The writer Tom Verducci doesn’t believe that doping is linked with moral questions

Tom Verducci of Sports Illustrated says about debates linked with rughts of steroid users to be chosen for the Baseball Hall of Fame. But as it generally happens, this explanation displays just confusion of reporters about steroids.
The Baseball Writers Association of America (BWAA)  is a professional association of baseball journalists who chose players for the National Baseball Hall of Fame. All reporters who are members of the BWAA already not less than 10 years have opportunity 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 forbidden preparations might entry into Cooperstown.
Members of the BWAA usually must comment their votes:  they have to explain why they have voted pro or contra certain questions. Some of them claim that doping destructs the integrity of sports and intake of forbidden drugs is frequently considered by them to be immoral.
As for Tom Verducci, he doesn’t confirm that usage of steroids is necessarily a moral question. This sportswriter notes that steroids help consumers to take unfair advantage over those who don’t dope. According to Tom Verducci, performance-enhancing drugs make competitions unfair. So, usage of prohibited medications induces unfairness in sports.  That’s why Verducci denies any link between doping and morality. This sportswriter confirms that it is a question that is linked with performance but not to morality. So, Verducci supposes that users of steroids must not be allowed to be in the Hall of Fame. But he has voted for Jeff Bagwell, an admitted steroid user. This sportsperson has admitted that he had taken androstenedione. It is necessary to notice that this medicine was not listed among anabolic steroids, when Bagwell took it. According to the Control Act 2004, it is listed among forbidden preparations. Since it wasn’t legally clamed to be a steroid, Verducci decided to vote for the user of this drug; however, it was always named an anabolic-androgenic steroid by scientists. Furthermore, it was said that Bagwell just became bigger but didn’t improve his performance due to usage 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 sportspeople?”  Since Verducci doesn’t believe that usage of steroids is a moral question, he may suppose that increase of performance is not a real problem.
Many persons suppose that intake of steroids represents evil because they are illegal.

Steroids are often blamed for domestic violence

Johnnie Lee Wiggins is a NPC heavyweight bodybuilder. He was enough successful. He took the third  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. This woman met Lee Wiggins in a gym. He was a personal trainer at that time.
 Once he saw another man’s vehicle in the yard of her home. It was on Christmas day. This bodybuilder was a jealous individual. He beat the teacher very brutally.  Then he left her 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 this woman was at home and called police and hospital.
It was not the first time, when this bodybuilder was aggressive with a woman. Several ladies said that Johnnie Lee Wiggins was very jealous man. They also added that he became aggressive many times.
Earlier Lee Wiggins served more than 5 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 important to note that he was released on probation. During this time a police official 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”. In fact, this term is widely applied by media that claims that it is a negative reaction of anabolic steroids. But it is necessary to notice that the affirmation about uncontrolled aggressiveness which is believed to be caused by usage of anabolic steroids is not proven scientifically. Only a significantly small number of steroid users experience this reaction. Usage of steroids doesn’t lead to violence against women.  Millions cases of domestic violence happen each year but they have no links with anabolic steroids.
There are other aspects which lead to domestic violence. Anabolic steroids should not be blamed for uncontrolled behavior and violence. Media has to find other aspects to blame for tragedies.

The WADA has own interests, managing steroid programs in many sport leagues

The president of Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Dana White tries to defend the drug-testing program of this organization. According to the UFC, their strictest steroid-testing program is in North America. Is it actually true? Sometimes it seems that only foolish athletes are caught using prohibited medicines by the UFC.
There are certain organizations that criticize the drug-testing 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) belong to chief organizations that criticize drug-testing policy of the UFC. But which is the reason? Of course, they fight for own interests. They put efforts to control steroid testing in all professional as well as amateur sport leagues in the whole world. It isn’t a secret that steroid testing is a profitable business.  Since they haven’t tested fighters for prohibited medicines, they have lost a lot of money.
But there are also certain actual problems related to the UFC anti-doping program that should be observed. Travis Tygart, the CEO of the WADA, claims that drug testing of the UFC isn’t proper. Of course the WADA has the best anti-doping policy. The UFC drug-testing program can’t be even compared with that of the UFC. Travis Tygart notices 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 desire to have the same or just similar principles as the WADA has.
Major League Baseball did a huge mistake, claiming that steroids represent a huge problem in this sport. Thus, it was destroyed good public perception about baseball.  As for the National Football League, it was created perception that their anti-doping program has been quite effective.
A question appears: Is Dana White able to display that there is no steroid problem in the UFC?

It is supposed that surfers take anabolic steroids

Anabolic steroids are utilized by surfers too. Sport governing body claims that forbidden preparations are a great problem in this sport. That’s why the Association of Surfing Professionals made a decision to introduce testing for anabolic steroids and other prohibited drugs which are applied for performance-enhancing effects.
The Association of Surfing Professionals led several discussions with the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). They asked how they could introduce testing for forbidden drugs into surfing. Since anti-doping program of the WADA is considered to be the best policy, the surfing organization intends to apply this protocol. It goes without saying that this is the next victory of the WADA which promotes the possibility to control anti-doping programs in sports.
Everybody knows that surfing is a competitive sport. So, strength, speed and endurance are chief skills that promote winning. So, surfers could decide that intake of anabolic steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs induces success greatly. It is also necessary to take in consideration that amount of money which is obtained by winners is large. Winners receive no less than 100, 000 dollars. Desire to receive money could lead surfers to decision to use anabolic steroids.
Nevertheless, it is said that administration of anabolic steroids and other preparations which cause performance-enhancing effects is not widespread in surfing. A lot of individuals think 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 that are caught using marijuana, methamphetamine and cocaine is quite increased.
Andi Irons, a professional surfer, died in November 2010. The reason of his death was a heart attack caused by drug abuse. It was defined that steroids hadn’t been involved in this fatal case. Traces of methamphetamine, cocaine and methadone metabolites were found in his body.
Another surfer, Peter Davi, died in December 2007. Increased levels of meth were also found in his system.
As for Anthony Ruffo, another professional surfer, 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 products in 2004. This surfer claimed that he had administrated these drugs to receive 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 many 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 steroid program into surfing.
Although it is unlikely that steroids represent a problem in surfing, the new anti-doping program can create a wrong public perception.

A steroid dealer avoided imprisonment

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, police official received probation of 1 year and was enforced to pay certain fine. So, Robert Kusmack was fired in 2010.
Steroid investigations are conducted commonly in the following way: steroid users are used in order to catch distributors of steroids. But sometimes authorities choose another method to conduct investigations.
 United States Mail Inspection Service had discovered 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 the dealer 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 involved in this process too.
Tom Radke acted as an undercover informant in this case. He sold Fluoxymesterone to Aaron DiPrima that was the owner of a local gym. The gym owner supplied the police officer Robert Kusmack with this product. Both Aaron DiPrima and Robert 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. Thus, the distributor of steroids wasn’t sentenced to prison. Three consumers of steroids lost their jobs.

Such drugs, as cocaine and Xanax lead often to heart attacks

The Road Warriors, a professional wrestling tag team, were first that introduced bodybuilding-type muscularity in this sport. Hawk (Mike Hegstrand) and Animal (Joe Laurinaitis) have been comprised this tag team. Hegstrand died in 2003. His death came suddenly because of a heart attack. This professional wrestler died when he was just 46. It is known that popular media usually reports about deaths of professional wrestlers, linking the cases with use of anabolic steroids. The death of Hegstrand was not an exception. After the death of this professional wrestler a lot of articles appeared in newspapers which demonized anabolic steroids for this case.
Joe “Animal” Laurinaitis admitted to usage of steroids by this team. But he noted that these preparations 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 noted that cocaine and Xanax had led to the death of this professional wrestler. He also announced that these drugs led to deaths of such celebritites, as Henning, Rick Rude and Davey Boy Smith. According to Laurinaitis, administration of cocaine frequently leads to administration of morphine. These drugs corrupt health completely and lead to heart attacks.
Why must words of Laurinaitis be true? He was in Australia with Hegstrand. He knows about what he speaks. Recently this wrestler collaborated with Andrew William Wright to tell his experiences with “Hawk”.

Andrew Tilin who has admitted to self-administration of the steroid testosterone claims that steroids are dangerous

The amateur cyclist and writer Andrew Tilin  received a 2-year ban. United States Anti-Doping Agency banned this individual after he had admitted using steroids for legal hormone replacement therapy. The admitting was made by the Andrew Tilin 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” .
this book describes personal experiences of certain individuals that took performance-enhancing drugs.
Thus, Tilin applied the steroid testosterone for hormone replacement therapy. It is quite clear.  In fact, it is not yet clear whether this cyclist has noticed about personal experience connected with other products which increase performance.
Andrew Tilin wants to understand and describe in his book why individuals dope. He notices the motivations of different individuals. Do these products help really? These medications are quite controversial; the explanations connected with these preparations are also controversial. Since a lot of consumers don’t like saying about their usage, numerous answers on questions about doping remain undisclosed.
Tilin has been evidentially changed due to administration of the steroid testosterone. He has become much more powerful but more aggressive. This person had to worry about his health and about the methods to cheat, being an amateur rider. Thus, Tilin became to be implicated in the doping subculture.
Writing his book, this amateur cyclist desired to explain that steroids are unsafe and cause many side effects.  Many sportspersons who have taken controlled preparations criticize the writer. One of critics is Joe Papp, a former American cyclist. This athlete was caught distributing and taking several performance-enhancing drugs. He didn’t admit applying controlled drugs willingly; he was caught due to an investigation. His professional and personal life was destroyed because of these forbidden drugs. Joe Papp wrote about Tilin that he had been doped for a year intentionally. Papp noticed that Andrew Tilin had known that the steroid testosterone was prohibited but he had administrated it. Then he wrote that these drugs had negative symptoms in consumers.  According to Joe Papp, Andrew Tilin had to be banned for four years.
Andrew Tilin’s ban began in March 2011.

Methods that can contribute in safety of steroid dealers

Distribution of anabolic steroids without any prescription to increase performance is illegal in United States. If anyone intends to distribute these medicines and is implicated in operations related to the steroid black market, this person takes risks having serious problems. But there are also ways to avoid or minimize risks being caught by police officials.
Distributors of steroids must follow all traffic rules. This factor is too important. If a person violates any traffic law, driving his car, police officials’ attention will be drawn on this action. Imagine what happens: when anyone violates speed limit rules, he/she will be stopped by police officials. Moreover, if this individual also smokes pot with his friend, driving the car and violating traffic laws, drug-sniffing dogs will be probably brought to define whether there are any drugs in the car.
Moreover, clever steroid dealers store the all preparations, the price list and the customer list in a safe place. But if certain distributors of steroids keep all these things in the vehicle in which they were smoking pot, violating speed limit laws, they will be caught possessing steroids illegally with intentions to sell them. Then the troubles start.
Distributors of steroids can say that it is not required to write such cautions because it goes without any saying that all distributors of illegal products know about  these warnings. But real facts show that some steroid dealers 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 individual violated certain traffic rules. The deputies suggested 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. Certain documents founded in the vehicle showed that the measures of steroids were at the price of more than 3,000 dollars.

Which way is better to increase performance in fighters: steroid use or plastic surgery?

Sportspersons are always looking for any methods to enhance their performance. Nobody may doubt about it. That’s why a lot of athletes apply anabolic steroids or/and other medicines that possess performance-enhancing effects. But there is another method as well. Mixed martial artists apply even plastic surgery for this goal.
 It is known that fighters experience 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 may develop; wounds are sutured in certain cases improperly. It happens that surgeons suture only the superficial layer of the skin. This condition results in improper healing of underlying tissue.
An interesting article about the plastic surgeon Frank Stile was published by the writer Jake Rossen. This specialist makes surgeries for mix martial artists. Frank Stile removes the scar tissue and replaces it with tissue from donated corpses. Such procedures are often applied for cosmetic purposes. Frank Stile is the first surgeon who has used this procedure for increase of performance in fighters.
It is also important to know that prominent facial bones in the nose, brow and cheek may 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 predispositions to cuts disturb fighters to reach better results, some specialists confirm that it is possible to create a super-fighter due to plastic surgery. Thus, these fighters will have essential competitive advantages.
Earlier specialists thought about this aspect too. It may show 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 fans watched how large robot athletes fought, trying to destroy one another’s CPUs.
When the autor was creating the story, he didn’t think that it would be very provocative. Many fans desired to see other sportspersons in reality. They wanted the fighter to be other than human. That’s why many persons invested large sums of money, hoping to achieve this result.
It is possible to suggest that cosmetic surgery will soon reach the level of the method of steroid use and application of other performance-enhancing medicines.
Of course, many ethical questions appear in this situation. But certain experts claim that it is too late to discuss these questions. Human performance is already tightly linked with technological advance. The corruption of sports has started long ago and it can’t be stopped, according to opinions of many specialists.
Anti-doping agencies have shown that they are not able to fight against steroids and other forbidden medications effectively.  Will anybody be able to keep fighters from surgical procedures?

Legislators turn out to be captivated by the hysteria related to possible side effects of steroids

Numerous people think that “roid rage” or uncontrolled aggressive behavior is a usual negative effect that occurs in those who take steroids. Moreover, some individuals think that it is even impossible to avoid this side consequence, if you use steroids. Nevertheless, it is not proven scientifically that it is a real adverse reaction of anabolic steroids. But even if we suggest that it exists, it may occur just in small number of steroid users.
Since a lot of individuals claim that “roid rage” is an unwanted result of anabolic steroids, many ill-informed legislative suggestions were made. Some 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 used deadly force, or if police force resulted in some injuries, they should be tested for steroids.
The same proposal was made by the politician Lew Frederick in Oregon House of Representatives. Those police officials that have been involved in deadly force will be investigated, tested for several drugs and their mental health will be evaluated as well.
In fact, it is not clear why police officials who are involved in deadly force will be tested for steroids. Can steroid use prove that application of deadly force was unjustified? Is it claimed that steroids due to aggressiveness can make police officers unable to make fair decisions?
Investigation team is a reasonable idea for police officers who use deadly force. But steroid use should not be taken in consideration here. Positives or negatives for steroids can’t define whether deadly force has been applied appropriately or not. It doesn’t matter a police officer has used steroids, aspirin or just consumed juice.
So, it is possible to conclude that legislators turn to be captivated by hysteria related to “roid rage” of anabolic steroids.  It goes without saying that illegal administration of steroids by police officers has to be a legitimate concern. But it is not spoken about uncontrolled aggressive manner as a chief reason in this situation. The problem is that illegal administration of controlled substances by police officers makes them vulnerable to corruption and the steroid black market.  They are inclined to compromise.

Dr. Drew says that he knows a lot about steroids because he was in the world of bodybuilders, when he was 20

Jeremy Jackson played role of Hobie Buchanon, the son of David Hasselhof, in the television series Baywatch. This person turned to anabolic steroids and HGH to overcome methamphetamine addiction.
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 stop using these medicines.
Jeremy Jackson joined the cast of Celebrity Rehab with the physician Drew Pinsky for Season 5. But unemployed actors should have drug addiction in order to join Celebrity Rehab.  What does Celebrity Rehab represent actually? It is the first TV series about real life of celebrated persons that desire 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 decision to achieve the recovery.
The main 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 use methamphetamine since 2000. He has been escaped from this addiction. Then, he has joined Celebrity Rehab to escape from his steroid addiction.
 Earlier the expert Drew Pinsky claimed in an interview that he knew a lot about steroids. This person noticed that when he was 20 years old, he was in the world of bodybuilders. Those who administrated steroids told him about many things  because he was involved in medicine. They told him such aspects that were not said to others. The doctor Drew Pinsky said that certain sportspersons began to apply 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 stuff. They have depression, aggressive manner, mania and physical troubles. They have cut length of their lives by 10-20 years. They have chosen this way themselves.
Nevertheless, it is necessary to notice 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 supposes that they need to change the methods. Thus, further researches are required in this field.

The golfer Dough Baron used steroids to increase low testosterone levels

State Pharmaceuticals manufactures subcutaneous pellet delivery system for the steroid testosterone. This company proclaimed that it was a sponsor of Dough Baron, a professional golfer. It is spoken that this person is the only professional golfer who has been banned by the PGA Tour because he has broken anti-doping rules. Robert Whitehead, the chief executive of State Pharmaceuticals noted that it was not fairly to ban Dough Baron. He defended this as well as other professional athletes who utilize the anabolic steroid testosterone, when it is recommended by physicians 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. The CEO of State Pharmaceuticals noted 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 usage of testosterone by  the golfer Dough Baron. Thus, the golfer Dough Baron  obtained a TUE for intake of 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 situations. The athlete who needed clinical intake of the anabolic steroid testosterone was called a liar. Thus, the PGA Tour contributed in medical ignorance and kept sportsmen from improving their health. Robert Whitehead said that numerous points of view related to testosterone replacement therapy didn’t have any scientific basis. These incorrect affirmations have kept numerous 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 terms of the agreement between the company State Pharmaceuticals and the athlete Dough Baron were not made public. It was only noted that the athlete Dough Baron would teach public about hypogonadism and testosterone replacement therapy.

The director general of the WADA confirms that heroin is less profitable than anabolic steroids

The director general of the WADA David Howman thinks that Clenbuterol belongs to anabolic steroids. This person thinks that illegal heroin is not as profitable as anabolic steroids which are legal, if they are purchased and taken with doctors’ prescriptions. David Howman is also shocked by the statement that steroids are applied in order to enhance growth of livestock.
Howman  says that use 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 that has to answer what really happens in the food industry of this country.
David Howman speaks about Clenbuterol as about an anabolic steroid. David Howman notices that Chinese beef contains steroids. This man consideres mistakenly like numerous other persons consider that all preparations that have performance-enhancing effects are anabolic steroids. It displays ignorance of these persons. They must understand that not only anabolic steroids belong to the list of forbidden preparations. There are drugs which cause performance-enhancing effects but they are not steroids.
Since David Howman is the director general of the World ADA, he must have significantly better knowledge linked with forbidden preparations. Howman must understand the difference between such products as Clenbuterol and anabolic steroids.
David Howman says that steroid smuggling is much more profitable than heroin trafficking because steroids are legal in several cases but heroin is illegal under any circumstances. Moreover, anabolic steroids are legal in certain countries.
David Howman  notices that prohibited products are dangerous for youth, elite sportspeople and any person that gets and uses them not for legal purposes.

The Louisiana State Police busted “Zencall labs”

A drug tax is required in Louisiana for sales of steroids. This tax exists in this state for the past 20 years. Thus, Todd Matherne, a distributor of steroids 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 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 jail, he learned this law. As a result, this person filed a lawsuit against the State of Louisiana, confirming that it was incorrect to enforce him to pay 52 million of dollars. Todd Matherne claimed that it had been an unusual and even too cruel decision. This steroid dealer noted 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 decision, 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, noted that some laws in different other states were ruled unconstitutionally. He confirmed that it was the same with the drug tax law in Louisiana. But since several laws try to criminal twice the same crime, they may be lifted.
This specialist claimed that this law couldn’t work well because it might give the possibility to defendants to escape from criminal prosecution. This expert for drug prosecution from Louisiana claimed 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 want 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 the 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 dosage 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  officers. Moreover, over 700 vials of injectable anabolic steroids and several pounds of raw steroid powder were also seized.

The interactive soccer game of the anti-steroid campaign “Don’t Be An Asterisk” has not ability to promote reaching required goals

“Don’t Be An Asterisk” anti-steroid campaign was organized to educate people about intake of steroids, about risks linked with performance-enhancing drugs within and outsides sports in order to promote ceasing administrating these preparations.
 But ”Don’t Be An Asterisk” was neglected during certain period of time. The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) and Ad Council make the decision to restore activities of this campaign. It was decided 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 which is on Facebook. So, they can 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 anti-steroid.
The initial website DontBeAnAsterisk.com includes 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.
However the game has been thought out to educate children that steroids are not safe, the results are turned to be opposite. Kids find it funny to fail avoiding asterisks and to observe how muscles of the interactive soccer players become dramatically increased. Although this game is still available on the website, it is unlikely that it can teach kids that steroids are not good.
The chief purpose of this campaign is to convince kids that a consumer of steroids isn’t a fair person; he\she is “fake”, a “joke” and a “poser”.

Jose Canseco and steroids

Jose Canseco who has called himself as a “godfather of steroids” in baseball writes his third book. This writer avoids discussing anabolic steroids and other drugs that 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 writer’s revelations about intake of steroids by baseball players influenced on his life negatively. He is going to mention 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 some baseball players who used steroids. Such players, as Mark McGwire, Rafael Palmeiro and Jason Giambi were mentioned in the book. So, this writer made public consumers of steroids in baseball. Moreover, as a result, many of these accused athletes admitted that they used banned products. Later, as a celebration of this aspect, Jose wrote another book that had the title “Vindicated”. Jose Canseco mentioned also names of other baseball players who used steroids. Alex Rodriguez and Roger Clemens were identified by Jose Canseco.
Some individuals confirm that the third book of Jose Canseco will fail. It will not have 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 draw readers’ attention.
But it is unclear whether the opinions of these persons that confirm that the third book of Jose Canseco 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 Jose Canseco was humiliated, when he fought against the former football player Vai Sikahema in a boxing match. Jose Canseco was knocked by the former football player and was ridiculed by numerous persons.
It is known that Jose Canseco took anabolic steroids and his natural testosterone production became suppressed. So, he suffered from such undesirable effects of steroids, as reduced sex drive and depression.
This writer also wanted to contraband HCG across the Mexican border. Jose Canseco did it for self-administration to be treated from low testosterone level. So, he had legal problems connected with steroids.
Recently Jose Canseco entertained numerous people, 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 book of Jose Canseco “The truth hits” will succeed.