NASHVILLE, Tenn. (February 2, 2015) – Aegis Sciences Corporation, founded in 1990 as a sports anti-doping laboratory,  and the Taylor Hooton Foundation, the national leader in the effort to a national campaign to end the rampant use of Appearance and Performance Enhancing Drugs, anabolic steroids and dietary supplements among America’s youth, announced a three-year […]

“I LOVE YOU GUYS. I’M SORRY ABOUT EVERYTHING.” No parent can imagine losing a child. But Don Hooton (Louisiana-Lafayette) came face-to-face with such tragedy ten years ago. He’s been fighting ever since for the lives of other young people — like his son Taylor — who believe anabolic steroids are no big deal.   Taylor Hooton […]

The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), the leading trade association for the dietary supplement and functional food industry, today welcomed the passage of the Designer Anabolic Steroid Control Act (DASCA) of 2014, a measure that will protect consumers from potentially dangerous anabolic steroids falsely marketed as dietary supplements. The bill will now be sent to […]

By Esther Lovett Staff Writer Illegal substances are not confined to the hard drugs we hear about from Wellness Collaborative educator Will Slotnick. They can come in the seemingly innocuous dietary and performance-enhancing supplements now widely used by high school students, Taylor Hooton Foundation Educational Program Manager Brian Parker said. During a mandatory X block […]

MMA Fighter Jason Samson takes the All Me Challenge to compete drug free. Jit-jitsu saved my life” is something that you will hear Jason Sampson say if you hang around him long enough, and he means it. Jason was a tough kid growing up in a bad part of town and was known as a […]

Baseball to volleyball, every sport in between, teenage athletes put countless hours into improving their performance. Often, they supplement the practice and workouts with enhancers, both legal and illegal. “In the 9 to 12 grade athletes, there’s a handful — about ten percent or so — who have used steroids at some point in their […]

BY PETE CALDERA, STAFF WRITER | THE RECORD CHRIS PEDOTA/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Don Hooton, whose son committed suicide after taking performance-enhancing drugs, addresses group at the Yogi Berra Museum. LITTLE FALLS — Alex Rodriguez used to be the closer, surprising an auditorium full of high school or middle school students at the conclusion of Don Hooton’s sermon against steroids. […]

Rodriguez partnered with the Taylor Hooton Foundation – named in honor of Don’s 17-year-old son who committed suicide in 2003 after being a steroid user – in 2009, shortly after he held a mea culpa press conference in Tampa to admit his steroid sins. Don Hooton allowed himself a small smile while retelling the story […]

For Don Hooton, it is simply a matter of honor, and doing the right thing. Being in the non-profit orbit, Hooton is not ordinarily in the habit of turning down nickels or dimes, let alone checks with multiple zeroes at the end of them, but this was easy. He is 64 years old and comes […]

                                     CONTACT:     Dave Kaplan – Director Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center  973-655-6891 / david.yogi@montclair.edu                          Rick Cerrone Communications – on behalf of the Taylor Hooton […]