among the study’s most persuasive details is the story of a man, 30 years old at the time, who damaged his kidneys after more than a decade of bodybuilding. The patient’s condition improved after he stopped using the drugs, discontinued his regimen and lost 80 pounds. But it worsened after the man, who became depressed, returned to bodybuilding and steroids.
All 10 men in the case series, published in November by the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, showed damage to the filters of the kidney. Nine had an irreversible disease known as focal segmental glomerulosclerosis — the same disease contracted by Wheeler — even though the men in the study did not have other apparent risk factors. Their disease was worse than in obese patients with a higher body-mass index, suggesting that steroids — combined with the other practices — might be harming the kidneys.
Among the study’s most persuasive details is the story of a man, 30 years old at the time, who damaged his kidneys after more than a decade of bodybuilding. The patient’s condition improved after he stopped using the drugs, discontinued his regimen and lost 80 pounds. But it worsened after the man, who became depressed, returned to bodybuilding and steroids.
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"Operation Liquid" targets blackmarket growth hormone distribution in Sweden.
Swedish police have arrested 40 people in a nationwide doping raid, according to a statement.
The operation took place at nine locations across the country involving the police, prosecutors, Swedish customs, as well as Sweden’s tax and debt collection agencies.
Around 300 officers and a large number of civil servants from the other agencies were involved in the raids.
Police carried out valuable seizures through a number of home searches, but a statement from the police doesn’t elaborate on what exactly was confiscated.
The raids have also been carried out with the aim of securing assets and property which was financed with proceeds from criminal activity.
The operations took place in Malmö, Gothenburg, Karlstad, Örebro, Eskilstuna, Stockholm, Sollefteå, Örnsköldsvik and Umeå.
According to police, the raids in Karlstad, Örebro and Umeå were especially important.
The raids are the product of an investigation which began with the discovery of a package at Stockholm’s Arlanda airport back in May.
A customs agent discovered that the parcel contained large quantities of growth hormones.
Arlanda has been shown to be a major point of entry in Sweden for performance enhancing substances, and most of the materials confiscated by Swedish customs have been recovered during checks of post and parcel items passing through the airport.
The May find at Arlanda was handed over to narcotics police in Sundsvall in northern Sweden, who launched an investigation which later included assistance from the Swedish Customs Agency (Tullverket) and the National Criminal Investigative Department (Rikskriminalpolisen).
During the summer, the investigation grew and in September other police departments from around the country were brought into the probe.
The investigation has so far revealed the existence of a well-organized and wide-ranging trade in doping substances across the whole of Sweden, involving large sums of money.
Of the 40 people arrested, approximately 10 reside in Örebro County in central Sweden.
“They were born between 1946 and 1986. One of them is a woman,” Örebro police spokesperson Torbjörn Carlson told the TT news agency.
He said that one of the people arrested in Örebro has previously been sentenced for drugs related offences and other related crimes. “Otherwise we don’t have records on any of them,” said Carlson.
Carlson can’t say how much doping material was confiscated in the Örebro raids, but described it as a very comprehensive raid.
The Wednesday morning raids were called Operation Liquid and took place, according to police, within the framework of a government mandate to fight serious organized crime.
The operation took place at nine locations across the country involving the police, prosecutors, Swedish customs, as well as Sweden’s tax and debt collection agencies.
Around 300 officers and a large number of civil servants from the other agencies were involved in the raids.
Police carried out valuable seizures through a number of home searches, but a statement from the police doesn’t elaborate on what exactly was confiscated.
The raids have also been carried out with the aim of securing assets and property which was financed with proceeds from criminal activity.
The operations took place in Malmö, Gothenburg, Karlstad, Örebro, Eskilstuna, Stockholm, Sollefteå, Örnsköldsvik and Umeå.
According to police, the raids in Karlstad, Örebro and Umeå were especially important.
The raids are the product of an investigation which began with the discovery of a package at Stockholm’s Arlanda airport back in May.
A customs agent discovered that the parcel contained large quantities of growth hormones.
Arlanda has been shown to be a major point of entry in Sweden for performance enhancing substances, and most of the materials confiscated by Swedish customs have been recovered during checks of post and parcel items passing through the airport.
The May find at Arlanda was handed over to narcotics police in Sundsvall in northern Sweden, who launched an investigation which later included assistance from the Swedish Customs Agency (Tullverket) and the National Criminal Investigative Department (Rikskriminalpolisen).
During the summer, the investigation grew and in September other police departments from around the country were brought into the probe.
The investigation has so far revealed the existence of a well-organized and wide-ranging trade in doping substances across the whole of Sweden, involving large sums of money.
Of the 40 people arrested, approximately 10 reside in Örebro County in central Sweden.
“They were born between 1946 and 1986. One of them is a woman,” Örebro police spokesperson Torbjörn Carlson told the TT news agency.
He said that one of the people arrested in Örebro has previously been sentenced for drugs related offences and other related crimes. “Otherwise we don’t have records on any of them,” said Carlson.
Carlson can’t say how much doping material was confiscated in the Örebro raids, but described it as a very comprehensive raid.
The Wednesday morning raids were called Operation Liquid and took place, according to police, within the framework of a government mandate to fight serious organized crime.
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