Following the 2005 HBO Real Sports segment and the Bigger, Stronger, Faster* film, John Stossel investigates and draws some conclusions about anabolic steroids that fly in the face of mainstream thinking. Read his commentary here or watch the TV segment here. Food for thought…..?
Despite sensationalistic media claims of a “burgeoning epidemic,” the plain truth is that teen steroid use has steadily declined since 2002 according to the published data of the widely accepted Monitoring the Future studies. Read more…
Congress has unanimously passed a bill (H.R. 6353, S. 980) to place strict controls on Internet pharmacies. Sponsored by Rep. Bart Stupak (D-MI) and Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), the Ryan Haight Online Pharmacy Consumer Protection Act of 2008 is named for Ryan Haight, who died at 18 of a drug overdose in 2001 after he…
A new feature film documentary will be premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. Writer/director Chris Bell and writer/director Alex Buono have crafted a film entitled “Bigger, Stronger, Faster*” that examines the issue of steroids in American society from virtually every angle. It’s already been cited by one entertainment website as one of the “top ten…
Contrary to popular belief, the typical anabolic steroid user may be more like an “Average Joe” than a professional athlete or competitive teenager, according to the largest Internet survey of steroid users ever conducted. The survey suggests that the typical steroid user is a well-educated 30-year-old male who does not compete in sports and who did not start…
The statement below was posted by pro wrestler Ric “The Equalizer” Drasin regarding the Benoit tragedy. This isn’t to condone the abuse of any drug (steroids, Rx meds, alcohol…), but simply to air a contrarian view from a man with experience. JUST to show you how the media blows things out of proportion. They always…
The terrible, heart-wrenching tragedy of wrestler Chris Benoit and his wife and son has prompted many media sources to quickly blame steroids as the direct cause. Before jumping on that band wagon, read an alternative point of view from Jack Darkes, PhD, an Assistant Professor and Associate Scholar of the Department of Psychology at the…
“The use of testosterone-replacement therapy (TRT) to treat symptoms of ‘male menopause,’ a rapidly growing field of research and an increasingly common clinical concern…” is examined in Canada’s National Review of Medicine. The article suggests that fears of heart or prostate dangers are largely unfounded. Read the article here.
Millions of prescriptions for testosterone have been written these past few years (over 1.8 million in 2002 alone, according to industry estimates), but critics of testosterone replacement therapy have long pointed to an alleged risk of prostate cancer. That concern is unsupported by a small new study which is garnering mainstream media attention.
Patrick Arnold, the brilliant chemist and supplement guru at the root of the BALCO case, was sentenced to three months in a minimum security facility for his role in creating and distributing undetectable steroidal substances. In his sentencing memo on behalf of his client, Rick Collins wrote: “In assessing the various key players in the…
