Why has Tom Verducci voted for an admitted steroid user?

The American sportswriter Tom Verducci explains about debates connected with rughts of steroid users to be chosen for the Baseball Hall of Fame. But as it commonly happens, this explanation shows only confusion of reporters about steroids.
The Baseball Writers Association of America (BWAA)  is a professional association of baseball journalists that elect players for the National Baseball Hall of Fame. All writers who are members of the BWAA already not less than 10 years have right to vote for up to 10 players for the Hall of Fame.
Recently it was a debate between members of the BWAA. They discussed whether admitted or just suspected consumers of steroids and other forbidden medicines might entry into Cooperstown.
Members of the BWAA usually have to comment their votes:  they should explain why they have voted pro or contra certain questions. Some of them claim that doping destructs the integrity of sports and usage of prohibited medications is often considered by them to be immoral.
As for Verducci, he doesn’t confirm that intake of steroids is necessarily a moral question. This sportswriter notices that steroids help users to take unfair advantage over those who don’t use controlled substances. According to this American sportswriter, performance-enhancing drugs make competitions unfair. Thus, usage of forbidden drugs induces unfairness in sports.  That’s why Verducci denies any connection between doping and morality. He claims that it is a question that is linked with performance but not to morality. So, this sportswriter supposes that consumers of steroids should not be allowed to be in the Hall of Fame. But he has voted for the admitted steroid user Jeff Bagwell. This sportsperson has acknowledged that he had administrated androstenedione. It is important to notice that this product was not classified as an anabolic steroid, when Bagwell took it. According to the Control Act 2004, it is enumerated among forbidden medicines. Since it wasn’t legally clamed to be a steroid, Tom Verducci decided to vote for the consumer of this medicine; however, it was always claimed to be an anabolic-androgenic steroid by scientists. Moreover, it was said that Bagwell just became bigger but didn’t induce his performance due to administration 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 this sportswriter doesn’t believe that doping is a moral question, he may suggest that increase of performance is not a real problem.
Many persons suppose that intake of steroids represents evil because they are illegal.

Steroid use and violence against ladies

Johnnie Lee Wiggins is a NPC heavyweight bodybuilder. This bodybuilder was enough successful. Johnnie Lee Wiggins took the 3rd  place at the 2011 NPC Emerald Cup and won the 2011 NPC Empire Classic.
This person was a boyfriend of Prudence Hockley. She taught English at Woodinville High School in Washington. Prudence Hockley met the bodybuilder in a gym. He was a personal trainer at that time.
 Once the bodybuilder saw another man’s car in the yard of her home. It was on Christmas day. Lee Wiggins was a jealous man. Johnnie Lee Wiggins beat the woman too brutally.  Then the bodybuilder left her unconscious and bleeding on the ground in the yard. Prudence Hockley was taken in a medical centre where she died that day.  The child of this lady was at home and called police and hospital.
It was not the first time, when this bodybuilder was aggressive towards a lady. Certain women reported that Johnnie Lee Wiggins was very jealous person. They also noted that he became aggressive numerous times.
Earlier Lee Wiggins served over five years in jail for assault, robbery and theft. It was in Georgia. This bodybuilder was released in 2008. During May 2011 the bodybuilder was under supervision of the Washington Department of Corrections.
It is necessary to notice that Johnnie Lee Wiggins was released on probation. During this time a police officer caught him possessing anabolic steroids; he attacked the officer. The Washington Department of Corrections sent him to Georgia but he didn’t inform the Georgia Department of corrections that he had returned.
It was said that Lee Wiggins had had “roid rage”. Actually, this term is widely used by media that confirms that it is a negative reaction of anabolic steroids. But it is important to notice that the affirmation about uncontrolled aggressiveness which is believed to be caused by usage of anabolic steroids doesn’t have any scientific basis. Only a significantly small number of steroid users have this reaction. Administration of steroids doesn’t lead to violence against ladies.  Millions cases of domestic violence occur every year but they have no connections with anabolic steroids.
There are other factors that lead to domestic violence. Anabolic steroids should not be demonized for uncontrolled behavior and violence. Media must determine other conditions to demonize for tragedies.

Can Dana White make impression that steroids do not represent any essential problem in the UFC?

The president of Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Dana White put efforts to defend the drug-testing program of this organization. According to the UFC, their most advanced steroid-testing program is in North America. Is it actually true? Sometimes it seems that only fool sportspersons are caught using forbidden medications by the UFC.
There are several agencies that criticize the anti-doping 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) are included in chief organizations that criticize anti-doping program of the UFC. But which is the reason? Undoubtedly, they fight for own interests. They try to control testing for banned preparations in all professional as well as amateur sport leagues in the whole world. It is not a secret that steroid testing has become a business that is profitable.  Since they haven’t tested fighters for prohibited products, they have lost much money.
But there are also certain real problems linked with the UFC steroid policy that must be observed. Travis Tygart, the CEO of the WADA, confirms that drug testing of the UFC is not proper. Of course the WADA possesses the most appropriate anti-doping policy. The UFC anti-doping policy can’t be even compared with that of the UFC. Tygart confirms that the UFC tries to look better than they are in reality. Travis Tygart claims that it is quite ironically that the UFC defends own drug-testing policy and doesn’t want to have the same or just similar principles as the WADA has.
Major League Baseball did a great mistake, proclaiming that steroids represent an essential problem in this sport. Thus, it was destroyed positive public perception about baseball.  As for the National Football League, it was created perception that their anti-doping policy has been quite effective.
A question appears: Does Dana White have ability to manifest that there is no steroid problem in the UFC?

It is unlikely that steroids represent a great problem in surfing

Anabolic steroids are used by surfers too. Sport governing body claims that controlled preparations are a great problem in this sport. That’s why the Association of Surfing Professionals decided to implicate testing for anabolic steroids and other banned drugs which are administrated for enhancement of performance.
The Association of Surfing Professionals led certain discussions with the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). They asked how they could introduce testing for prohibited drugs into surfing. Since anti-doping program of the WADA is considered to be the best policy, the surfing organization wants to apply this protocol. Of course, this is the next victory of the WADA which promotes the opportunity to control anti-doping programs in sports.
It is known that surfing is a competitive sport. So, strength, speed and endurance are principal abilities which promote winning. Thus, surfers could decide that administration of anabolic steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs contributes in success greatly. It is also necessary to take in consideration that amount of money which is got by winners is large. Winners receive no less than 100, 000 dollars. Desire to obtain money could lead surfers to decision to use anabolic steroids.
Nonetheless, it is said that intake of anabolic steroids and other drugs which enhance performance is not widespread in surfing. Numerous people think that administration of recreational drugs is more widespread among surfers than administration of steroids. Sport of 1970s and 1980s was oftan associated with marijuana and lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD). Current facts justify this impression. The number of surfers who are caught taking marijuana, methamphetamine and cocaine is quite enhanced.
Andi Irons, a professional surfer, died in November 2010. The reason of his death was a heart attack caused by drug abuse. It was determined that steroids hadn’t been implicated in this fatal case. Traces of methamphetamine, cocaine and methadone metabolites were found in his body.
Another surfer, Peter Davi, died in December 2007. High 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 was banned for one year. This person tested positive for forbidden products in 2004. This surfer claimed that he had administrated these preparations to receive a full recovery from back injuries. In spite of his defense, he was sentenced to a ban. He was the first individual that was caught taking steroids by the Association of Surfing Professionals. According to certain sources, he remains to be the only surfer that has ever been caught by the ASP.
The ASP has already the initial budget to introduce the WADA steroid program into surfing.
Although it is unlikely that steroids represent a problem in surfing, the new drug-testing program can create a wrong public impression.

A gym owner and an officer of Paw Paw Police Department lost their jobs

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 personnel of law enforcement and an owner of a gym. As a result, Robert Kusmack received probation of one year and was sentenced to pay certain fine. So, Robert Kusmack was fired in 2010.
Steroid investigations are led commonly in the following way: consumers of steroids are used to steroid dealers. But sometimes authorities choose another method to conduct investigations.
 United States Mail Inspection Service had found a package which contained 50 vials of HGH and was addressed to the distributor of steroids Tom Radke. The West Michigan Enforcement Team (WMET) and the Kalamazoo Valley Enforcement Team (KVET) started the investigation that resulted in detection of the steroid dealer.
But the authorities decided not to prosecute the dealer but to use him as an informant. It was made a decision to catch police officials that apply steroids with the help of the distributor of steroids. An owner of a local gym was implicated in this process as well.
Radke acted as an undercover informant in this situation. He sold Fluoxymesterone to Aaron DiPrima that was the owner of a local gym. The gym owner provided the police official Robert Kusmack with this drug. Both Aaron DiPrima and the police official were arrested.
Aaron DiPrima pleaded guilty in possession of an analogue. He received one-year probation. He was also sentenced to 60 hours of community service. Thus, the distributor of steroids wasn’t sentenced to jail. Three consumers of steroids lost their jobs.

Laurinaitis joined Andrew William Wright to tell his experiences with Hegstrand

The professional wrestling tag team the Road Warriors were first that introduced bodybuilding-type muscularity in this sport. This tag team was composed of Hawk (Mike Hegstrand) and Animal (Joe Laurinaitis). Hegstrand died in 2003. The death of this person was sudden because of a heart attack. This professional wrestler died at the age of 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 person a lot of articles appeared in newspapers which blamed anabolic steroids for this case.
Joe “Animal” Laurinaitis admitted to intake of steroids by this professional wrestling tag team. But he noted that these drugs hadn’t lead to Hegstrand’s death. He added that other conditions were responsible for Hegstrand’s death as well as deaths of other wrestlers. Joe Laurinaitis noticed that such drugs, as cocaine and Xanax had to be demonized for such cases. Laurinaitis confirmed that he wanted to explain that steroids had not been linked with death of Hegstrand.
Joe Laurinaitis said that cocaine and Xanax had contributed in the death of this wrestler. He also announced that these drugs led to deaths of such celebritites, as Henning, Rick Rude and Davey Boy Smith. According to Joe Laurinaitis, usage of cocaine frequently leads to intake of morphine. These drugs destruct health totally and lead to heart attacks.
Why must words of Laurinaitis be true? He was in Australia with Hegstrand. He knows about what he speaks. Lately this professional wrestler joined to Andrew William Wright to tell his experiences with “Hawk”.

Attitude of Andrew Tilin to doping

Andrew Tilin, an amateur cyclist and a writer,  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 the amateur cyclist in own book that will be soon probably released. The title is following: “The Doper Next Door: My Strange and Scandalous Year on Performance-Enhancing Drugs” .
The book presents personal experiences of certain persons who applied preparations which possess performance-enhancing effects.
Thus, Andrew Tilin used the steroid testosterone for hormone replacement therapy. It is quite clear.  In fact, it is not yet clear whether this writer has noticed about individual experience related also to other preparations that increase performance.
Andrew Tilin tries to comprehend and describe in his book why persons dope. He mentions the motivations of different individuals. Do these drugs help really? These medications are quite controversial; the explanations connected with these medicines are controversial as well. Since a lot of consumers don’t like saying about their administration, many answers on questions about doping remain unopened.
Andrew Tilin has been obviously changed due to usage of the steroid testosterone. He has become much stronger but more aggressive. He had to worry about his health and about the methods to cheat, being an amateur rider. So, Tilin became to be involved in the doping subculture.
Writing his book, this amateur cyclist desired to explain that steroids are unsafe and lead to many adverse symptoms.  Many athletes who have taken prohibited medications criticize Tilin. One of critics is Joe Papp, a former American cyclist. This person was caught selling and administrating certain performance-enhancing drugs. He didn’t admit administrating controlled products willingly; he was caught due to an investigation. His professional and personal life was destroyed because of these prohibited drugs. Joe Papp wrote about Tilin that he had been doped for a year intentionally. Papp noted that Andrew Tilin had known that the steroid testosterone was banned but he had administrated it. Then he wrote that these preparations had undesirable symptoms in users.  According to Joe Papp, Andrew Tilin had to receive a ban for 4 years.
Andrew Tilin’s ban began in March 2011.

If you are a steroid dealer, follow at least general safety measures to prevent your detection!

Sale of anabolic steroids without physicians’ prescription for athletic purposes is not legal in United States of America. If anyone intends to sell these drugs and is involved in actions related to the steroid black market, this individual takes risks having serious problems. But there are also methods to prevent or lower risks being caught by police officers.
Distributors of steroids have to follow all traffic rules. This aspect is too important. If a person violates any traffic law, driving his car, police officers’ attention will be attracted upon this action. Imagine what happens: when anybody violates speed limit laws, he/she will be stopped by police officers. Furthermore, if this person also smokes pot with his friend, driving the car and violating traffic rules, drug-sniffing dogs will be probably brought to determine whether there are any drugs in the car.
Furthermore, clever distributors of steroids keep the all preparations, the price list and the customer list in a secure place. But if some steroid dealers store all these things in the car in which they were smoking pot, violating speed limit rules, they will be caught possessing steroids illegally with intentions to distribute them. Then the troubles start.
Steroid dealers may think that it isn’t needed to describe such advices because it goes without any saying that all distributors of illegal medications comprehend  these warnings. But real facts prove that several distributors of steroids 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 man violated certain traffic laws. The deputies suggested that there might be contraband in this car. The suggestions were justified. Marijuana, certain 10-ml vials of the steroid testosterone and syringes were found in this vehicle. Certain documents founded in the car displayed that the measures of steroids were at the price of over 3,000 dollars.

Plastic surgery in competitive sports

Sportspersons are always looking for any ways to enhance their performance. Nobody may doubt about it. That’s why many sportspersons use anabolic steroids or/and other medicines that possess performance-enhancing effects. But there is also another method. Mixed martial artists apply even plastic surgery for this goal.
 Everyone knows that fighters suffer from facial lacerations. This is the nature of this sport.  After fighter have experienced a cut, they become more inclined to future cuts. The scar tissue can develop; wounds are sutured in some cases improperly. It happens that surgeons suture just the superficial layer of the skin. It is not well because it 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 performs surgeries for mix martial artists. He removes the scar tissue and replaces it with tissue from donated corpses. Such procedures are frequently used for cosmetic needs. Frank Stile is claimed to be the first surgeon that has used this procedure for performance-enhancing effects in fighters.
It is also necessary to mention that prominent facial bones in the nose, brow and cheek can make the fighters predisposed to cuts. But it can be prevented as well. Surgeons may remove the sharp edges. It can help to prevent possible cuts.
Since predispositions to cuts disturb fighters to achieve better results, several experts confirm that it is possible to create a super-fighter due to plastic surgery. So, these fighters will have essential competitive advantages.
Earlier experts thought about this aspect as well. It may show the work written by the science fiction author Richard Matheson.  The story was written in 1956. The author described a future. It was written that fans watched how large robot athletes fought, trying to destroy one another’s CPUs.
When Richard Matheson was writing the story, he didn’t suggest that it would be provocative. A lot of people wanted to see other fighters in reality. They wanted the fighter to be other than human. That’s why many people invested much money, hoping to achieve this result.
It is possible to suppose that cosmetic operation will soon achieve the level of the method of steroid use and intake of other performance-enhancing medications.
Undoubtedly, many ethical questions appear under this circumstance. But certain specialists say that it is too late to discuss these questions. Human performance is already tightly connected with technological advance. The corruption of sports has begun numerous years ago and it can’t be stopped, according to opinions of many experts.
Anti-doping agencies have displayed that they are not able to war on steroids and other banned preparations effectively.  Will anybody have ability to keep fighters from surgeries?

Numerous persons believe that all steroid users experience uncontrolled aggressiveness

Numerous individuals suppose that “roid rage” or uncontrolled aggressive behavior is a common side effect which occurs in steroid users. Furthermore, several people confirm that it is even impossible to avoid this unexpected symptom, if you apply steroids. Nevertheless, it is not proven scientifically that it is a real unexpected result of anabolic steroids. But even if we suppose that it exists, it may occur just in small number of steroid users.
Since many individuals claim that “roid rage” is an unexpected result of anabolic steroids, many ill-informed legislative suggestions were made. Certain such proposals have been made in Oregon. It has been proposed to introduce certain new laws. According to these new laws, if any police officers  have been involved in deadly force, or if police force resulted in severe injuries, they must be tested for steroids.
The politician Lew Frederick has made the same proposal in Oregon House of Representatives. Those police officers who have used 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 that apply deadly force will be tested for steroids. Can intake of steroids prove that application of deadly force was unjustified? Is it confirmed that steroids because of aggressiveness may make police officers unable to make fair decisions?
Investigation team is a proper idea for police officers who use deadly force. But intake of steroids is not to be taken in consideration here. Positives or negatives for steroids can’t determine whether deadly force has been applied properly or not. It doesn’t matter a police officer has taken steroids, aspirin or only drunk juice.
So, it is possible to conclude that legislators turn to be captivated by hysteria connected with “roid rage” of anabolic steroids.  Undoubtedly, Of course, illegal usage of steroids by police officials has to be a legitimate concern. But it is not spoken about uncontrolled aggressiveness as a principal reason in this case. The problem is that illegal administration of controlled substances by police officials makes them vulnerable to corruption and the black market of steroids.  They may compromise.

Jeremy Jackson became addicted to steroids

The actor Jeremy Jackson played Hobie Buchanon, the son of David Hasselhof, in the television series Baywatch. This person turned to anabolic steroids and HGH in order to overcome methamphetamine addiction.
The actor Jeremy Jackson did it because he was told to go info sports to escape from addiction to meth but now he fears for his life. This actor became addicted to the gym and HGH and the steroid testosterone. this person can’t stop using these drugs.
This actor decided to join 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 intend to change their lives, to escape from addiction to alcoholic drinks and drugs. So, they join Celebrity Rehab to be cured.  All these persons have a real decision to achieve the recovery.
The main expert is Drew Pinsky there. This person 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 take methamphetamine since 2000. He has been escaped from this addiction. Then, he has joined Celebrity Rehab to treat his steroid addiction.
 Earlier the doctor Drew Pinsky confirmed in an interview that he knew many things about steroids. He said that when he was 20 years old, he was in the world of bodybuilders. Those who took steroids told him about many things  because he was involved in medicine. They told him such things which were not spoken to others. Drew Pinsky said that some persons began to administrate steroids just because anybody gave them  a tablet. They attempted to administrate it and became addicted to steroids step by step. Now they are dying from the stuff. They have depression, aggressive behavior, mania and physical problems. They have cut length of their lives by 10-20 years. They have chosen this way themselves.
Nonetheless, it is necessary to mention 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 studies are required in this field.

Numerous points of view linked with steroids that do not have any scientific basis keep many athletes from medical care

State Pharmaceuticals manufactures subcutaneous pellet delivery system for the anabolic steroid testosterone. This company said that it was a sponsor of the professional golfer Dough Baron. It is said that this athlete 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 announced that it was not fairly to ban Dough Baron. He defended this as well as other professional athletes that take the steroid testosterone, when it is prescribed by doctors to enhance decreased levels of this hormone in them.
While Dough Barron filed a lawsuit against the PGA Tour, Robert Whitehead supported him in this lawsuit. Robert Whitehead noticed that the PGA Tour didn’t have any justice to name this professional golfer a  “cheater”. Although the status of the lawsuit hadn’t been made public, the PGA Tour decided to approve the medical intake of the anabolic steroid testosterone by  the professional golfer Dough Baron. So, the professional golfer Dough Baron  obtained a TUE for intake of the steroid testosterone for clinical purposes.
Robert Whitehead explained why State Pharmaceuticals sponsored this professional golfer. The CEO of State Pharmaceuticals stated that the PGA Tour acted incorrectly in numerous situations. The sportsperson that needed medical usage of testosterone was called a cheater. Thus, the PGA Tour contributed in medical ignorance and kept men from improving their health. Robert Whitehead, the CEO of State Pharmaceuticals, noted that numerous opinions related to testosterone replacement therapy were not proven scientifically. These incorrect statements have kept a lot of individuals from the medical care.
Robert Whitehead 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 State Pharmaceuticals and the sportsman Dough Baron were not made public. It was just mentioned that the athlete Dough Baron would educate public about hypogonadism and testosterone replacement therapy.

Numerous persons, including the director general of the WADA, have to understand that not all performance-enhancing drugs are steroids

It seems that the director general of the WADA David Howman believes that Clenbuterol is included in the group of anabolic steroids. This man points out that illegal heroin is not as profitable as anabolic steroids that are legal, if they are got and taken according to doctors’ prescriptions. Howman is also surprised by the affirmation that steroids are useful in order to enhance growth of livestock.
The director general of the WADA  proclaims that use of steroids for growth of livestock is quite evident due to contaminated beef in China. He notices that the WADA has written to the Chinese minister that has to explain what really happens in the food industry of this country.
The director general of the WADA speaks about Clenbuterol as about an anabolic steroid. The director general of the WADA notices that Chinese beef contains steroids. He thinks mistakenly like many other individuals think that all medications that have performance-enhancing effects are anabolic steroids. It displays ignorance of these individuals. They have to understand that not only anabolic steroids belong to the list of forbidden medications. There are medications which cause performance-enhancing effects but they are not steroids.
Since David Howman is the director general of the World ADA, he should possess significantly better knowledge connected with forbidden medicines. This person has to comprehend the difference between such medicines as Clenbuterol and anabolic steroids.
The director general of the WADA says that steroid trafficking is much more profitable than heroin smuggling because steroids are legal in some cases but heroin is illegal under any circumstances. Moreover, anabolic steroids are legal in many countries.
The director general of the WADA  notices that prohibited drugs are dangerous for youth, elite sportspersons and any individual that purchases and administrates them not for legal purposes.

Actually, it’s not surprising that law enforcements don’t support the drug tax law in Louisiana

A drug tax has to be paid in the state of Louisiana for distribution of steroids. This  rule exists in this state for the past 20 years. Thus, Todd Matherne, a steroid dealer had to pay 52 million dollars because he distributed a lot of steroids with the labels of the “Zencall Labs”.  This steroid dealer 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 prison, he found about this law. As a result, this steroid dealer filed a lawsuit against the State of Louisiana, claiming that it was too cruel to enforce him to pay 52 million of dollars. This steroid dealer confirmed that it had been an unusual and even too cruel decision. This steroid dealer pointed out that his rights were violated.
The Louisiana Department of Revenue didn’t fight against this distributor of steroids in the court. It was decided to achieve agreement in this situation. Thus, the tax was lowered significantly. According to the new settlement, 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, claimed that certain laws in different other states were ruled unconstitutionally. He confirmed that it was the same with the drug tax law in Louisiana. But since some laws try to criminal twice the same crime, they may be lifted.
This specialist noted that this law couldn’t work well because it might give the possibility to defendants to escape from criminal prosecution. This specialist in drug prosecution from Louisiana noticed 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 don’t desire 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 medications are sold by dosage units, it is indicated to pay 400 dollars for 10 dosage units.
As for Todd Matherne, he was a steroid dealer of the immense underground lab called “Zencall Labs”. The Louisiana State Police busted this lab in 2005. Over 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  police officers. Furthermore, over 700 vials of injectable anabolic steroids and several pounds of raw steroid powder were also seized.

Will the campaign “Don’t Be An Asterisk” succeed, using interactive games?

The anti-steroid campaign “Don’t Be An Asterisk” was formed to supply people with knowledge about intake of steroids, about dangerous things linked with performance-enhancing substances within and outsides sports in order to promote discontinuing taking these medications.
 But this campaign was neglected during certain time. The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) and Ad Council decided to reinvigorate activities of this campaign. It was made a decision to create a new gateway page for the website and to modify 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” that has been without any changes for more than 2 years. This site encourages the visitors to enter another new page which is on Facebook. So, they can play asterisk free there. The same page will be created on Twitter with the same name “Play Asterisk Free”. So, the popular social media will promote spreading the messages of the anti-steroid.
The original site DontBeAnAsterisk.com includes an interactive soccer game. Players  have to score goals avoiding the asterisks. The asterisks represent anabolic steroids. If the interactive players don’t avoid the asterisks, their bodies become much more muscular.
However the game has been thought out to create the perception among kids that steroids are dangerous, the results are turned to be opposite. Children find it funny to fail avoiding asterisks and to see how muscles of the interactive players become significantly enhanced. Although the game is still available on the website, it is unlikely that it can educate kids that steroids should not be used.
The principal purpose of this anti-steroid campaign is to teach kids that a consumer of steroids is not a fair individual; he\she is “fake”, a “joke” and a “poser”.

Jose Canseco’s life is affected by his knowledge about steroid use in baseball

Jose Canseco who has announced himself as a “godfather of steroids” in baseball writes his next book. This writer avoids discussing anabolic steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs. The author desires to revolve about his own experience. The book that has the title “The truth hurts” will describe how the author’s revelations about usage of steroids by baseball players influenced on his life negatively. The author is going to write that he has been affected both professionally and financially because of the truth.
The first book of this writer has got the title “Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant Roids, Smash Hits and How Baseball Got Big”. It is the bestseller. This writer named certain baseball players that took steroids. Names of such players, as Mark McGwire, Rafael Palmeiro and Jason Giambi were mentioned in the book. Thus, Canseco made public consumers of steroids in baseball. Furthermore, as a result, some of these accused athletes admitted that they took forbidden drugs. Then, as a celebration of the winning, Jose wrote another book which had the title “Vindicated”. He noticed also names of other baseball players that took steroids. Alex Rodriguez and Roger Clemens were identified by the author.
Several persons suppose that the third book of this writer will fail. It will not reach the same glory as previous books, according to them. These people add that Jose Canseco 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 suppositions of these individuals that claim that the third book of this writer will fail will be justified. The author has been entertaining many persons, when he fought against Danny Bonaduce in a celebrity boxing match in 2009. Earlier he was humbled, when he fought against the football player Vai Sikahema in a boxing match. Jose Canseco was knocked by Vai Sikahema and was mocked by many persons.
It is known that Jose Canseco took anabolic steroids and his natural testosterone creation became reduced. So, he had such unwanted symptoms of steroids, as reduced libido and depression.
This person also tried to contraband HCG across the Mexican border. He did it for self-administration to be cured from reduced testosterone level. Thus, he had legal problems related to steroids.
Recently this person entertained numerous people, when he wrote on his Twitter account that he would hit easily a softball further than Rodriguez can hit a baseball. Jose Canseco challenged Alex Rodriguez to compete with him.
The time comes, when we see whether the book of Jose Canseco “The truth hits” will reach popularity.