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China continues to be the primary supplier of anabolic steroids to the US market

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A U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer inspecting packages shipped from overseas. Seizures of steroids from China are increasing.

Shipments coming from China may look like an assortment of small colored bottles that looked like bath oil samples.  Until inspectors look more closely and find some labeled “methandrostenolone,” or other names of anabolic steroids used body builders.… Continue Reading…

THF helps Falcons tutor Georgia high school coaches

THF worked with the Atlanta Falcons this past week educating over 225 Georgia high school coaches.  This was the first time THF was invited to join the Falcons in this program which is 6 years old.

Following a two hour on-field program, the coaches were educated on concussion awareness and were provided steroid education. … Continue Reading…

Arlington police department to test for steroids

The City of Arlington, TX will soon randomly test all of their police officers for anabolic steroids.  The testing program will be among the most stringent programs in Texas.  Few law enforcement agencies test their officers for the presence of these drugs. enforcement.

The plan will bring Arlington closer to the policy followed by Dallas where they randomly tests officers for narcotics, including steroids, up to three times per year.… Continue Reading…

European indoor sprint champion tests positive for steroids

Bulagrian sprinter Tezdzhan Naimova tested positive for steroids following the European indoor championships and faces a potential life ban. (Andrew Wong/Getty Images)

Bulagrian sprinter Tezdzhan Naimova tested positive for steroids following the European indoor championships and faces a potential life ban.

Bulgarian sprinter Tezdzhan Naimova tested positive for drostanolone, a banned anabolic steroid, according to the Associated Press. Dobri Karamarinov, Bulgaria’s athletics federation chairman, confirmed the news.

The 26-year-old runner won the women’s 60-meter race at the European indoor championships in Goteborg, Sweden back in March. … Continue Reading…

Steroids ‘Put Teenage Bodybuilders At Risk’

Supplements containing steroids may be putting “naive” young men in danger, experts warn.

By Emma Birchley, Sky News Correspondent

The pressure to look like sculpted sportsmen and movie stars is being blamed for why teenage boys are taking anabolic steroids and dubious boydbuilding supplements despite the risk to their health.

Using such steroids is not illegal in the UK, but selling them is.… Continue Reading…

LeBron James Steroids? Miami Heat Star Implicated In PED Scandal By Former Anthony Bosch Employee

Sacramento Kings' John Salmons (L) watches Miami Heat's LeBron James (R) react to a call by an official during the first half of their NBA basketball game in Miami, Florida, February 26, 2013.

A woman, claiming to be a former employee of embattled, alleged Major League Baseball steroids provider Anthony Bosch, is now asserting that a close associate to NBA MVP LeBron James regularly frequented the clinic and each time took products with him designated for someone bearing the initials “LB.”

According to IBN Sports Wrap, someone she further identified as “Mr.Paul (LeBron’s childhood friend and one of his current agents is is named Rich Paul) would make monthly visits and carry off the agreed upon products.Continue Reading…

Accused mass killer (Staff Sgt. Robert Bales) was using steroids

Staff Sgt Robert Bales

(CNN) — Special operations troops at a small military outpost in Afghanistan gave alcohol and steroid-like drugs to a U.S. Army sergeant accused of killing 16 Afghan civilians, the soldier’s lawyer said Thursday.

Attorney John Henry Browne said the special operations troops “pumped” Staff Sgt. Robert Bales with the substances.… Continue Reading…

Dramatic increase in steroid use in Queensland

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Queensland syringe exchange programs say they are seeing a dramatic increase in the number of clients using steroids, especially on the Gold Coast.

Statistics show steroid use is on the rise nationally, with the latest Australian Crime Commission (ACC) data showing the highest number of steroid seizures and arrests on record.… Continue Reading…

Dramatic increase in steroid use in Australia

Queensland syringe exchange programs say they are seeing a dramatic increase in the number of clients using steroids, especially on the Gold Coast.

Statistics show steroid use is on the rise nationally, with the latest Australian Crime Commission (ACC) data showing the highest number of steroid seizures and arrests on record.… Continue Reading…

Criminal law will be used to stop steroid use in horse racing

Elik, right, and Ryan Moore, on their way to winning the Height of Fashion Stakes at Goodwood. Picture: PA

Elik, right, and Ryan Moore, on their way to winning the Height of Fashion Stakes at Goodwood

Giving anabolic steroids to horses will become a criminal offence in the United Arab Emirates, Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, who also owns the Godolphin stables where 18 horses have failed tests for the drugs this year, said yesterday.… Continue Reading…