Tom Verducci confirms that doping is not a moral question

The American sportswriter Tom Verducci explains about debates linked with rughts of steroid users to be chosen for the Baseball Hall of Fame. But as it generally happens, this explanation manifests only confusion of sportswriters about steroids.
The Baseball Writers Association of America (BWAA) is a professional association of baseball reporters that elect players for the National Baseball Hall of Fame. All reporters that are members of the BWAA already not less than 10 years have right to elect up to 10 players for the Hall of Fame.
Recently it was a debate between members of the BWAA. They discussed whether admitted or only suspected consumers of steroids and other prohibited medicines might entry into Cooperstown.
Members of the BWAA usually should comment their votes: they have to explain why they have voted pro or contra certain questions. Some of them confirm that doping destroys the integrity of sports and intake of prohibited medications is often considered by them to be immoral.
As for Tom Verducci, he doesn’t think that usage of steroids is necessarily a moral question. This American sportswriter assures that steroids help users to take unfair advantage over those who don’t use controlled substances. According to this sportswriter, performance-enhancing drugs make competitions unfair. So, usage of forbidden preparations promotes unfairness in sports. That’s why Verducci denies any connection between doping and morality. This sportswriter confirms that it is a question that is linked with performance but not to morality. So, this writer suggests that steroid users must not be allowed to be in the Hall of Fame. But he has voted for Jeff Bagwell, an admitted steroid user. This athlete has acknowledged that he had administrated androstenedione. It is necessary to note that this medicine was not classified as an anabolic steroid, when Bagwell administrated it. According to the Control Act 2004, it is enumerated among banned medicines. Since it wasn’t legally considered to be a steroid, Verducci decided to vote for the consumer of this medicine; however, it was always named an anabolic-androgenic steroid by specialists. Furthermore, it was said that Bagwell just became bigger but didn’t promote his performance due to intake of androstenedione.
Nonetheless, the decision of Tom Verducci to vote for the admitted consumer of the steroid is quite controversial. The following question appears: “Maybe Tom Verducci is not against usage of steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs by sportspersons?” Since Verducci doesn’t agree that intake of steroids is a moral question, he may suggest that enhancement of performance is not a real problem.
Numerous persons suppose that intake of steroids represents evil because they are illegal.

A teacher was killed by her aggressive boyfriend

Johnnie Lee Wiggins is a NPC heavyweight bodybuilder. This bodybuilder was enough successful. This bodybuilder took the 3rd place at the 2011 NPC Emerald Cup and won the 2011 NPC Empire Classic.
He was a boyfriend of Prudence Hockley. She taught English at Woodinville High School in Washington. This woman met the bodybuilder in a gym. He was a personal trainer at that moment.
Once Johnnie Lee Wiggins saw another man’s car in the yard of her home. It was on Christmas day. Lee Wiggins was a jealous person. He beat the lady too brutally. Then he left her unconscious and bleeding on the ground in the yard. The woman was taken in a medical centre where she died that day. The child of Prudence Hockley was at home and called police and hospital.
It was not the first time, when Johnnie Lee Wiggins was aggressive with a lady. Several women reported that Johnnie Lee Wiggins was very jealous person. They also claimed that he became aggressive numerous times.
Earlier this bodybuilder served more than five years in jail for assault, robbery and theft. It was in Georgia. This bodybuilder was released in 2008. During May 2011 he was under supervision of the Washington Department of Corrections.
It is necessary to notice that Johnnie Lee Wiggins 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 talk to the Georgia Department of corrections that he had come back.
It was said that Lee Wiggins had had “roid rage”. Actually, this term is widely applied by media that confirms that it is an adverse result of anabolic steroids. But it is important to mention that the affirmation about uncontrolled manner 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 effect. Usage of steroids doesn’t lead to violence against ladies. Millions cases of domestic violence occur every year but they have no connections with anabolic steroids.
There are other aspects that contribute in domestic violence. Anabolic steroids should not be blamed for uncontrolled aggression and violence. Media should find other aspects to demonize for tragedies.

It is not surprisingly that the WADA criticizes the steroid program of the UFC

Dana White, the president of Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) put efforts to defend the anti-doping policy of this organization. According to the UFC, their most advanced testing program for steroids is in North America. Is it really true? Sometimes it seems that only fool sportspersons are caught taking prohibited preparations by the UFC.
There are certain agencies that criticize the anti-doping 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) belong to main agencies that criticize drug-testing program of the UFC. But why do they do it? Of course, they fight for own interests. They try to control testing for prohibited medicines in all professional and amateur sport leagues in the whole world. It isn’t a secret that steroid testing has become a business that is profitable. Since they haven’t tested fighters for prohibited drugs, they have lost a lot of money.
But there are also some real problems related to the UFC anti-doping program which must be observed. The CEO of the WADA Travis Tygart points out that drug testing of the UFC is not proper. Of course the WADA possesses the best anti-doping protocol. The UFC drug-testing policy can’t be even compared with that of the UFC. Tygart confirms that the UFC put efforts to look better than they are actually. Travis Tygart confirms that it is quite ironically that the UFC defends own anti-doping program and doesn’t want to have the same or just similar principles as the WADA has.
Major League Baseball did a great mistake, proclaiming that steroids represent a great problem in this sport. So, it was destroyed good public perception about baseball. As for the National Football League, it was created impression that their drug-testing policy has been quite effective.
A question appears: Does Dana White have capacity to manifest that there is no steroid problem in the UFC?

It is believed that usage of recreational drugs is more widespread in surfing than intake of steroids

Anabolic steroids are administrated by surfers too. Sport governing body proclaims that prohibited preparations are a significant problem in this sport. That’s why the Association of Surfing Professionals made a decision to introduce testing for anabolic steroids and other prohibited products which are administrated for increase of performance.
The Association of Surfing Professionals had several discussions with the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). They asked how they could introduce testing for forbidden preparations into surfing. Since anti-doping program of the WADA is claimed to be the best policy, the surfing organization desires to introduce this protocol. It goes without saying that this is the next victory of the WADA which induces the possibility to control anti-doping programs in sports.
Everybody knows that surfing is a competitive sport. So, strength, speed and endurance are main skills which induce winning. So, surfers could decide that administration 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 obtained by winners is large. Winners obtain no less than 100, 000 dollars. Desire to receive money could lead surfers to decision to administrate anabolic steroids.
Nonetheless, it is said that usage of anabolic steroids and other drugs which enhance performance is not widespread in surfing. Numerous people think that usage 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 support this impression. The number of surfers that 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 fatal 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 Anthony Ruffo, another professional surfer, he was caught distributing meth.
Only Neco Padaratz, a professional surfer from Brazil, was caught administrating steroids. He was sentenced to one-year ban. This person tested positive for prohibited medicines in 2004. This surfer claimed that he had used these medicines to get a full recovery from back injuries. In spite of his defense, he was banned. He was the first person that was caught taking steroids by the Association of Surfing Professionals. According to certain sources, he remains to be the only surfer who has ever been caught by the ASP.
The ASP has already the initial budget to introduce the WADA anti-doping program into surfing.
While it is unlikely that steroids represent a problem in surfing, the new drug-testing program may create a wrong public impression.

An official of Paw Paw Police Department was caught using Fluoxymesterone (Halotestin)

The former officer of Paw Paw Department Robert Kusmack 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, police official received probation of 1 year and was sentenced to pay certain fine. So, Robert Kusmack was dismissed in 2010.
Investigations related to steroids are led generally in the following way: users of steroids are used in order to catch distributors of steroids. But sometimes authorities apply another way to lead investigations.
United States Mail Inspection Service had discovered a package which contained 50 vials of HGH and was addressed to Tom Radke, a distributor of steroids. 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 the distributor of steroids but to use him as an informant. It was made a decision to catch police officers that administrate steroids due to the steroid dealer. An owner of a local gym was implicated 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 provided the police official Robert Kusmack with this medication. Both the gym owner and the police officer Robert Kusmack were arrested.
the gym owner pleaded guilty in possession of an analogue. He received one-year probation. He was also sentenced to 60 hours of community service. So, the steroid dealer wasn’t sentenced to imprisonment. Three steroid users lost their jobs.

A heart attack led to Hegstrand’s death

The professional wrestling tag team the Road Warriors 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. The death of this person was sudden 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, linking the cases with administration of anabolic steroids. The death of Hegstrand was not an exception. After the death of this person numerous articles appeared in newspapers that blamed anabolic steroids for this case.
Joe “Animal” Laurinaitis admitted to usage of steroids by this professional wrestling team. But he said that these drugs hadn’t lead to Hegstrand’s death. He added that other factors were responsible for Hegstrand’s death as well as deaths of other wrestlers. Joe Laurinaitis noted that such drugs, as cocaine and Xanax had to be demonized for such cases. Joe Laurinaitis confirmed that he desired to explain that steroids had not been linked with Hegstrand’s death.
Joe Laurinaitis confirmed that cocaine and Xanax had led to the death of this professional wrestler. He also said that these drugs caused deaths of such celebritites, as Henning, Rick Rude and Davey Boy Smith. According to Laurinaitis, administration of cocaine often leads to administration of morphine. These drugs destroy health totally and cause heart attacks.
Why must statement of Laurinaitis be true? He was in Australia with Hegstrand. He knows about what he tells. Recently Laurinaitis collaborated with Andrew William Wright to say about his experiences with “Hawk”.

Andrew Tilin administrated the steroid testosterone

Andrew Tilin, an amateur cyclist and a writer, was banned for 2 years. United States Anti-Doping Agency banned this person after he had admitted applying steroids for legal hormone replacement therapy. The admitting was made by the rider in own book that will be soon probably published. The title is following: “The Doper Next Door: My Strange and Scandalous Year on Performance-Enhancing Drugs” .
The book describes personal experiences of many persons that took preparations which possess performance-enhancing effects.
So, Tilin applied the steroid testosterone for hormone replacement therapy. It is quite clear. In fact, it is not yet clear whether this cyclist has noted about personal experience connected with other products that increase performance.
Tilin wants to understand and describe in his book why individuals dope. He notices the motivations of different persons. Do these preparations help actually? These preparations are quite controversial; the explanations related to these medicines are also controversial. Since a lot of users don’t like talking about their intake, certain answers on questions about doping remain unopened.
Andrew Tilin has been significantly changed due to administration of the steroid testosterone. He has become much stronger but more aggressive. This person had to worry about his health and about the ways to cheat, being an amateur rider. Thus, he became to be involved in the doping subculture.
Writing his book, this journalist desired to explain that steroids are unsafe and have many unexpected symptoms. Numerous athletes that have administrated forbidden drugs criticize Andrew Tilin. One of critics is Joe Papp, a former American cyclist. This sportsman was caught distributing and using several performance-enhancing drugs. He didn’t admit using prohibited drugs willingly; he was caught due to an investigation. His professional and personal life was destroyed because of these controlled products. Joe Papp wrote about Andrew Tilin that he had been doped for a year intentionally. Papp mentioned that Tilin had known that the steroid testosterone was prohibited but he had administrated it. Then he wrote that these medications caused unwanted reactions in users. According to Joe Papp, Andrew Tilin had to receive a 4-year ban.
The ban of Andrew Tilin started in March 2011.

If you are driving your car, smoking pot and violating traffic rules, you might be a steroid dealer

Sale of anabolic steroids without physicians’ prescription for athletic needs is not legal in U. S. If anybody wants to sell these preparations and is implicated in actions related to the steroid black market, this individual takes risks having serious troubles. But there are also methods to avoid or minimize risks being caught by police officials.
Distributors of steroids must follow all traffic rules. This condition is very important. If an individual violates any traffic law, driving his vehicle, police officials’ attention will be drawn on this action. Imagine what happens: when anybody 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 vehicle.
Furthermore, reasonable steroid dealers store the all preparations, the price list and the customer list in a secure place. But if several distributors of steroids store all these things in the car in that they were smoking pot, violating speed limit laws, they will be caught possessing steroids illegally with intentions to sell them. Then the troubles start.
Steroid dealers can say that it is not necessary to write such advices because it goes without any saying that all distributors of illegal medications know about these warnings. But real facts display that some steroid dealers are not careful 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 individual violated certain traffic rules. The deputies suggested that there might be contraband in this car. The suggestions were justified. Marijuana, certain 10-ml vials of the steroid testosterone and syringes were found in this cat. Certain documents founded in the car displayed that the quantities of steroids were at the price of over 3,000 dollars.

Frank Stile is the first surgeon that has used plastic operation for increase of performance in fighters

Sportspersons are always looking for any methods to enhance their performance. No one can doubt about it. That’s why many sportspersons use anabolic steroids or/and other products which possess performance-enhancing effects. But there is another way too. Mixed martial artists apply even plastic surgery for this purpose.
It is known that fighters have facial lacerations. This is the nature of this sport. After fighter have experienced a cut, they become more vulnerable to future cuts. The scar tissue can develop; wounds are sutured in several cases improperly. It may happen that physicians suture just the superficial layer of the skin. This condition 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 performs surgeries for mix martial artists. Frank Stile removes the scar tissue and replaces it with tissue from donated corpses. Such procedures are frequently used for cosmetic needs. Frank Stile is claimed to be the first surgeon who has used this procedure for increase of performance in mixed martial artists.
It is also necessary to know that prominent facial bones in the nose, brow and cheek can make the fighters predisposed to lacerations. But it may be avoided as well. Surgeons may remove the sharp edges. It may help to avoid potential cuts.
Since inclinations to lacerations disturb fighters to achieve better results, some experts claim that it is possible to create a super-fighter with the help of plastic surgery. So, these fighters will have essential competitive advantages.
Earlier specialists thought about this aspect too. It may prove the work written by the science fiction author Richard Matheson. The work was written in 1956. The science fiction writer Richard Matheson described a future. It was written that people watched how large robot athletes fought, trying to destruct one another’s CPUs.
When Matheson was writing the story, he didn’t suppose that it would be very provocative. Many persons desired to see other sportspersons in reality. They wanted the fighter to be other than human. That’s why a lot of fans invested large sums of money, hoping to reach this result.
It is possible to suppose that cosmetic operation will soon reach the level of the method of steroid use and administration of other performance-enhancing medicines.
Of course, many ethical questions appear in this case. But several experts confirm that it is too late to discuss these questions. Human performance is already closely connected with technological progress. The corruption of sports has begun numerous years ago and it can’t be stopped, according to opinions of numerous experts.
Anti-doping agencies have shown that they can’t war on steroids and other prohibited drugs successfully. Will anybody be able to keep fighters from surgical procedures?

All police officers from Oregon that are involved in deadly force will be tested for steroids

Numerous persons suppose that “roid rage” or uncontrolled aggression is a common side consequence which appears in those who use steroids. Moreover, several individuals confirm that it is even impossible to prevent this undesirable symptom, if you administrate steroids. Nonetheless, it is not proven scientifically that it is a real unexpected reaction of anabolic steroids. But even if we suggest that it exists, it can appear just in small number of steroid users.
Since a lot of individuals confirm that “roid rage” is a side result of anabolic steroids, many ill-informed legislative suggestions were made. Certain such proposals have been made in Oregon. It has been proposed to introduce several new laws. According to these new laws, if any police officials have been involved in deadly force, or if police force resulted in certain injuries, they must be tested for steroids.
The same proposal was made by the politician Lew Frederick in Oregon House of Representatives. Those police officials that have used deadly force will be investigated, tested for some drugs and their mental health will be also evaluated.
In fact, it is not clear why police officers who are involved in deadly force will be tested for steroids. Can usage of steroids prove that application of deadly force was unjustified? Is it confirmed that steroids due to aggressiveness can make police officers unable to make fair decisions?
Investigation team is a good idea for police officers that apply deadly force. But usage of steroids should not be taken in consideration here. Positives or negatives for steroids can’t determine whether deadly force has been applied properly or not. It doesn’t matter a police officer has administrated steroids, aspirin or just drunk juice.
So, it is possible to make a conclusion that legislators turn to be captivated by hysteria related to “roid rage” of anabolic steroids. Undoubtedly, Of course, illegal usage of steroids by police officers should 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 officers makes them vulnerable to corruption and the black market of steroids. Such police officers may compromise.

Celebrity Rehab represent experiences of celebrities that want to escape from drug or alcohol addiction

Jeremy Jackson played role of Hobie Buchanon, the son of David Hasselhof, in the TV series Baywatch. He turned to anabolic steroids and HGH in order to overcome addiction to methamphetamine.
Jeremy Jackson did it because he was told to go info sports to escape from meth addiction but now he fears for his life. The actor became addicted to the gym and HGH and the steroid testosterone. this person can’t discontinue using these drugs.
The actor Jeremy Jackson joined the cast of Celebrity Rehab with the doctor Drew Pinsky for Season 5. But unemployed actors must be defined having drug addiction to join Celebrity Rehab. What does Celebrity Rehab represent really? It is the first TV series about real experiences of famous persons who intend to change their lives, to escape from addiction to alcoholic drinks 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 expert is Drew Pinsky there. He is known better as Dr. Drew. He is a radio and television personality. This physician hosted the talk show LOVELINE.
It is known that Jeremy Jackson doesn’t take methamphetamine since 2000. He is clean from this addiction. Then, he has joined Celebrity Rehab to escape from his steroid addiction.
Earlier the doctor Drew Pinsky stated in an interview that he knew a lot about steroids. He said that when he was 20 years old, he was in the world of bodybuilders. Those who took steroids told him about many things because he was involved in medicine. They told him such aspects which were not spoken to others. The doctor Drew Pinsky noticed that certain persons began to use 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, aggressiveness, mania and physical disorders. They have cut duration of their lives by 10-20 years. They have chosen it themselves.
Nonetheless, it is important to mention that however 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 supposes that they need to change the methods. Thus, further researches are required in this field.

Misconceptions about hormone replacement therapy kept many persons from medical care

The company State Pharmaceuticals manufactures 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 is spoken that this person is the only professional golfer that has received a ban by the PGA Tour because he has broken anti-doping laws. The chief executive officer of State Pharmaceuticals Robert Whitehead proclaimed that it was not fairly to ban this professional golfer. He defended this as well as other professional sportspersons that take the steroid testosterone, when it is recommended by health care providers in order to increase decreased levels of this hormone in them.
While the golfer filed a lawsuit against the PGA Tour, the CEO of State Pharmaceuticals supported him in this lawsuit. Robert Whitehead said that the PGA Tour didn’t have any justice to call the golfer a “cheater”. Although the status of the lawsuit hadn’t been made public, the PGA Tour decided to approve the medical administration of the steroid testosterone by this golfer. Thus, the professional golfer Dough Baron received a TUE for intake of testosterone for medical needs.
Robert Whitehead mentioned why State Pharmaceuticals sponsored this golfer. The CEO of State Pharmaceuticals argued that the PGA Tour acted improperly in numerous cases. The sportsperson Dough Baron who needed therapeutic administration of the steroid testosterone was called a cheater. So, the PGA Tour contributed in medical ignorance and kept sportsmen from improving their health. Robert Whitehead said that many opinions connected with testosterone replacement therapy were not proven scientifically. These incorrect affirmations have kept many individuals from the medical care.
Robert Whitehead mentioned that Dough Barron made the only mistake that he had become the innocent victim of other individuals’ ignorance.
The conditions of the agreement between State Pharmaceuticals and the athlete Dough Baron were not made public. It was just mentioned that the professional golfer would educate public about hypogonadism and testosterone replacement therapy.

David Howman, being the director general of the WADA, doesn’t see difference between Clenbuterol and anabolic steroids

The director general of the WADA David Howman thinks that Clenbuterol belongs to anabolic steroids. This man claims that illegal heroin doesn’t bring so much money as anabolic steroids which are legal, if they are got and taken with doctors’ prescriptions. The director general of the WADA is also shocked by the affirmation that steroids are applied in order to enhance growth of livestock.
Howman says that application of steroids for growth of livestock is quite obvious due to contaminated beef in China. This person notices that the WADA has written to the Chinese minister that has to answer what really happens in the food industry of this country.
Howman speaks about Clenbuterol as about an anabolic steroid. David Howman notes that Chinese beef contains steroids. He consideres mistakenly like numerous other individuals think that all medicines that have performance-enhancing effects are anabolic steroids. It displays ignorance of these persons. They have to comprehend that not only anabolic steroids are included in the list of banned medicines. There are drugs that cause performance-enhancing effects but they are not steroids.
Since David Howman is the director general of the World ADA, he must possess essentially better knowledge connected with banned products. Howman has to comprehend the difference between such preparations as Clenbuterol and anabolic steroids.
David Howman says that steroid trafficking is much more profitable than heroin trafficking because steroids are legal in some cases but heroin is illegal under any circumstances. Moreover, anabolic steroids are legal in certain countries.
Howman notices that banned drugs are dangerous for youth, elite athletes and any individual who purchases and takes them illegally.

A reduction of a drug tax from 52 million dollars to 2, 000 dollars

A drug tax has to be paid in Louisiana for sales of steroids. This tax exists in this state for the past 20 years. So, Todd Matherne, a distributor of steroids was enforced to pay 52 million dollars because he sold many steroids with the labels of the “Zencall Labs”. This individual received a 7-year imprisonment 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 prison, he studied this law. As a result, this person filed a lawsuit against the State of Louisiana, claiming that it was too cruel to enforce him to pay 52 million of dollars. This steroid dealer confirmed that it had been an unusual and even too cruel decision. This man confirmed that his rights were violated.
The Louisiana Department of Revenue didn’t fight against this man in the court. It was decided to achieve agreement in this case. So, the tax was decreased significantly. According to the new decision, this steroid dealer had to pay just 2, 000 dollars instead of 52 million dollars. Nevertheless, this 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, mentioned that certain laws in various other states were ruled unconstitutionally. He claimed that it was the same with the drug tax law in Louisiana. But since some laws try to criminal twice the same crime, they can be lifted.
This expert noted that this law couldn’t work well because it might give the possibility to defendants to escape from criminal prosecution. He said that this law was not being used because a criminal case could be lost in exchange only for taxes.
There is also another reason that can explain why law enforcements don’t want to impose the drug tax law in Louisiana. Law enforcements do not support this law because the taxes go not to law enforcement; they go to state agencies.
According to the law, the tax of 200 dollars is indicated per 1 g of anabolic steroids, if they are sold by weight. If these medicines are sold by dose units, it is indicated to pay 400 dollars for 10 dosage units.
As for Todd Matherne, he was a steroid dealer of the large 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 officials. Moreover, more than 700 vials of injectable anabolic steroids and several pounds of raw steroid powder were also seized.

The new website “Play Asterisk Free” leads to the original site “Don’t Be An Asterisk”

“Don’t Be An Asterisk” anti-steroid campaign was established to teach people about administration of steroids, about dangerous aspects connected with performance-enhancing drugs within and outsides sports in order to promote ceasing applying these medicines.
But ”Don’t Be An Asterisk” was neglected during certain time. The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) and Ad Council make the decision to reinvigorate activities of this campaign. It was made a decision to create a new gateway page for the website and to change 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” which has been unmodified for more than 2 years. This site promotes the visitors to enter another new page that is on Facebook. Thus, they may play asterisk free there. The same page will be established on Twitter with the same name “Play Asterisk Free”. Thus, the popular social media will promote spreading the messages of the campaign.
The initial website DontBeAnAsterisk.com has an interactive soccer game. Players are encouraged to score goals avoiding the asterisks. The asterisks represent anabolic steroids. If the interactive soccer players don’t avoid the asterisks, their bodies become much more muscular.
Although the game has been created to teach children that steroids are unsafe, the results are opposite. Children find it funny to fail avoiding asterisks and to observe how muscles of the interactive players become significantly increased. Although the game is still available on the website, it is unlikely that it will be able to convince kids that steroids must not be applied.
The chief purpose of this campaign is to convince children that a user of steroids is not a trustful person; he\she is “fake”, a “joke” and a “poser”.

Jose Canseco works on his next book

Jose Canseco who has proclaimed himself as a “godfather of steroids” in baseball writes his third book. This person avoids discussing anabolic steroids and other preparations that induce performance. The author desires to focus on his own experience. The book with the title “The truth hurts” will describe how the author’s revelations about administration of steroids in baseball had negative influence on his life. The writer is going to notice that he has been affected both professionally and financially because he knew the truth.
Jose Canseco’s first book is entitled as “Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant Roids, Smash Hits and How Baseball Got Big”. It is the bestseller. Jose Canseco named several baseball players that used steroids. Such players, as Mark McGwire, Rafael Palmeiro and Jason Giambi were mentioned in the book. Thus, Canseco made public consumers of steroids in baseball. Moreover, as a result, certain of these accused athletes admitted that they administrated banned medications. Later, as a celebration of his winning, Jose Canseco wrote another book which had the title “Vindicated”. This writer noted also names of other baseball players who administrated steroids. Alex Rodriguez and Roger Clemens were named by Jose Canseco.
Some individuals suggest that the third book of Jose Canseco will fail. It will not reach the same glory as previous books, according to them. These persons say that the author will be probably surprised but connections between truth about steroids and his professional life will not attract readers.
But it is unclear whether the suppositions of these people that think that the third book of Canseco will fail will be justified. The author has been entertaining numerous persons, when he fought against Danny Bonaduce in a celebrity boxing match in 2009. Earlier Jose Canseco was humbled, when he fought against the football player Vai Sikahema in a boxing match. Jose Canseco was knocked by Vai Sikahema and was mocked by many persons.
It is known that Jose Canseco used anabolic steroids and his natural testosterone secretion became reduced. So, he suffered from such side results of steroids, as decreased sex drive and depression.
This person also wanted to contraband HCG across the Mexican border. He did it for self-administration to be treated from reduced testosterone level. So, he had legal troubles connected with steroids.
Recently Jose Canseco entertained a lot of individuals, when he wrote on his Twitter account that he would hit easily a softball further than Rodriguez may hit a baseball. Jose Canseco challenged Alex Rodriguez to compete with him.
The time comes, when we see whether the book of this writer “The truth hits” will succeed.