Bruce Douthit, MD of the Baylor Medical Center at Frisco revealed himself as a secret weapon in the fight against steroid use by teenagers in high schools and steroid use in sports at the Texas Steroid Summit. He guaranteed that he could simply look at an athlete and determine whether they are using banned or illegal anabolic steroids (”Summit in Frisco to address dangers of steroids,” August 10).
But I guarantee you, if I could walk through the school and pick the athletes there to be tested, my positive rate would be a whole lot higher, because I can look at them and tell whether they’ve been doing it.
I have been corresponding with Jason Trahan of the Dallas Morning News to reach a better understanding of the T:E ratio and what it really means. I felt Trahan’s interpretation of the T:E ratio was misleading.
Mr. Jacobs had more than five times the amount of testosterone in his system than allowed by standard sports testing.
The T:E ratio was indeed over five times the 4:1 ratio permitted by the World Anti-Doping Agency. But Jacobs did NOT have five times the normal levels of testosterone in his body. And Jacobs did NOT have five times the normal level of testosterone glucuronide (TG) in his urine either.
Does the David Jacobs’ T:E ratio provide evidence of seriously elevated testosterone levels?
Coram has now been stripped of her title and banned from the organization due to her choices as we are serious when it comes to our drug testing procedures and want to keep not only a natural stage but a healthy stage too.
Rick Collins and Mike DiMaggio of Collins, McDonald and Gann recently reported the drug test results of Julie Coram conducted by a legitimate anti-doping organization.
…Julie Coram was subjected to an impromptu drug test by the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES), the testing body responsible for administering drug testing under the Canadian BodyBuilding Federation’s (CBBF) anti-doping program. The results are in, and Ms. Coram tested negative for all prohibited methods and substances.
Brian W. Jeffery aka “The Iron Bull” was sentenced to 16 months in prison and 3 years probation for selling anabolic steroids over the internet. Jeffery imported raw steroid powder from China and converted it to oral and injectable steroids in an underground lab (UGL) in Arizona. He sold the steroid products under the label “Superior Labs” and advertised the sale of steroids to bodybuilders on various internet message boards including Getanabolics.com (”Superior Labs for Superior People”) . Jeffery has been detained since his arrest on September 27, 2007. He pleaded guilty to one count of steroid distribution on May 5, 2008
It is never advisable to store anabolic steroid tablets, vials, and/or related paraphernalia in your automobile even if it is hidden in your glove compartment. A simple traffic misdemeanor could lead to the discovery of your steroid stash (especially if you unknowingly waive your rights during a traffic stop and allow police to search your vehicle). Instead of a simple speeding ticket and/or traffic misdemeanor, you could be facing a steroid possession or steroid distribution charge.
Even if you never speed and always obey posted traffic signs, you never know when a possum might dart out on the road in front of you leading to unforeseen consequences
When Richard Janeczko, Australian Customs national investigations manager, intercepted 80 kilograms of anabolic steroid powder in Sydney in June 2008, he immediately suspected that Australian Olympic athletes were the intended recipients of these steroids even though absolutely NO link with Australian athletes had been uncovered.
But when Australian Customs intercepted 150 bottle bottles of testosterone and Deca Durabolin disguised as “Gay Lube Oil,” Janeczko was quick to emphasize how unlikely it would be for Australia’s Olympic athletes to use steroids marketed as “Gay Lube Oil” (”Gay lube oil contained banned steroids,” July 30).
“The bulk of the people we investigate are actually not elite sports people. The people that want to enhance their image either gym people, security guards, bikies.”
It is thought that Janeczko believes Australian athletes only use steroids with names like “British Dragon” and “Animal Power” with bulldogs, horses, bulls, dragons (and of course kangaroos) on the labels.
I reported on a brewing high school steroid scandal in Louisiana earlier this week on Steroid.com. The St. Landry Sheriff Department made a major steroid bust after targeting three local bodybuilding gyms in Opelousas, Eunice and Krotz Springs during the course of a seven-month investigation. At least one hundred steroid users were identified including several customers who were high school football players.
Some high school coaches are shocked that teenagers on their teams would use steroids; apparently they are not familiar with the efforts of the Taylor Hooton Foundation. Nonetheless, they have overcome their surprise to divert blame to local commercial gyms and the personal trainers who work in those facilities.
The French government, in an effort to crack down on cyclists at the 2008 Tour de France who use performance-enhancing drugs, passed a new law last month that provides severe criminal penalties for the personal use and/or possession of doping products like anabolic steroids. Performance enhancing drugs like anabolic steroids, EPO and human growth hormone are considered “poisonous substances” under the French public health code (more…)
“She was in love with me, and I loved her,” Mr. Lehr, 29, said in a recent interview, acknowledging for the first time his relationship with Amanda Earhart-Savell, a 30-year-old professional figure competitor and fitness magazine cover girl who also had dated Mr. Jacobs on and off since last year.
We extend our sincerest sympathies and condolences to Matt Lehr and her family and friends for their loss.
