Occasionally, television and cinema explore the topic of anabolic steroid use by women, usually for comic effect. Such is the case with the sitcom, Strangers with Candy. The main character is Jerri Blank – a 46 year-old former drug addict who lives with her parents and has re-enrolled as a freshman at Flatpoint High School. Given the absurdity of the premise of this Comedy Central sitcom, we can only expect an equally unrealistic treatment of the topic of female steroid use. [Read more...]
Testosterone Replacement Consultant Pleads Guilty
January 16, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Former police officer Anthony Forgione pleaded guilty once again to steroid-related charges while on probation for illegally selling anabolic steroids and human growth hormone through an anti-aging clinic in 2008. In 2008, Forgione pleaded guilty to charges related to the sale of anabolic steroids and human growth hormone (HGH) through Infinity Longevity anti-aging clinic and his ‘wellness referral service.’ Forgione dissolved Infinity Longevity in July 2008. However, he created a new company in Florida in May 2009 using the same name. This time, Infinity Longevity was strictly a consulting and wellness referral service for individuals seeking hormone replacement. [Read more...]
Football Player Who Initiated Waterloo Football Steroid Scandal Avoids Jail
January 14, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The former University of Waterloo football player that committed the crime “that ultimately brought down his former team in a steroid scandal that made international headlines” was sentenced to a 9-month conditional sentence of house arrest. Eric Legare was linked to several burglaries of private residences and pleaded guilty to breaking into a commercial business. However, he became notorious for his indirect connection to the steroid scandal at University of Waterloo that resulted in a one-year suspension of the entire Waterloo football program. [Read more...]
Next Proteins Founder Talks About Former Business Partner Dan Duchaine
January 13, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Next Protein founder David Jenkins talks about his former business partner Dan Duchaine the “Steroid Guru”. Duchaine worked with Jenkins at Next Nutrition and appeared in print advertisements for Ultimate Orange: “Hey Dan, What’s up?” I asked answering the phone in the wee morning hours. I hear Dan say slowly all nubained out, “Why do you wrap a hamster in masking tape?” Perplexed I answer, “What?” Dan chuckled and slurs out, “So it doesn’t explode when you fuck it. See you in Anaheim tomorrow.” Dan hangs up. “You know I don’t eat fish.” he said. “Well you would know if you bothered to read my books.” This was a typical Dan-style opening line as we sat in an Anaheim hotel during our first meeting. [Read more...]
New Jersey Clueless About How to Reduce Steroid Use Among Cops
January 12, 2011 By Leave a Comment
New Jersey legislators have introduced new bills to address the use of anabolic steroids by New Jersey law enforcement personnel. The proposed legislation is an ineffective, ill-informed knee-jerk response to an investigative series by the Newark Star-Ledger exposing the high-number of cops obtaining prescriptions for anabolic steroids. The newspaper questioned the validity of such prescriptions for hormone replacement therapy and the legitimacy of the doctor(s) issuing them. The proposed legislation does nothing to determine whether TRT prescriptions are valid. [Read more...]
Anti-Steroid Propaganda on NBC Television Drama “Life”
January 9, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The short-lived NBC crime drama television series “Life” demonized anabolic steroids in the plotline of the episode entitled “Everything… All the Time.” The producers of “Life” blamed anabolic steroids for murder, roid rage, a suicide attempt, steroid overdose, and bleeding from the eyes in this bit of far-fetched anti-steroid propaganda. The “roid rage” scene rivaled the classic “Ben Affleck Roid Rage After School Special” in its imaginative and fictional portrayal of roid rage. [Read more...]
Rick Collins Directs “Steroid Use, Abuse and Policy Symposium” at Hofstra University
September 17, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Hofstra Law to Host Conference Examining Steroid Use, Abuse and Policy
HEMPSTEAD, N.Y., Sept. 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — In response to the ongoing controversy over steroid use in professional sports, Hofstra Law School today announced that it will host a conference titled “Steroid Use, Abuse and Policy Symposium” on Friday, October 29, 2010, from 10 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.
“The issue of steroid use in sports has become more prevalent, pressing and controversial over the past several years,” said Dean Nora V. Demleitner. “By hosting this conference, Hofstra Law brings together key experts and stakeholders who will examine steroid use from a variety of perspectives, as well as positively impact the potential policy, legislative and legal approaches that will surely emerge in the near future.” [Read more...]
GNC Feigned Outrage at A-Rod’s Claim that Supplements Could Trigger Positive Steroid Test
February 20, 2009 By Leave a Comment
General Nutrition Centers (GNC) expressed feigned outrage in a statement released to Newsday. Alex Rodriguez made the allegation that dietary supplements that have been sold in the past at GNC could have triggered false positive steroid results in athletes subject to anti-doping procedures. A spokesperson did not directly deny the claim as false but made a strong effort to cloud the real issue rather than acknowledge it (“GNC not happy with A-Rod’s steroid saga,” February 19). [Read more...]
Major League Soccer Players Test Positive for Anabolic Steroids After Using Dietary Supplement
October 26, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Two professional soccer players tested positive for the banned performance enhancing substances androstatriendione (ATD) and metabolites of the anabolic steroid boldenone according to the MLS. Red Bulls Jon Conway and Jeff Parke were suspended and fined ten percent of their respective salaries for violating the MLS substance abuse and behavioral health policy (SABH).
The Red Bulls team manager claims the doping violation was unintentional. Conway and Parke allegedly purchased a sports nutrition product from a nationwide dietary supplement chain [Read more...]
VIDEO: Hofstra Law Steroid Use, Abuse and Policy Symposium
Streaming video of the Hofstra Law School “Steroid Use, Abuse and Policy Symposium” directed by steroid attorney Rick Collins featuring Norm Fost, Chris Bell, John Romano, Philip Sweitzer, etc. [Read more...]