Tom Verducci gives explanations about his vote for an admitted steroid user

Tom Verducci of Sports Illustrated says about debates related to rughts of steroid users to be voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. But as it commonly happens, this explanation shows just confusion of writers about steroids.
The Baseball Writers Association of America (BWAA) is a professional association of baseball reporters who chose players for the National Baseball Hall of Fame. All reporters that are members of the BWAA already not less than 10 years have opportunity to vote for up to 10 players for the Hall of Fame.
Recently it was a debate between members of the BWAA. They discussed whether admitted or just suspected consumers of steroids and other forbidden preparations might entry into Cooperstown.
Members of the BWAA usually must comment their votes: they should explain why they have voted pro or contra certain questions. Some of them claim that doping destroys the integrity of sports and usage of banned products is frequently claimed by them to be immoral.
As for Tom Verducci, he doesn’t think that usage of steroids is necessarily a moral question. This writer says that steroids help consumers to take unfair advantage over those who don’t administrate prohibited medications. According to this writer, performance-enhancing drugs make competitions unfair. Thus, intake of banned medicines promotes unfairness in sports. That’s why Verducci denies any link between doping and morality. This sportswriter claims that it is a question that is linked with performance but not to morality. So, Verducci suggests that steroid users should not be allowed to be in the Hall of Fame. But he has voted for the admitted steroid user Jeff Bagwell. This sportsperson has acknowledged that he had taken androstenedione. It is necessary to note that this medication was not classified as an anabolic steroid, when Bagwell used it. According to the Control Act 2004, it is enumerated among forbidden products. Since it wasn’t legally considered to be a steroid, Verducci decided to vote for the consumer of this medication; however, it was always claimed to be an anabolic-androgenic steroid by scientists. Furthermore, it was said that Bagwell just became bigger but didn’t induce his performance due to intake of androstenedione.
Nevertheless, the decision of Verducci to vote for the admitted consumer of the steroid is quite controversial. The following question appears: “Maybe Verducci is not against usage of steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs by sportspersons?” Since Verducci doesn’t agree that doping is a moral question, he may suggest that increase of performance is not a real problem.
Numerous people suppose that intake of steroids represents evil because they are illegal.

Johnnie Lee Wiggins, a steroid user, killed a teacher

Johnnie Lee Wiggins is a NPC heavyweight bodybuilder. He was very successful. This bodybuilder took the 3rd place at the 2011 NPC Emerald Cup and won the 2011 NPC Empire Classic.
This person was a boyfriend of Prudence Hockley. This lady taught English at Woodinville High School in Washington. Prudence Hockley met Lee Wiggins in a gym. He was a personal trainer at that time.
Once the bodybuilder saw another man’s car in the yard of her home. It was on Christmas day. Lee Wiggins was a jealous individual. He beat the lady very brutally. Then the bodybuilder left Prudence Hockley unconscious and bleeding on the ground in the yard. Prudence Hockley was taken in a medical centre where she died that day. The child of this woman was at home and called police and hospital.
It was not the first time, when this bodybuilder was aggressive towards a lady. Certain women noticed that he was very jealous person. They also said that he became aggressive numerous times.
Earlier Lee Wiggins served more than 5 years in prison for assault, robbery and theft. It was in Georgia. This person was released in 2008. During May 2011 Johnnie Lee Wiggins was under supervision of the Washington Department of Corrections.
It is necessary to mention that he was released on probation. During this time a police officer caught him possessing anabolic steroids; he attacked the officer. The Washington Department of Corrections sent him to Georgia but Johnnie Lee Wiggins didn’t tell the Georgia Department of corrections that he had returned.
It was said that Lee Wiggins had had “roid rage”. Actually, this term is widely applied by media that claims that it is an adverse effect of anabolic steroids. But it is important to notice that the affirmation about uncontrolled behavior which is believed to be caused by usage of anabolic steroids doesn’t have any scientific basis. Only a significantly small number of steroid users have this reaction. Intake of steroids doesn’t lead to violence against women. Millions cases of domestic violence happen every year but they have no connections with anabolic steroids.
There are other conditions which lead to domestic violence. Anabolic steroids should not be blamed for aggressiveness and violence. Media should define other conditions to demonize for tragedies.

Travis Tygart claims that steroid testing of the UFC is not appropriate

The president of Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Dana White put efforts to defend the drug-testing program of this organization. According to the UFC, their most advanced testing program for steroids is in North America. Is it actually true? Sometimes it seems that only fool athletes are caught administrating forbidden medicines by the UFC.
There are several organizations that criticize the drug-testing program of the UFC harshly. The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) and the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) are included in chief agencies that criticize drug-testing policy of the UFC. But which is the reason? Of course, they struggle for own interests. They try to control testing for banned preparations in all professional as well as amateur sport leagues in the whole world. It isn’t a secret that steroid testing is a business that is profitable. Since they haven’t tested fighters for prohibited preparations, they have lost much money.
But there are also certain real problems linked with the UFC drug-testing program that must be taken in consideration. The CEO of the WADA Travis Tygart announces that steroid testing of the UFC is not effective. Undoubtedly, the WADA has the best anti-doping policy. The UFC anti-doping policy can’t be even compared with that of the UFC. Tygart claims that the UFC tries to look better than they are in reality. The CEO of the WADA announces that it is quite ironically that the UFC defends own steroid testing program and doesn’t want to have the same or just similar principles as the WADA has.
Major League Baseball did an immense mistake, claiming that steroids represent a great problem in this sport. So, it was hurt good public impression about baseball. As for the National Football League, it was created impression that their drug-testing program has been quite effective.
A question appears: Does Dana White have ability to show that there is no steroid problem in the UFC?

It is doubted that steroids represent a problem for surfing

Anabolic steroids are administrated by surfers too. Sport governing body confirms that forbidden substances are a significant problem in this sport. That’s why the Association of Surfing Professionals made a decision to implicate testing for anabolic steroids and other prohibited drugs that are used for enhancement of performance.
The Association of Surfing Professionals led certain discussions with the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). They asked how they could introduce testing for prohibited products into surfing. Since anti-doping program of the WADA is claimed to be the best policy, the surfing organization intends to use this protocol. It goes without saying that this is the next victory of the WADA that promotes the opportunity to manage anti-doping programs in sports.
Everyone knows that surfing is a competitive sport. So, strength, speed and endurance are principal abilities that induce winning. Thus, surfers could decide that intake of anabolic steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs influences on success greatly. It is also important to take in consideration that amount of money which is got by winners is large. Winners get no less than 100, 000 dollars. Desire to obtain money could lead surfers to decision to take anabolic steroids.
Nonetheless, it is said that administration of anabolic steroids and other products which cause performance-enhancing effects is not widespread in surfing. Many people believe that application of recreational drugs is more widespread among surfers than administration of steroids. Sport of 1970s and 1980s was oftan associated with marijuana and lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD). Current facts justify this impression. The number of surfers who are caught using marijuana, methamphetamine and cocaine is quite enhanced.
Andi Irons, a professional surfer, died in November 2010. A heart attack that he had was caused by drug abuse. It was defined that steroids hadn’t been implicated in this case. Traces of methamphetamine, cocaine and methadone metabolites were found in his system.
Another surfer, Peter Davi, died in December 2007. High levels of meth were also found in his system.
As for the professional surfer Anthony Ruffo, he was caught distributing meth.
Only the professional surfer from Brazil Neco Padaratz was caught taking steroids. He received a one-year ban. This person tested positive for banned medicines in 2004. This surfer claimed that he had administrated these preparations to receive a full recovery from back injuries. In spite of his defense, he was sentenced to a ban. He was the first individual who was caught taking steroids by the Association of Surfing Professionals. According to numerous reports, he remains to be the only surfer that has ever been caught by the ASP.
The ASP has already the primary budget to introduce the WADA anti-doping program into surfing.
While it is unlikely that steroids represent a problem in surfing, the new anti-doping program may create a wrong public impression.

A former official of Paw Paw Police Department was caught using steroids

Robert Kusmack, a former officer of Paw Paw Police Department, was caught possessing Fluoxymesterone (Halotestin) due to a Michigan steroid investigation. The targets of the investigation were officials of law enforcement and an owner of a gym. As a result, this police officer received probation of one year and was enforced to pay certain fine. So, Robert Kusmack was fired in 2010.
Investigations related to steroids are led generally in the following way: users of steroids are used to distributors of steroids. But sometimes authorities choose another method to conduct investigations.
United States Mail Inspection Service had found a package which contained 50 vials of HGH and was addressed to the steroid dealer Tom Radke. The West Michigan Enforcement Team (WMET) and the Kalamazoo Valley Enforcement Team (KVET) started the investigation which resulted in detection of the steroid dealer.
But the authorities made a decision not to prosecute Tom Radke but to use him as an informant. It was made a decision to catch police officers who administrate steroids with the help of the distributor of steroids. An owner of a local gym was involved in this process as well.
Tom Radke acted as an undercover informant in this investigation. He sold Fluoxymesterone to Aaron DiPrima who was the owner of a local gym. The gym owner supplied the police official Robert Kusmack with this preparation. Both the gym owner and Robert Kusmack were arrested.
The gym owner Aaron DiPrima pleaded guilty in possession of an analogue. He received one-year probation. He was also sentenced to 60 hours of community service. So, the distributor of steroids was not sentenced to prison. Three consumers of steroids lost their jobs.

Anabolic steroids shouldn’t be blamed for Hegstrand’s death

The Road Warriors, a professional wrestling tag team, were first who introduced bodybuilding-type muscularity in this sport. This tag team was composed of Hawk (Mike Hegstrand) and Animal (Joe Laurinaitis). Hegstrand died in 2003. His death came suddenly because of a heart attack. Mike Hegstrand died at the age of 46. It is known that popular media usually writes about deaths of professional wrestlers, connecting the cases with intake of anabolic steroids. The death of Hegstrand was not an exception. After the death of this person a lot of articles appeared in newspapers which blamed anabolic steroids for this case.
Joe “Animal” Laurinaitis admitted to usage of steroids by this wrestling team. But he pointed out that these medications hadn’t caused Hegstrand’s death. He added that other aspects were responsible for Hegstrand’s death as well as deaths of other wrestlers. Joe Laurinaitis pointed out that such drugs, as cocaine and Xanax had to be blamed for such cases. Laurinaitis said that he wanted to explain that steroids had not been linked with Hegstrand’s death.
Joe Laurinaitis said that cocaine and Xanax had contributed in the death of this professional wrestler. He also said that these drugs led to deaths of such persons, as Henning, Rick Rude and Davey Boy Smith. According to Laurinaitis, usage of cocaine often leads to intake of morphine. These drugs corrupt health totally and lead to heart attacks.
Why must affirmation of Laurinaitis be true? He was in Australia with Hegstrand. He knows about what he tells. Recently this wrestler collaborated with Andrew William Wright to tell his experiences with “Hawk”.

Joe Papp criticizes Andrew Tilin

The amateur cyclist and writer Andrew Tilin was banned for 2 years. United States Anti-Doping Agency banned this person after he had admitted using steroids for legal hormone replacement therapy. The admitting was made by the rider in own book that will be soon probably published. The book is entitled following: “The Doper Next Door: My Strange and Scandalous Year on Performance-Enhancing Drugs” .
this book describes individual experiences of some persons that used medicines that have performance-enhancing effects.
Thus, Andrew Tilin administrated the steroid testosterone for hormone replacement therapy. It is quite clear. In fact, it is not yet clear whether this person has mentioned about personal experience linked with other medicines which enhance performance.
Andrew Tilin wants to understand and describe in his book why persons dope. He notes the motivations of various individuals. Do these medications help really? These products are quite controversial; the explanations connected with these drugs are controversial as well. Since many consumers don’t like saying about their administration, certain answers on questions about doping remain unopened.
Tilin has been evidentially changed due to administration of the steroid testosterone. He has become much more powerful but more aggressive. He had to worry about his health and about the ways to cheat, being an amateur rider. So, Tilin became to be implicated in the doping subculture.
Writing his book, Andrew Tilin desired to explain that steroids are unsafe and have numerous negative consequences. Many athletes that have taken controlled products criticize the author. One of critics is Joe Papp, a former American cyclist. This person was caught distributing and using several performance-enhancing drugs. He didn’t admit applying banned products willingly; he was caught due to an investigation. His professional and personal life was destroyed because of these prohibited preparations. Joe Papp wrote about Andrew Tilin that he had been doped for a year intentionally. Papp noticed that Tilin had known that the steroid testosterone was forbidden but he had used it. Then he wrote that these preparations caused adverse consequences in consumers. According to Joe Papp, Andrew Tilin had to be banned for four years.
Andrew Tilin’s ban began in March 2011.

Steroid dealers should keep all illegal drugs and documents connected with these preparations in a safe place, if they want to prevent detection

Sale of anabolic steroids without physicians’ prescription to enhance performance is not legal in U. S. If anybody desires to distribute these medications and is involved in actions linked with the steroid black market, this person takes risks having serious problems. But there are also ways to prevent or lower risks being caught by police officers.
Steroid dealers must follow all traffic rules. This factor is too important. If an individual violates any traffic rule, driving his vehicle, police officials’ attention will be attracted on this action. Imagine what happens: when anyone violates speed limit laws, he/she will be stopped by police officers. Furthermore, if this person also smokes pot with his friend, driving the vehicle and violating traffic rules, drug-sniffing dogs will be probably brought to define whether there are any drugs in the car.
Moreover, clever distributors of steroids keep the all medicines, the price list and the customer list in a secure place. But if certain steroid dealers keep all these things in the car in that they were smoking pot, violating speed limit rules, they will be caught possessing steroids illegally with intentions to sell them. Then the troubles begin.
Steroid dealers can think that it isn’t needed to describe such precautions because it goes without any saying that all distributors of illegal products comprehend these precautions. But real facts display that some distributors of steroids don’t follow these recommendations and that’s why they are caught.
A case will be presented further. Deputies of Yavapai County Sheriff Office stopped a car driven by Johnson because this guy violated certain traffic rules. The deputies suggested that there might be contraband in this car. The suppositions were justified. Marijuana, some 10-ml vials of the steroid testosterone and syringes were found in this vehicle. Some documents founded in the vehicle displayed that the quantities of steroids were at the price of over 3,000 dollars.

Fighters use plastic surgeries for enhancement of performance

Sportspersons are always looking for any ways to increase their performance. Nobody may doubt about it. That’s why a lot of athletes administrate anabolic steroids or/and other products which have performance-enhancing effects. But there is another method as well. Mixed martial artists use even plastic surgery for this need.
It is known that mixed martial artists have facial lacerations. This is the nature of this sport. After mixed martial artists have experienced a cut, they become more inclined to following cuts. The scar tissue can develop; wounds are sutured in certain cases improperly. It may happen that surgeons suture only the superficial layer of the skin. It is not well because it results in improper healing of underlying tissue.
An interesting article about Frank Stile, a plastic surgeon was published by the writer Jake Rossen. This specialist makes operations for mix martial artists. The surgeon Frank Stile removes the scar tissue and replaces it with tissue from donated dead human bodies. Such procedures are often applied for cosmetic needs. Frank Stile is the first surgeon that has used this procedure for for enhancement of performance in mixed martial artists.
It is also necessary to notice that prominent facial bones in the nose, brow and cheek may make the fighters predisposed to lacerations. But it may be prevented as well. Surgeons can remove the sharp edges. It may help to avoid potential lacerations.
Since predispositions to cuts disturb fighters to achieve better results, several specialists confirm that it is possible to create a super-fighter with the help of plastic operation. Thus, these fighters will possess significant competitive advantages.
Earlier experts thought about this aspect too. It may prove the short story written by the science fiction author Richard Matheson. The work was created in 1956. The author described a future. It was written that fans watched how large robot athletes fought, trying to destruct one another’s CPUs.
When Richard Matheson was writing the story, he didn’t think that it would be provocative. Many persons wanted to see other athletes in reality. They desired the fighter to be other than human. That’s why many fans invested large sums of money, hoping to reach this result.
It is possible to suppose that cosmetic operation will soon achieve the level of the method of steroid use and intake of other performance-enhancing drugs.
Of course, numerous ethical questions appear in this case. But certain experts say that it is too late to discuss these questions. Human performance is already closely linked with technological advance. The corruption of sports has begun many years ago and it can’t be stopped, according to opinions of numerous specialists.
Anti-doping agencies have displayed that they are not able to war on steroids and other banned preparations successfully. Will anybody have ability to keep fighters from surgeries?

Deadly force and anabolic steroids

Many individuals believe that “roid rage” or uncontrolled aggressive manner is a normal adverse reaction which occurs in consumers of steroids. Furthermore, several individuals claim that it is even impossible to prevent this negative consequence, if you apply steroids. Nonetheless, it is not proven scientifically that it is a real side effect of anabolic steroids. But even if we suppose that it exists, it may occur only in small number of steroid users.
Since a lot of people think that “roid rage” is a side consequence of anabolic steroids, many ill-informed legislative suggestions were made. Certain such proposals have been made in Oregon. It has been proposed to introduce some new laws. According to these new laws, if any police officers have been involved in deadly force, or if police force resulted in some injuries, they must be tested for steroids.
The politician Lew Frederick has made the same proposal in Oregon House of Representatives. Those police officials that have been involved in deadly force will be investigated, tested for some drugs and their mental health will be evaluated as well.
In fact, it is unclear why police officials who apply deadly force will be tested for steroids. Can intake of steroids prove that application of deadly force was unjustified? Is it believed that steroids because of aggressiveness may make police officers unable to make right decisions?
Investigation team is a good idea for police officers that use deadly force. But administration of steroids should not be taken in consideration here. Positives or negatives for steroids can’t define whether deadly force has been used appropriately or not. It doesn’t matter a police officer has applied steroids, aspirin or just consumed juice.
Thus, it is possible to conclude that legislators turn to be captivated by hysteria linked with “roid rage” of anabolic steroids. It goes without saying that illegal intake of steroids by police officials has to be a legitimate concern. But it is not said about uncontrolled aggressive manner as a chief reason in this case. The problem is that illegal intake of controlled substances by police officials makes them vulnerable to corruption and the black market of steroids. They are inclined to compromise.

Steroid addiction of Jeremy Jackson

Jeremy Jackson played Hobie Buchanon, the son of David Hasselhof, in the television series Baywatch. He turned to anabolic steroids and HGH to overcome addiction to methamphetamine.
This actor did it because he was told to go info sports to escape from addiction to meth but now he fears for his life. He became addicted to the gym and HGH and the steroid testosterone. This actor can’t stop taking these medications.
This actor decided to join the cast of Celebrity Rehab with the doctor Drew Pinsky for Season 5. But unemployed actors should be defined having drug addiction to appear on Celebrity Rehab. What does Celebrity Rehab represent actually? It is the first TV series about real experiences of celebrities that want to change their lives, to escape from addiction to alcohol and drugs. So, they join Celebrity Rehab to have a special treatment. All these individuals have a real decision to reach the recovery.
The chief specialist is Drew Pinsky there. He is known better as Dr. Drew. He is a radio and television personality. This expert hosted the talk show LOVELINE.
It is known that Jeremy Jackson doesn’t use methamphetamine since 2000. He doesn’t have this addiction. Then, he has joined Celebrity Rehab to treat his steroid addiction.
Earlier the expert Drew Pinsky noted in an interview that he knew many things about steroids. He said that when he was 20 years old, he was in the world of bodybuilders. Those who used steroids told him about many aspects because he was involved in medicine. They told him such aspects that were not said to others. Dr. Drew noticed that several athletes began to administrate steroids just because anybody gave them a pill. They attempted to administrate it and became addicted to steroids step by step. Now they are dying from the addiction. They have depression, aggressive behavior, mania and physical problems. They have cut duration of their lives by 10-20 years. They have chosen this way themselves.
Nonetheless, it is necessary to note that although it is widely discussed about steroid addiction and dependency, this condition doesn’t have any scientific basis. The American Psychological Association has not yet proved it. One offers to change the methods. So, further researches are required in this field.

It was unfairly to call the golfer Dough Baron a “cheater”

The company State Pharmaceuticals produces subcutaneous pellet delivery system for the anabolic steroid testosterone. This company pointed out that it was a sponsor of Dough Baron, a professional golfer. It turns out to be that this sportsperson is the only professional golfer that has received a ban by the PGA Tour because he has violated anti-doping rules. The chief executive officer of State Pharmaceuticals Robert Whitehead proclaimed that it was not fairly to ban Dough Baron. He defended this as well as other professional athletes that take the anabolic steroid testosterone, when it is recommended by physicians in order to increase low levels of this hormone in them.
While the professional golfer filed a lawsuit against the PGA Tour, Robert Whitehead supported him in this lawsuit. The CEO of State Pharmaceuticals noted that the PGA Tour didn’t have any justice to call Dough Baron a “cheater”. However the status of the lawsuit hadn’t been made public, the PGA Tour made a decision to approve the medical usage of the anabolic steroid testosterone by the golfer Dough Baron. So, he received a TUE for administration of the steroid testosterone for clinical purposes.
Robert Whitehead explained why State Pharmaceuticals sponsored the golfer Dough Baron. The CEO of State Pharmaceuticals stated that the PGA Tour acted incorrectly in numerous situations. The sportsperson Dough Baron who needed therapeutic administration of the anabolic steroid testosterone was called a cheater. So, the PGA Tour contributed in medical ignorance and kept men from improving their health. The CEO of State Pharmaceuticals added that many points of view linked with testosterone replacement therapy didn’t have any scientific basis. These incorrect statements have kept a lot of individuals from the medical care.
The CEO of State Pharmaceuticals mentioned that Dough Barron was guilty in one mistake: he had become the innocent victim of other individuals’ ignorance.
The conditions of the agreement between State Pharmaceuticals and the professional athlete Dough Barron were not made public. It was just mentioned that the professional golfer Dough Baron would educate public about hypogonadism and testosterone replacement therapy.

The director general of the WADA refers to Clenbuterol as to an anabolic steroid

David Howman, the director general of the WADA, seems to consider that Clenbuterol belongs to anabolic steroids. He thinks that illegal heroin doesn’t bring so much money as anabolic steroids that are legal, if they are purchased and used according to physicians’ prescriptions. The director general of the WADA is also shocked by the statement that steroids are useful in order to enhance growth of livestock.
Howman says that application of steroids for growth of livestock is quite evident due to contaminated beef in China. David Howman says that the WADA has written to the Chinese minister who has to explain what really happens in the food industry of this country.
The director general of the WADA speaks about Clenbuterol as about an anabolic steroid. David Howman notes that Chinese beef contains steroids. He consideres mistakenly like a lot of other individuals think that all medicines that have performance-enhancing effects are anabolic steroids. It displays ignorance of these individuals. They have to understand that not only anabolic steroids are included in the list of forbidden medicines. There are medicines that have performance-enhancing effects but they are not steroids.
Since Howman is the director general of the World ADA, he must possess significantly better knowledge connected with forbidden medicines. This person has to comprehend the difference between such medications as Clenbuterol and anabolic steroids.
The director general of the WADA confirms that steroid trafficking is much more profitable than heroin trafficking because steroids are legal in certain cases but heroin is illegal under any circumstances. Furthermore, anabolic steroids are legal in numerous countries.
David Howman notes that banned drugs are dangerous for youth, elite sportspeople and any individual that buys and uses them not for legal purposes.

Why doesn’t the drug tax law work in Louisiana well?

A special drug tax is required in the state of Louisiana for distribution of steroids. This rule exists in this state for the past 20 years. Thus, Todd Matherne, a steroid dealer had to pay 52 million dollars because he sold a lot of steroids with the labels of the “Zencall Labs”. This individual was sentenced to 7 years in prison but he served 3 years of them.
In fact, Todd Matherne didn’t know the Louisiana’s drug stamp law. But when he was released from the jail, he learned this law. As a result, this steroid dealer filed a lawsuit against the State of Louisiana, claiming that it was too cruel to enforce him to pay 52 million of dollars. He claimed that it had been an unusual and even too cruel punishment. Todd Matherne said that his rights were violated.
The Louisiana Department of Revenue didn’t fight against this man in the court. It was decided to reach agreement in this situation. Thus, the tax was reduced significantly. According to the new settlement, this steroid dealer had to pay only 2, 000 dollars instead of 52 million dollars. Nevertheless, the drug tax law has remained in Louisiana but its constitutionality is still discussed.
John Williams, an expert in drug prosecution for the Louisiana District Attorney Association, claimed that some laws in different other states were ruled unconstitutionally. He added that it was the same with the drug tax law in Louisiana. But since some laws try to criminal twice the same crime, they may be lifted.
Williams mentioned that this law couldn’t work well because it might give the possibility to defendants to escape from criminal prosecution. This specialist in drug prosecution from Louisiana noticed that this law was not being used because a criminal case could be lost in exchange just for taxes.
There is also another reason that may explain why law enforcements don’t agree to impose the drug tax law in Louisiana. Law enforcements don’t support this law because the taxes don’t go to law enforcement; they go to state agencies.
According to drug tax law, the tax of 200 dollars is indicated per 1 g of anabolic steroids, if they are sold by weight. If these preparations are distributed by dose units, it is indicated to pay 400 dollars for 10 dose units.
As for Todd Matherne, he was a steroid dealer of the huge underground lab called “Zencall Labs”. The Louisiana State Police busted this lab in 2005. Over 10, 000 tablets and 300 capsules of Winstrol, more than 6, 000 tablets of Anadrol, 3,500 tablets and 1, 900 capsules of Cialis, 1, 5000 capsules of Tamoxifen, 2, 400 capsules of Clomid, 800 capsules of Anabol and 600 capsules of Dianabol were seized by the officers. Furthermore, over 700 vials of injectable anabolic steroids and some pounds of raw steroid powder were also seized.

The interactive soccer game on DontBeAnAsterisk.com can’t achieve the goal which has been pursued

The anti-steroid campaign “Don’t Be An Asterisk” was organized to supply people with knowledge about steroid use, about dangerous things connected with performance-enhancing drugs within and outsides sports in order to promote stopping administrating these medications.
But this campaign was in negligence during certain period of time. The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) and Ad Council make the decision to restart activities of this campaign. It was made a decision to create a new gateway page for the website and to alter the name from the “Don’t Be an Asterisk” to the “Play Asterisk Free”.
The new website for “Play Asterisk Free” has links and leads to the original “Don’t Be Asterisk” that has been unmodified for more than 2 years. This site promotes the visitors to enter another new page which is on Facebook. So, they may play asterisk free there. The same page will be established on Twitter with the same name “Play Asterisk Free”. So, the popular social media will promote spreading the messages of the anti-steroid.
The initial site DontBeAnAsterisk.com includes an interactive soccer game. Players have to score goals avoiding the asterisks. The asterisks represent anabolic steroids. If the interactive players don’t avoid the asterisks, their bodies become much more muscular.
Although the game has been established to make perception among kids that steroids are not safe, the results are opposite. Kids find it funny to fail avoiding asterisks and to observe how muscles of the interactive soccer players become essentially enhanced. Although the game is still available on the website, it is unlikely that it will be able to teach children that steroids must not be applied.
The chief purpose of this campaign is to teach kids that a consumer of steroids isn’t a fair person; he\she is “fake”, a “joke” and a “poser”.

Jose Canseco writes that knowledge related to the truth about steroid use in baseball affected his life

Jose Canseco who has announced himself as a “godfather of steroids” in baseball writes his third book. He avoids discussing anabolic steroids and other preparations that induce performance. Jose Canseco desires to focus on his own experience. The book with the title “The truth hurts” will describe how the author’s revelations about application of steroids in baseball corrupted his life. He is going to mention that he has been affected both professionally and financially because he knew the truth.
The first book of Jose Canseco has the title “Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant Roids, Smash Hits and How Baseball Got Big”. It is the bestseller. The author named some baseball players that applied steroids. Names of such players, as Mark McGwire, Rafael Palmeiro and Jason Giambi were mentioned in the book. Thus, Canseco made public consumers of steroids in baseball. Furthermore, as a result, certain of these accused sportspeople admitted that they took forbidden preparations. Then, as a celebration of this aspect, Jose wrote another book which had the title “Vindicated”. Jose Canseco noted also names of other baseball players that used steroids. Alex Rodriguez and Roger Clemens were identified by Jose Canseco.
Certain individuals think that the third book of this writer will fail. It will not achieve the same popularity as previous books, according to them. These people point out that the writer will be probably surprised but connections between truth about steroids and his professional life will not draw readers’ attention.
But it is unclear whether the opinions of these persons who think that the third book of this writer will fail will be justified. This writer has been entertaining many individuals, when he fought against Danny Bonaduce in a celebrity boxing match in 2009. Earlier he was humiliated, when he fought against the football player Vai Sikahema in a boxing match. Jose Canseco was knocked by the former football player and was ridiculed by many persons.
It is known that Jose Canseco administrated anabolic steroids and his natural testosterone creation became suppressed. So, he had such adverse effects of steroids, as decreased libido and depression.
Jose Canseco also wanted to contraband HCG across the Mexican border. He did it for self-administration to be cured from low testosterone level. Thus, he had legal troubles connected with steroids.
Recently Jose Canseco entertained many persons, when he wrote on his Twitter account that he would hit easily a softball further than Rodriguez can hit a baseball. Jose Canseco challenged Alex Rodriguez to compete with him.
The time will come and we will see whether the third book of Jose Canseco “The truth hits” will be successful.