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November 19, 2013
FDA seizes another $2 million worth of DMAA products
The FDA moved to seize more than $2 million worth of DMAA-containing products from Georgia-based Hi-Tech Pharmaceuticals Inc. US Marshals seized the goods after agency investigators determined they contained 1, 3-Dimethylamylamine HCl (DMAA) or its chemical equivalent. http://www.nutraingredients-usa.com/Regulation/FDA-seizes-another-2-million-worth-of-DMAA-products
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November 18, 2013
Feds: Drug ring was importing steroids from China
PORTLAND, Ore. – Federal prosecutors say a Portland car dealership served as a front for a drug operation that imported, manufactured and sold steroids and other drugs. Drug Enforcement Agency and other federal agents on Thursday morning raided several locations associated with the operation as prosecutors unsealed an indictment against sixteen people they say conspired […]
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FDA Uses New Authorities To Get OxyElite Pro Off the Market
Just recently we had a case that illustrates both the limits of FDA’s authority to regulate supplements and the promise of new enforcement tools provided by the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). Dozens of people were suffering acute liver failure or non-viral hepatitis so severe that several needed liver transplants, and one died. These […]
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November 11, 2013
Teens and Steroids: A Dangerous Combo
The abuse of anabolic steroids can cause both temporary and permanent injury to anyone using them. Teenagers, whose bodies are still developing, are at heightened risk. An alarming number of them are trying steroids in hopes of improving their athletic prowess or their appearance. Ali Mohamadi, M.D., a medical officer in the Food and Drug […]
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November 7, 2013
Steroids and supplement use: The shifting norm in high school athletics
At first it was a confidence thing. Chase Malek was on the football team as a freshman. Having dealt with some weight issues to that point he really just wanted to feel better about himself. As the numbers on the bars increased and the number on the scale decreased, he did. Now the Northfield High […]
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Rick Cerrone Communications Named as Public Relations Firm of Record by THF
McKinney, Texas (November 7, 2013) – The Taylor Hooton Foundation announced today that it has retained Rick Cerrone Communications as its public relations firm of record. The announcement was made by THF President Don Hooton. “Rick Cerrone has had a distinguished career at the highest level of professional sports,” said Don Hooton, THF President, “and […]
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October 16, 2013
Adam Braidwood
A bad combination of drugs and steroids are blamed for the tragic descent from football star to prison convict for former Edmonton Eskimo Adam True Braidwood. According to court documents obtained by Sun Media, Braidwood — the first overall CFL draft pick in 2006 — first began abusing painkillers and then street drugs because of […]
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October 14, 2013
Popular sports supplements contain meth-like compound
A popular and controversial sports supplement widely sold in the USA and other countries is secretly spiked with a chemical similar to methamphetamine that appears to have its origins as an illicit designer recreational drug, according to new tests by scientists in the USA and South Korea. The test results on samples of Craze, a […]
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October 8, 2013
New Poll: Young People Using Steroids and HGH Reaching Epidemic Status
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Tuesday, October 8, 2013 Adam Benson, Digital Citizens Alliance, 202.999.9104, adam@digitalcitizensalliance.org Kyle Purdy, Taylor Hooton Foundation, 972-403-7300, kyle.purdy@taylorhooton.org In Digital Citizens Alliance / Taylor Hooton Foundation Investigation, Researchers Find Dangerous Drugs on YouTube, But Also Get Fakes and Even No Shipment At All Washington, DC – Large numbers of young people are succumbing to […]
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Ryan Bruggeman
Tampa – October 2013: Trainer Ryan Bruggeman mixes training on the weight room floor with cardio high up in the air. He’s in great shape, but his path to fitness began much, much differently as a teenager. Video can be found here: http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/story/23632223/2013/10/07/steroids-can-leave-life-long-damage-for-teenagers “I started taking some you know, black market steroids, just following whatever […]
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