On September 21, 2005, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) announced the culmination of Operation CYBERx, a multi-agency investigation targeting U.S.-based online pharmacies allegedly selling precription drugs without valid prescriptions. Part of DEA’s new “Virtual Enforcement Initiative (VEI)”, the operation resulted in the arrests of 18 people and the seizure of cash and property. It…
HBO Real Sports aired a segment recently entitled “The Contrarian View” about anabolic steroids. Armen Keteyian, who has been reporting on illegal substances in sports for the past five years, investigates the belief held by some scientists that steroids, when properly administered, cause no harm in mature adult males (the segment emphasizes that the serious…
This unique site contains extensive information about anabolic steroids with an emphasis on objectivity. Across the top of each page, you’ll see a navigation bar with “Introduction,” “Arrested?,” “Athletes,” and six other words each of which are links to specific topic pages. Above the navigation bar and to the right is a search function —…
A psych doctoral student recently contacted Rick Collins for assistance on a secure, confidential and anonymous Internet survey of anabolic steroid usage. The study will hopefully examine the data collected over the next few months and offer discussion and conclusions free of political correctness and bias. The results of the survey might help dispel some…
August 6: BP Radio talks about ‘the’ story in baseball[:] … steroids and Rafael Palmeiro. Will [Carroll] and Brad talk with Rick Collins, the leading mind in steroid law and Dr. John Crisler, a doctor specializing in steroid medicine. It’s BP Radio covering the biggest story as only they can. BP Radio – testing positive…
In an article entitled “Sympathy for the Devil: everything you thought you knew about steroids is wrong,” LA Weekly’s Steven Kotler separates fact from myth and fiction on the subject of anabolic steroids as used by mature adult males (not teens, or women). Following the research and perspective advanced in Legal Muscle, this article will…
An Oregon bill which would have subjected school coaches to arrest and up to three months’ imprisonment for even suggesting the use of sports nutrition supplements was defeated by a narrow House vote of 30-27. Rep. Scott Bruun called the bill a “solution in search of a problem,” and said it unfairly lumps in illegal…
Several steroid-related articles by Eric Dexheimer in the Denver Westword feature Rick Collins and his practice. One article is entitled “Flexing His Muscle: The Air Force Academy discovered that prosecuting accused steroid-abusers is as tricky as attorney Rick Collins says,” while another entitled “What’s the Beef?” states: “If you’ve been busted for steroid possession —…
Jon E. Dougherty, a veteran reporter, author, and founder and editor-in-chief of Voices Magazine presents his views on the new Congressional priority of investigating and legislating against the use of performance-enhancing substances when far more pressing concerns are put on the back burner. “It may have been unfair for Mark McGwire and Barry Bonds to…
Senator Joe Biden has introduced a new bill, S. 893, to amend the Anabolic Steroid Control Act of 2004 which contained two errors in chemical nomenclature. The bill was passed by the Senate on April 25, 2005, and was referred the next day to the House Committees on Energy and Commerce and the Judiciary.
