"Who's using anabolic steroids illegally ... and why?"
"Why are steroids controlled substances?"
"How deadly are they ... and how effective?"
"What happens to an adult arrested for steroids?"
"How can physicians get arrested for prescribing them?"
"How do steroids differ from dietary supplements like creatine?"
"What should athletes and coaches know about steroid testing?"
"How can we discourage teen use?"
"What legal issues apply that law enforcers, prosecutors, defense lawyers and judges must know about?"
"Are our steroid laws working ... ?"

These are just a sampling of the questions commonly presented to New York lawyer Rick Collins, J.D., the nation's leading legal expert on anabolic steroids and muscle-building dietary supplements. The answers may surprise you. Unquestionably, steroids are big news lately. But media sound bites typically oversimplify a complex topic. Spokespersons for the government and other social control agencies provide reports that are too often agenda-driven, misleading, or distorted by the press. Think you know about steroids? Think again.

Rick Collins has built his reputation giving straight answers about anabolic steroids and the law. He created this site in the late 1990s in order to bridge the gap between the muscle world and the justice community. Here you'll find views and information available nowhere else: basic legal commentary on what happens if a person is investigated or arrested in connection with anabolic steroids, crucial information for lawyers handling anabolic steroid matters, and credible reasons why teenagers shouldn't use steroids. Athletes and coaches will find information on performance-enhancing drug and supplement use and the methods by which sports doping is detected. Physicians will learn about the legal parameters of prescribing androgens and human growth hormone in the fast-growing specialty of anti-aging medicine or age management therapy. Students will find information for term papers and reports. Visitors will also find a variety of other provocative subpages, Articles and News Headlines of interest to those in the legal, medical and athletic communities and to members of the general public who seek objective information about steroids and the law.

This site shares plenty of insights; many will surprise you. It's a free resource for all, and is updated with new content on a regular basis as a service to the general public. However, for anyone seeking more information, the definitive treatise LEGAL MUSCLE: Anabolics in America is the most comprehensive resource. It presents the complete, in-depth story of steroids and American justice in virtually every aspect, written for bodybuilders, competitive athletes, coaches, sports trainers, physicians, journalists, lawmakers, everyone in the criminal justice system, and anyone concerned about civil liberties in an era of shifting priorities and a media-fueled culture of fear. At well over 400 pages, most of its 25 chapters are crammed with dozens of actual case histories (it also contains all federal steroid laws and the steroid laws of all 50 states). In it, Rick Collins makes the compelling case that our nation's punitive and simplistic approach to adult non-medical steroid use is in dire need of revision.

For more information on Rick Collins and his latest efforts, interviews and accomplishments, check out www.rickcollinsonline.com. If you have a general legal question you'd like to see answered in the monthly column by Mr. Collins published in Muscular Development magazine, email it to editor@musculardevelopment.com for consideration. If you have a specific legal question or problem and are interested in consulting with Mr.Collins or in retaining his highly respected law firm, Collins, McDonald & Gann (www.cmgesq.com), call 516-294-0300 during business hours, eastern time.