Rick to Address School Officials, Parents, Coaches and Youth Agency Representatives on Issues Surrounding Performance Enhancing Drugs and Today’s Teen Athletes Rick Collins has once again been asked to address the topic of teen and steroids at an important Long Island forum taking place on December 10th. Rick, the nation’s foremost legal authority on performance…
August 6: BP Radio talks about ‘the’ story in baseball[:] … steroids and Rafael Palmeiro. Will [Carroll] and Brad talk with Rick Collins, the leading mind in steroid law and Dr. John Crisler, a doctor specializing in steroid medicine. It’s BP Radio covering the biggest story as only they can. BP Radio – testing positive…
Editor in Chief Jim Schmaltz of Physical Magazine offers his take on the efforts of California state senator Jakie Speier to curb teen steroid abuse without properly differentiating steroids from dietary supplements: Miss Informed BY Jim Schmaltz, Editor in Chief, Physical Magazine Meet Jackie Speier. Smart woman. Courageous, too. She survived multiple gun-shot wounds as…
A provocative essay by William Saletan appears at Slate.com, raising the question of why improved performance through hormones is considered cheating while improved performance through ocular surgery is not. The author suggests that LASIK surgery may be enhancing, rather than merely corrective, in athletes. He further suugests an irony in the fact that Rep. Tom…
A satirical piece comparing hardcore bodybuilders to the “X-Men” mutants, and examining the effect on the sports and fitness nutrition market. Mutants. In the movie sequel, “X2: X-Men United” (2003), they have extraordinary powers, such as reading minds, controlling the weather, walking through walls, or shooting ray beams out of their eyes. In response to…
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has established an international toll-free hotline to receive anonymous reports about illegal sales, diversion or abuse of prescription drugs. The agency said misuse of certain prescription drugs, including painkillers and performance-enhancing steroids, has become increasingly widespread in the U.S. and the agency is eager to receive information about suspected illegal…
