Rick to Address School Officials, Parents, Coaches and Youth Agency Representatives on Issues Surrounding Performance Enhancing Drugs and Today’s Teen Athletes Rick Collins has once again been asked to address the topic of teen and steroids at an important Long Island forum taking place on December 10th. Rick, the nation’s foremost legal authority on performance…
Collins Travels to Thailand to Lead Seminar on Steroids and the Law at Sold-Out Event Rick Collins, an internationally recognized authority on performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs), anabolic steroids and the law, will be presenting at the upcoming Asia Fitness Convention – joining with leaders in the health and fitness community from around the world at this…
as seen on healthlevelup.com Interview with Rick Collins Esq, Lawyer, Bodybuilder, Alpha-male Rick Collins Esq is the link between law and bodybuilding. When I was first discovering body building, Rick Collins’s excellent book Legal Muscleintroduced me to the Good, the Band and the Ugly Truth about Steroids. The negative mystique about steroids was dispelled and replaced with a real…
Rick Collins, a Hofstra Law alumnus, recently brought together some of the country’s leaders in the field of performance-enhancing drugs for a full-day conference at Hofstra Law School. The conference, held on October 29th, examined some of the key issues surrounding steroids from a variety of perspectives, and featured some of country’s top experts in…
In June, 2008, convicted big-time steroid dealer David Jacobs and his on again off again girlfriend, popular IFBB figure pro Amanda Jo Savell, were found shot to death in his Plano, Texas home. Jacobs, reportedly one of the biggest juice dealers in the country, had cooperated with authorities after his arrest and then received a…
Collins, McDonald & Gann has launched its newly formatted blog at www.supplementcounsel.com. Dedicated to keeping dietary supplement industry and supplement consumers informed of the latest legislative and regulatory developments, the CMG blog features the contributions of attorneys Rick Collins and Alan Feldstein.
New research from Stockholm links steroid use with “narcotic substances.” For a review of the study by Dr. Jack Darkes and Rick Collins, visit http://www.mesomorphosis.com/articles/darkes/steroids-plus-narcotics.htm.
Senator John McCain (R-AZ) has announced his intention to introduce legislation amending the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act in areas that would affect dietary supplements, including the sports nutrition category. The bill would: establish new facility registration requirements to identify all brands, products, and ingredients; redefine “new dietary ingredients” based on a FDA list…
The DEA has issued a Final Rule, effective January 4, 2010, classifying the following three steroids as “anabolic steroids”‘ under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA): Boldione, desoxymethyltestosterone, and 19-nor-4,9(10)-androstadienedione. As of January 4, these steroids and their salts, esters, and ethers are Schedule III controlled substances subject to the regulatory control provisions of the CSA.
The “anti-aging” use of Human Growth Hormone has come under increasing fire from medical and regulatory watchdogs. However, a new article in the Washington University School of Law Journal of Law & Policy dissects and discredits the positions espoused by such critics. The debate is unlikley to end any time soon.
