An article in the November 2, 2005 edition of The New York Times points out the hypocrisy of Olympic and world anti-doping officials regarding the Italian anti-doping law. “Steroid Laws: Equal Justice And Punishment for All,” by Selena Roberts, offers much food for thought [abridged version]: Steroid Laws: Equal Justice and Punishment for All by…
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…
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…
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 —…
On April 12, 2005, testimony was taken before the United States Sentencing Commission as to whether federal anabolic steroid offenses should be treated with stiffer punishments, such as by changing the way steroid quantities are calculated. Rick Collins submitted written testimony, as well as more extensive oral testimony on a variety of additional points. The…
