03.30.06 - "Legal Muscle" 2006 Supplement Online
Legal Muscle, the ever-popular and comprehensive treatise on anabolic steroids written by celebrated lawyer Rick Collins, Esq., now has a brand new Supplement available to read online, including analysis of the Anabolic Steroid Control Act of 2004. Read it here now!
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08.28.05 - Navigating this Website
This unique site contains extensive information about anabolic steroids with an emphasis on objectivity. Across the top of each page, you'll see a navigation bar with "Introduction," "Arrested?," "Athletes," and six other words each of which are links to specific topic pages. Above the navigation bar and to the right is a search function -- just type in the word you're seeking and click your cursor on "Search" to take you to the available results. There are also a variety of "New Articles" and "Headlines" on the home page. Each of the entries are a link to an extended page of information (you are now on the "Articles" page). Most of the bolded words and the titles themselves are links. For example, the HBO Real Sports segment on steroid health risks can be safely downloaded by clicking on "Are Steroids Safe for Adult Males? HBO Suggests, YES!" on the home page, and then clicking on either the title of the headline or the "view video here" link. We can be easily emailed by using the "Contact Us" function on the home page. And anyone interested in a fuller grasp of the subject of steroids can learn more about "Legal Muscle" by clicking the graphic link at the far right of the home page. The "Links" page contains three file icons, each of which is accessible by clicking on its subject line. Feel free to bookmark Steroidlaw.com and return for further exploration or to read new or updated content. If you experience any difficulty navigating this site, please email us at info@cmgesq.com.
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08.28.05 - The Truth about Steroids and Suicide
Does the use of anabolic steroids cause suicide? Substance abuse expert Dr. Jack Darkes examines the evidence in this thoroughly researched and scholarly article. Read it by clicking here!
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06.30.05 - Girls Gone Steroids?
Is there a burgeoning epidemic of little girls taking steroids to tone up? The Associated Press says there is, but click here and the truth may surprise you.
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05.28.05 - Of Terrorism and Steroids
Jon E. Dougherty, a veteran reporter, author, and founder and editor-in-chief of Voices Magazine [www.voicesmag.com] presents his views on the new Congressional priority of investigating and legislating against the use of performance-enhancing substances when far more pressing concerns are put on the back burner. "It may have been unfair for Mark McGwire and Barry Bonds to have taken drugs so they could hit more home runs," he acknowledges. "But even a cursory read of the Constitution Washington, Jefferson, Franklin, Hancock and others fought, bled and died for grants the federal government zero authority to regulate professional sports organizations. ... The Clean Sports Act, proposed by Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Rep. Tom Davis, R-Va., seeks to insert the federal government into still another aspect of American life where it does not belong." Read the essay by clicking here.
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05.07.05 - Ephedra: Interpreting the New Court Ruling
A Utah court holds that FDA used faulty analysis in banning ephedra dietary supplements and failed to prove that a lose-dose product was dangerous. But will ephedra supplements be back on store shelves?
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04.29.05 - "Pumped-Up Hysteria" over Steroids
Freelance sportswriter Dayn Perry tries to separate steroid fact from fiction in this 2003 article in Reason magazine. Similarly, Joan Ryan of the San Francisco Chronicle asks, "Why is there such reefer-madness hysteria about steroids?" in a piece entitled, "Let's Get Real about Sports and Steroids."
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04.29.05 - Steroids and Sports? Yes! An Interview with Norm Fost, MD
Should steroids be allowed in competitive sports? Norm Fost, MD, thinks so. This pediatrician and medical ethics expert with degrees from Harvard, Yale and Princeton shares his insights in a startling and provocative interview.
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04.26.05 - Steroids and Steroid Precursors in College Sports
"Steroids and Steroid Precursors in College Sports: The Response to the 'Pills in the Locker' by Sports Bodies and Congress" was authored by Mr. Collins and adapted from his conference materials for "Winning at All Costs : Today's Addiction: A Conference on Sports Law and Ethics," held in Chicago, IL, and sponsored by Valparaiso Univ. School of Law (2/2005). The article focuses on the use of anabolic steroid precursors by sports competitors, and how athletic organizations such as NCAA and governmental authorities have responded.
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04.21.05 - The Psychological Effects of Anabolic-Androgenic Steroids
"Roid Rage"? In what is the most comprehensive and objective review on the subject, Dr. Jack Darkes examines the psychological effects of anabolic steroids in a myth-busting four-part article.
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04.20.05 - Cops on Steroids
The DePaul Univeristy College of Law has published a bold new law note written by Philip J. Sweitzer, Esq., entitled "Drug Law Enforcement in Crisis: Cops on Steroids." It observes how "criminalizing use of the drugs has -- in fact -- established their covert abuse." http://www.law.depaul.edu/students/organizations_journals/student_orgs/lawslj/Volume%202,%20Issue%202/Sweitzer%20Cops%20On%20Steroids.pdf
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04.20.05 - Adulterated Androstenedione: What FDA's Action Means for Industry
"Adulterated Androstenedione: What FDA's Action Against Andro Means for Industry," authored by Rick Collins, Esq., and Alan Feldstein, Esq.,was published in the Sports Nutrition Review Journal, 1(1):52-60, 2004. The article suggests what might be done to ameliorate the escalating problem of lack of communication and cooperation between FDA and the sports nutrition segment of the dietary supplement industry.
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04.18.05 - Possession With Intent
Information pertaining to how many steroid tablets are enough to prove an intent to sell.
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04.17.05 - Muscle Mutants and Sports Nutrition Supplements
A satirical piece comparing hardcore bodybuilders to the "X-Men" mutants, and examining the effect on the sports and fitness nutrition market.
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04.16.05 - Criminal Law Regulation of Anabolic Steroids and Other So-Called Performance Enhancing Drugs in English Law
A view of the criminalization of anabolic steroids from the United Kingdom. Jason Lowther's provocative article concludes that misguided anti-steroid legislative efforts are doing more harm than the drugs themselves.
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04.16.05 - States of Confusion
Since most steroid busts are prosecuted under state laws – not federal laws – the first thing any potential juicer should want to know is exactly what gear-related conduct is criminal in his state and what penalties apply.
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04.15.05 - Chemicals for "Research Purposes Only"
The proliferation of chemical products being sold online “for research purposes only” has generated countless inquiries about what’s legal and what’s not. This article provides an introduction to the topic.
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04.15.05 - Beyond the End of Prohormones
An article devoted to answering new questions that have emerged since prohormones have been banned.
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03.18.05 - Teens and Testosterone
Rick Collins takes on teen steroid abuse.
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