Attitude of Tom Verducci to steroid users

Tom Verducci of Sports Illustrated says about debates related to rughts of steroid users to be chosen for the Baseball Hall of Fame. But as it generally happens, this explanation displays only confusion of writers 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 journalists who are members of the BWAA already not less than 10 years have possibility to elect up to 10 players for the Hall of Fame.
Recently a debate took place between members of the BWAA. They discussed whether admitted or only suspected users of steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs might entry into Cooperstown.
Members of the BWAA usually should comment their votes:  they should explain why they have voted pro or contra certain questions. Some of them confirm that doping destroys the integrity of sports and usage of forbidden preparations is often considered by them to be immoral.
As for Verducci, he doesn’t confirm that intake of steroids is necessarily a moral question. This writer says that steroids help consumers to take unfair advantage over those who don’t use controlled substances. According to Tom Verducci, performance-enhancing drugs make competitions unfair. So, intake of prohibited medicines induces unfairness in sports.  That’s why Verducci denies any connection between doping and morality. This sportswriter claims that it is a question that is related to performance but not to morality. So, Tom Verducci supposes that users of steroids should not be allowed to be in the Hall of Fame. But he has voted for the admitted steroid user Jeff Bagwell. This athlete has admitted that he had taken androstenedione. It is necessary to mention that this medicine was not classified as an anabolic steroid, when Bagwell took it. According to the Control Act 2004, it is listed among banned products. Since it wasn’t legally clamed to be a steroid, Verducci decided to vote for the user of this medicine; however, it was always called an anabolic-androgenic steroid by scientists. Moreover, it was said that Bagwell just became bigger but didn’t promote his performance due to usage of androstenedione.
Nevertheless, the decision of Tom Verducci to vote for the admitted user of the steroid is quite controversial. The following question appears: “Maybe Tom Verducci is not against administration of steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs by sportspersons?”  Since this sportswriter doesn’t agree that usage of steroids is a moral question, he may suggest that increase of performance is not a real problem.
Numerous people suppose that administration of steroids represents evil because they are illegal.

Relations with a steroid user ended for a teacher fatally

Johnnie Lee Wiggins is a NPC heavyweight bodybuilder. This person was enough successful. He took the 3rd  place at the 2011 NPC Emerald Cup and won the 2011 NPC Empire Classic.
This bodybuilder was a boyfriend of Prudence Hockley. This lady taught English at Woodinville High School in Washington. This lady met the bodybuilder in a gym. He was a personal trainer at that time.
 Once he 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 too brutally.  Then he left Prudence Hockley unconscious and bleeding on the ground in the yard. The lady 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 towards a woman. Several ladies noticed that he was very jealous person. They also confirmed that he became aggressive numerous times.
Earlier Lee Wiggins served over five years in jail for assault, robbery and theft. It was in Georgia. This person was released in 2008. During May 2011 the bodybuilder was under supervision of the Washington Department of Corrections.
It is necessary to mention that this bodybuilder 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 he didn’t talk to the Georgia Department of corrections that he had returned.
It was said that this bodybuilder had had “roid rage”. In fact, this term is widely applied by media that confirms that it is a side effect of anabolic steroids. But it is necessary to know that the affirmation about uncontrolled aggression which is believed to be caused by intake of anabolic steroids doesn’t have any scientific basis. Only a significantly small number of steroid users suffer from this reaction. Intake of steroids doesn’t lead to violence against women.  Millions cases of domestic violence occur each year but they have no links with anabolic steroids.
There are other conditions which lead to domestic violence. Anabolic steroids should not be blamed for aggressiveness and assaults. Media must find other factors to demonize for tragedies.

The WADA wants to control all professional and amateur sport leagues

The president of Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Dana White tries to defend the anti-doping policy of this organization. According to the UFC, their strictest testing program for steroids is in North America. Is it actually true? Sometimes it seems that only fool sportspersons are caught using banned preparations by the UFC.
There are certain organizations that criticize the anti-doping policy 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 program of the UFC. But why do they do it? Undoubtedly, they fight for own interests. They try to control drug testing 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 preparations, they have lost much money.
But there are also several real problems related to the UFC anti-doping program which should be discussed. Travis Tygart, the CEO of the WADA, confirms that drug testing of the UFC isn’t proper. Undoubtedly, the WADA has the best anti-doping protocol. The UFC anti-doping program can’t be even compared with that of the UFC. Travis Tygart notes that the UFC tries to look better than they are actually. Travis Tygart confirms that it is quite ironically that the UFC defends own drug-testing program and doesn’t agree to have the same or just similar principles as the WADA has.
Major League Baseball did a great mistake, announcing that steroids represent an essential problem in this sport. Thus, it was destroyed good public perception about baseball.  As for the National Football League, it was created impression that their anti-doping program has been quite effective.
A question appears: Does Dana White have ability to show that there is no steroid problem in the UFC?

Many surfers were caught using such drugs, as meth, cocaine, marijuana, etc.

Anabolic steroids are utilized by surfers too. Sport governing body reports that banned substances are an essential problem in this sport. That’s why the Association of Surfing Professionals made a decision to implicate testing for anabolic steroids and other prohibited preparations which are used for performance-enhancing effects.
The Association of Surfing Professionals led certain discussions with the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). They asked how they could implicate testing for banned medications into surfing. Since anti-doping program of the WADA is considered to be the best policy, the surfing organization wants to apply this protocol. It goes without saying that this is the next victory of the WADA which contributes in the opportunity to manage drug-testing programs in sports.
It is known that surfing is a competitive sport. So, strength, speed and endurance are chief skills that promote winning. Thus, surfers could think that usage of anabolic steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs contributes in success greatly. It is also important to take in consideration that amount of money which is received by winners is large. Winners get no less than 100, 000 dollars. Desire to obtain money could lead surfers to decision to administrate anabolic steroids.
Nonetheless, it is said that intake of anabolic steroids and other medicines which increase performance is not widespread in surfing. A lot of individuals believe that usage of recreational drugs is more widespread among surfers than administration of steroids. Sport of 1970s and 1980s was frequently associated with marijuana and lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD). Current facts justify this impression. The number of surfers who are caught administrating marijuana, methamphetamine and cocaine is quite high.
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 selling meth.
Only Neco Padaratz, a professional surfer from Brazil, was caught taking steroids. He was sentenced to one-year ban. This person tested positive for prohibited preparations in 2004. This person confirmed that he had used these medications to get a complete recovery from back injuries. In spite of his defense, he was banned. He was the first person who was caught taking steroids by the Association of Surfing Professionals. According to many reports, he remains to be the only surfer that has ever been caught by the ASP.
The ASP has already the primary budget for introduction of the WADA steroid program into surfing.
However it is unlikely that steroids represent a problem in surfing, the new drug-testing program may create a wrong public perception.

Authorities decided not to prosecute a steroid dealer

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 personnel of law enforcement and an owner of a gym. As a result, Robert Kusmack received probation of one year and was sentenced to pay certain fine. Thus, this police official was fired in 2010.
Investigations connected with steroids are conducted commonly in the following way: consumers of steroids are used to steroid dealers. But sometimes authorities choose another method to conduct investigations.
 United States Mail Inspection Service had found a package that 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) began to lead the investigation that resulted in detection of the steroid dealer.
But the authorities decided not to prosecute the distributor of steroids but to use him as an informant. It was made a decision to catch police officers that take steroids with the help of the distributor of steroids. An owner of a local gym was involved in this process too.
Radke acted as an undercover informant in this investigation. He sold Fluoxymesterone to Aaron DiPrima that was the owner of a local gym. The gym owner supplied the police official Robert Kusmack with this preparation. Both the gym owner and Kusmack were arrested.
The gym owner Aaron DiPrima pleaded guilty in possession of an analogue. He was sentenced to one-year probation. He was also sentenced to 60 hours of community service. So, the distributor of steroids wasn’t sentenced to prison. Three steroid users lost their jobs.

Mike Hegstrand used cocaine and Xanax

The Road Warriors, a professional wrestling tag team, were first that 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 wrestler came suddenly because of a heart attack. This person died at the age of 46. It is known that popular media usually reports about deaths of professional wrestlers, connecting the cases with administration of anabolic steroids. The death of Hegstrand was not an exception. After the death of this professional wrestler many articles appeared in newspapers that blamed anabolic steroids for this case.
Joe Laurinaitis admitted to usage of steroids by the Road Warriors. But he noted that these preparations hadn’t lead to 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. Joe Laurinaitis claimed that he wanted to explain that steroids had not been connected with Hegstrand’s death.
Joe Laurinaitis noted that cocaine and Xanax had contributed in Hegstrand’s death. He also noted that these drugs caused deaths of such individuals, as Henning, Rick Rude and Davey Boy Smith. According to Laurinaitis, administration of cocaine frequently leads to intake of morphine. These drugs destruct health wholly and lead to heart attacks.
Why must statement of Laurinaitis be true? He was in Australia with Hegstrand. He knows about what he talks. Lately this person joined to Andrew William Wright to talk about his experiences with “Hawk”.

Andrew Tilin’s book “The Doper Next Door: My Strange and Scandalous Year on Performance-Enhancing Drugs”

Andrew Tilin, an amateur cyclist and a writer,  was banned for 2 years. United States Anti-Doping Agency banned this individual after he had admitted administrating steroids for legal hormone replacement therapy. The admitting was made by the Andrew Tilin in own book which will be soon probably released. The title is following: “The Doper Next Door: My Strange and Scandalous Year on Performance-Enhancing Drugs” .
The book describes individual experiences of some individuals who applied drugs that have performance-enhancing effects.
So, Tilin administrated the steroid testosterone for hormone replacement therapy. It is quite clear.  Actually, it is not yet clear whether this rider has noted about individual experience linked with other preparations that enhance performance.
Andrew Tilin tries to comprehend and describe in his book why individuals dope. He notes the motivations of various persons. Do these preparations help actually? These medicines are quite controversial; the explanations linked with these drugs are controversial as well. Since a lot of consumers don’t like saying about their intake, numerous answers on questions about doping remain unopened.
Andrew 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 methods to lie, being an amateur rider. Thus, Tilin became to be involved in the doping subculture.
Writing his book, this amateur cyclist wanted to explain that steroids are dangerous and lead to many adverse reactions.  Numerous athletes that have administrated controlled medicines criticize the writer. One of critics is Joe Papp, a former American cyclist. This sportsperson was caught distributing and using several performance-enhancing drugs. He didn’t admit using banned medications willingly; he was caught due to an investigation. His professional and personal life was destructed because of these forbidden drugs. Joe Papp wrote about Tilin that he had been doped for a year intentionally. Papp mentioned that Andrew Tilin had known that the steroid testosterone was forbidden but he had administrated it. Then he wrote that these medications caused negative consequences in users.  According to Joe Papp, Andrew Tilin had to be banned for four years.
The ban of Andrew Tilin began in March 2011.

Violation of safety measures by steroid dealers leads to legitimate troubles

Sale of anabolic steroids without any prescription to increase performance is not legal in U. S. If anyone intends to sell these products and is involved in operations linked with the steroid black market, this person takes risks having serious problems. But there are also methods to avoid or lower risks being caught by law enforcements.
Distributors of steroids should follow all traffic rules. This aspect is very important. If an individual violates any traffic law, driving his vehicle, police officials’ attention will be attracted on this action. Imagine what happens: when anybody violates speed limit rules, he/she will be stopped by police officers. Moreover, if this individual also smokes pot with his friend, driving the car and violating traffic rules, drug-sniffing dogs will be probably brought to define whether there are any drugs in the vehicle.
Moreover, reasonable distributors of steroids store the all drugs, the price list and the customer list in a safe place. But if certain steroid dealers keep all these things in the vehicle in that they were smoking pot, violating speed limit laws, they will be caught possessing steroids illegally with intentions to sell them. Then the problems begin.
Distributors of steroids can think that it isn’t necessary to describe such advices because it goes without any saying that all distributors of illegal drugs understand  these cautions. But real facts prove that several distributors of steroids make such mistakes and that’s why they are caught.
Here is a case. Yavapai County Sheriff Office’s deputies stopped a car driven by Johnson because this individual violated certain traffic rules. The deputies supposed that there might be contraband in this car. The suggestions were justified. Marijuana, some 10-ml vials of the steroid testosterone and syringes were found in this vehicle. Several documents founded in the vehicle displayed that the measures of steroids were at the price of more than 3,000 dollars.

Is it possible to create a super-fighter?

Athletes are always looking for any ways to increase their performance. Nobody can doubt about it. That’s why a lot of sportspeople use anabolic steroids or/and other medications which have performance-enhancing effects. But there is another method as well. Mixed martial artists use even plastic surgery for this need.
 Everybody knows that fighters 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 several cases improperly. It may happen that physicians suture just 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. He removes the scar tissue and replaces it with tissue from donated corpses. Such procedures are frequently used for cosmetic needs. Frank Stile is considered to be the first surgeon that has used this procedure for performance-enhancing effects in mixed martial artists.
It is also important to mention 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 probable cuts.
Since inclinations to lacerations disturb fighters to reach better results, certain experts confirm that it is possible to create a super-fighter due to plastic surgery. Thus, these fighters will have significant competitive advantages.
Earlier experts thought about this possibility as well. It can prove the work written by the science fiction author Richard Matheson.  The work was written in 1956. The writer described a future. It was written that people watched how large robot athletes fought, trying to destroy one another’s CPUs.
When Matheson was writing the story, he didn’t suppose that it would be very provocative. A lot of persons desired to see other sportspersons in reality. They wanted the fighter to be other than human. That’s why many fans invested much money, hoping to achieve this result.
It is possible to suppose that cosmetic surgery will soon reach the level of the method of steroid use and intake of other performance-enhancing drugs.
Of course, many ethical questions appear in this situation. But some experts claim that it is too late to discuss these questions. Human performance is already tightly connected with technological progress. The corruption of sports has started long ago and it can’t be stopped, according to opinions of many specialists.
Anti-doping agencies have displayed that they are not able to war on steroids and other banned preparations effectively.  Will anybody have ability to keep fighters from surgical procedures?

Use of deadly force and intake of steroids by police officers

Numerous individuals think that “roid rage” or uncontrolled aggressive behavior is a common undesirable reaction which occurs in those who take steroids. Furthermore, several individuals think that it is even impossible to prevent this adverse result, if you utilize steroids. Nonetheless, it is not proven scientifically that it is a real adverse result 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 persons claim that “roid rage” is an unexpected reaction of anabolic steroids, numerous ill-informed legislative suggestions were made. Certain such proposals have been made in Oregon. It has been proposed to introduce certain new laws. According to these new laws, if any police officers  have used 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 who have applied deadly force will be investigated, tested for certain drugs and their mental health will be also evaluated.
Actually, it is unclear why police officers that use deadly force will be tested for steroids. Can usage of steroids prove that application of deadly force was unjustified? Is it believed that steroids due to aggressiveness can make police officers unable to make fair decisions?
Investigation team is a good idea for police officials who 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 official has administrated steroids, aspirin or only drunk juice.
So, it is possible to make a conclusion that legislators turn to be captivated by hysteria linked with “roid rage” of anabolic steroids.  Undoubtedly, Of course, illegal administration of steroids by police officials should be a legitimate concern. But it is not said about uncontrolled aggressive manner as a main reason in this case. The problem is that illegal usage of controlled substances by police officials makes them vulnerable to corruption and the steroid black market.  Such police officers may compromise.

Is Jeremy Jackson addicted to steroids?

The actor Jeremy Jackson played Hobie Buchanon, the son of David Hasselhof, in the TV series Baywatch. He turned to anabolic steroids and HGH in order to overcome methamphetamine addiction.
The actor 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 actor can’t stop taking these medications.
The actor Jeremy Jackson decided to join 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 actually? It is the first TV series about real life of celebrated persons that want to change their lives, to escape from addiction to alcoholic drinks and drugs. So, they join Celebrity Rehab to be treated.  All these individuals have a real desire to achieve the recovery.
The chief specialist is Drew Pinsky there. He is known better as Dr. Drew. He is a radio and television personality. This specialist hosted the talk show LOVELINE.
It is known that Jeremy Jackson doesn’t apply methamphetamine since 2000. He doesn’t have this addiction. Then, he has joined Celebrity Rehab to cure his steroid addiction.
 Earlier Dr. Drew confirmed 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 administrated steroids told him about many aspects  because he was involved in medicine. They told him such things that were not said to others. Dr. Drew noticed that some persons start taking steroids just because anybody gave them  a tablet. They attempted to use it and became addicted to steroids step by step. Now they are dying from the stuff. They have depression, aggressiveness, mania and physical problems. They have cut their lives by 10-20 years. They have chosen this way themselves.
Nonetheless, it is necessary to notice that although it is widely discussed about steroid addiction and dependency, this aspect doesn’t have any scientific basis. The American Psychological Association has not yet proved it. One supposes that they need to change the methods. So, further researches are required in this field.

State Pharmaceuticals decided to sponsor the professional golfer Dough Baron

State Pharmaceuticals produces subcutaneous pellet delivery system for the steroid testosterone. This company proclaimed that it was a sponsor of the professional golfer Dough Baron. It is spoken that this athlete is the only professional golfer who 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 this professional golfer. He defended this as well as other professional athletes that use the steroid testosterone, when it is prescribed by health care providers to enhance decreased levels of this hormone in them.
While the professional golfer filed a lawsuit against the PGA Tour, the CEO of State Pharmaceuticals supported him in this lawsuit. The CEO of State Pharmaceuticals said that the PGA Tour didn’t have any justice to name Dough Baron a  “cheater”. However the status of the lawsuit hadn’t been made public, the PGA Tour decided to approve the therapeutic intake of the steroid testosterone by  this golfer. Thus, the professional golfer Dough Baron  obtained a TUE for usage of the steroid testosterone for therapeutic purposes.
Robert Whitehead mentioned why State Pharmaceuticals sponsored the golfer Dough Baron. The CEO of State Pharmaceuticals stated that the PGA Tour acted incorrectly in numerous cases. The sportsperson that needed clinical intake of the steroid testosterone was called a liar. So, the PGA Tour contributed in medical ignorance and kept sportsmen from improving their health. Robert Whitehead noted that many points of view linked with testosterone replacement therapy were not proven scientifically. These incorrect statements have kept a lot of persons 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 professional golfer Dough Baron were not made public. It was only mentioned that the professional golfer Dough Baron would teach public about hypogonadism and testosterone replacement therapy.

Not all medicines that have performance-enhancing effects belong to anabolic steroids

David Howman, the director general of the WADA, seems to consider that Clenbuterol is an anabolic steroid. This person considers that illegal heroin is not as profitable as anabolic steroids that are legal, if they are bought and administrated with health care providers’ prescriptions. David Howman is also surprised 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 obvious due to contaminated beef in China. Howman notes that the WADA has written to the Chinese minister who has to answer what really happens in the food industry of this country.
Howman speaks about Clenbuterol as about an anabolic steroid. He says that Chinese beef contains steroids. He thinks mistakenly like a lot of other individuals think that all products that have performance-enhancing effects are anabolic steroids. It displays ignorance of these individuals. They should understand that not only anabolic steroids are included in the list of banned preparations. There are preparations which cause performance-enhancing effects but they are not steroids.
Since Howman is the director general of the World ADA, he must possess essentially better knowledge linked with forbidden drugs. This person must comprehend the difference between such medications as Clenbuterol and anabolic steroids.
This person 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. Furthermore, anabolic steroids are legal in certain countries.
The director general of the WADA  says that prohibited drugs are dangerous for youth, elite sportspeople and any individual who purchases and takes them not for legal needs.

The Louisiana Department of Revenue didn’t want to fight against a steroid dealer in the court

A special drug tax is required in the state of Louisiana for distribution of steroids. This tax exists in this state for the past 20 years. So, Todd Matherne, a steroid dealer had to pay 52 million dollars because he sold many steroids with the labels of the “Zencall Labs”.  This individual was sentenced to 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 learned this law. As a result, this man filed a lawsuit against the State of Louisiana, confirming that it was incorrect to enforce him to pay 52 million of dollars. This person claimed that it had been an unusual and even too cruel punishment. This steroid dealer claimed that his rights were violated.
The Louisiana Department of Revenue didn’t fight against this distributor of steroids in the court. It was decided to achieve agreement in this case. Thus, the tax was reduced significantly. According to the new settlement, Todd Matherne had to pay just 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 certain laws in various other states were ruled unconstitutionally. He confirmed 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 noticed that this law couldn’t work well because it might exclude criminal prosecution. John Williams confirmed that the drug tax law was not being used because a criminal case could be lost in exchange only for taxes.
There is also another reason which may explain why law enforcements do not desire 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 distributed by weight. If these medications are sold by dosage 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. More than 10, 000 tablets and 300 capsules of Stanozolol, about 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, over 700 vials of injectable anabolic steroids and several pounds of raw steroid powder were also found there.

The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) and Ad Council decided to reinvigorate activities of the campaign “Don’t Be An Asterisk”

The anti-steroid campaign “Don’t Be An Asterisk” was organized to provide people with knowledge about application of steroids, about dangerous things connected with performance-enhancing drugs within and outsides sports in order to promote ceasing administrating these medications.
 But this campaign was in negligence 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 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 initial “Don’t Be Asterisk” that has been uncharged for more than 2 years. This site promotes the visitors to visit another new page which 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”. So, the popular social media will promote spreading the messages of the anti-steroid.
The initial website DontBeAnAsterisk.com includes an interactive soccer game. Players  are encouraged to score goals avoiding the asterisks. The asterisks are anabolic steroids. If the interactive players don’t avoid the asterisks, their bodies become much more muscular.
Although the game has been thought out to create the perception among kids that steroids are not safe, the results are turned to be opposite. Children find it funny to fail avoiding asterisks and to observe how muscles of the interactive soccer players become essentially increased. However this game is still available on the website, it is unlikely that it will be able to convince children that steroids should not be administrated.
The principal goal of this anti-steroid campaign is to convince children that a user of steroids isn’t a trustful individual; he\she is “fake”, a “joke” and a “poser”.

Certain persons suggest that the third book of Jose Canseco will not achieve any popularity

Jose Canseco who has announced himself as a “godfather of steroids” in baseball writes his third book. This person avoids discussing anabolic steroids and other products which have performance-enhancing effects. He wants to revolve about his own experience. The book which has the title “The truth hurts” will describe how the author’s revelations about administration of steroids in baseball influenced on his life negatively. He is going to write that he has been affected both professionally and financially because he knew the truth.
Jose Canseco’s first book has got the title “Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant Roids, Smash Hits and How Baseball Got Big”. It is the bestseller. This writer named several baseball players that took steroids. Names of such players, as Mark McGwire, Rafael Palmeiro and Jason Giambi were mentioned in the book. Thus, Jose Canseco made public steroid users in baseball. Moreover, as a result, certain of these accused athletes admitted that they took banned medicines. Later, as a celebration of this aspect, Jose wrote another book which had been entitled as “Vindicated”. He noticed also names of other baseball players who applied steroids. Alex Rodriguez and Roger Clemens were identified by the writer.
Some people suppose that the third book of Jose Canseco will fail. It will not achieve the same success as previous books, according to them. These persons add that the writer 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 individuals who claim that the third book of Canseco will fail will be justified. This writer has been entertaining many persons, when he fought against Danny Bonaduce in a celebrity boxing match in 2009. Earlier Jose Canseco was humbled, when he fought against the former football player Vai Sikahema in a boxing match. Jose Canseco was knocked by Vai Sikahema and was ridiculed by numerous persons.
It is known that Jose Canseco administrated anabolic steroids and his natural testosterone creation became suppressed. So, he suffered from such unwanted symptoms of steroids, as reduced sex drive and depression.
This writer also wanted to contraband HCG across the Mexican border. This person did it for self-administration to be treated from low testosterone level. Thus, he had legal troubles related to steroids.
Recently this person entertained many individuals, when he wrote on his Twitter account that he would hit easily a softball further than Rodriguez may hit a baseball. He challenged Alex Rodriguez to compete with him.
The time will come and we will see whether the third book of this writer “The truth hits” will have success.