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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…

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…

Slovenian drug trafficker (steroids) sanctioned by US

LJUBLJANA : Slovenian steroids dealer Mihael Karner, sanctioned by the United States as a suspected drug trafficker, on Sunday dismissed the accusations as “absurd” and aimed only at raising pressure ahead of a European human rights’ court ruling on his extradition.

“Putting an entrepreneur dealing in medicines on a list for sanctions along  with deadly narco-groups is absurd,” Karner was quoted as saying in a written  statement sent to Slovenian state television.… Continue Reading…

Malaysia now linked to steroids trafficking

KUALA LUMPUR, June 3 — US President Barack Obama has designated a worldwide steroids trafficking operation that is partly managed in Malaysia under Washington DC’s Kingpin Statute, which targets large-scale drug traffickers including the notorious Tijuana cartel in Mexico, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) has reported.

The move comes in the wake of Liberty Reserve, a global currency exchanger registered in Costa Rica that was indicted last week for running a US$6 billion (RM18.6 billion) money-laundering operation said to be the world’s largest, and which also involved unlicensed money exchangers based in Malaysia as Bukit Aman has acknowledged.… 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…

Lawyer blames murder on steroids

 

As I Lay Dying lead singer Tim Lambesis is set to appear in court Wednesday, weeks after allegedly hiring a hitman to kill his estranged wife. Lambesis’ lawyers are expected to lay out a “roid rage” defense, blaming the rocker’s steroid use to his alleged attempt to arrange the murder.

Thomas Warwick, the rocker’s lawyer, says Lambesis was mentally unstable when he asked an undercover detective to kill his wife and that the singer’s thoughts were “devastatingly affected” by the drugs.… 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…

Personal trainer tried to distribute 89,000 units of steroids

A Port Reading man was arrested today for conspiring to distribute more than 89,000 units of anabolic steroids in pill and liquid form, according to U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman.

Special agents with the Department of Homeland Security arrested Richard Gray, 60, who works as a personal trainer.

Gray was arrested as he attempted to pick up a package containing steroids, according to the U.S.… Continue Reading…

Defense: “My mind was ravaged by steroid use”

Lawyer for accused singer: steroids had ill effect

The lawyer for a California heavy metal singer accused of trying to hire someone to kill his estranged wife says the singer’s mind has been ravaged by steroid use.

U-T San Diego (http://bit.ly/16EWVKZ) reports that the detail came to light during a Friday hearing for 32-year-old Timothy Lambesis, who has pleaded not guilty to solicitation for murder.

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Steroids blamed for attempted murder

Heavy metal singer accused of murder-for-hire was ravaged by steroids, lawyer says

Tim Lambesis of As I Lay Dying performs at the second annual Revolver Golden Gods Awards in Los Angeles. Authorities say the singer of Grammy-nominated heavy metal band As I Lay Dying has been arrested Tuesday May 7, 2013 in Southern California after trying to hire an undercover detective to kill his estranged wife.

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