Tom Verducci tries to comment own decision to vote for a steroid user

The American sportswriter Tom Verducci explains about debates related to rughts of steroid users to be voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. But as it generally happens, this explanation displays just confusion of journalists about steroids.
The Baseball Writers Association of America (BWAA)  is a professional association of baseball reporters that elect players for the National Baseball Hall of Fame. All journalists who are members of the BWAA already not less than 10 years have possibility to vote for up to 10 players for the Hall of Fame.
Recently a debate took place between members of the BWAA. They discussed whether admitted or only suspected consumers of steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs might entry into Cooperstown.
Members of the BWAA usually must comment their votes:  they have to explain why they have voted pro or contra certain issues. Some of them claim that doping destroys the integrity of sports and usage of forbidden medications is frequently considered by them to be immoral.
As for Verducci, he doesn’t confirm that usage of steroids is necessarily a moral question. This writer says that steroids help consumers to take unfair advantage over those who don’t use controlled substances. According to this writer, performance-enhancing drugs make competitions unfair. So, administration of forbidden medications induces unfairness in sports.  That’s why Tom Verducci denies any connection between doping and morality. He confirms that it is a question that is connected with performance but not to morality. So, Verducci suggests that steroid users should not be allowed to be in the Hall of Fame. But he has voted for Jeff Bagwell, an admitted steroid user. This athlete has acknowledged that he had administrated androstenedione. It is necessary to mention that this medication was not enumerated among anabolic steroids, when Bagwell took it. According to the Control Act 2004, it is listed among forbidden preparations. Since it wasn’t legally clamed to be a steroid, Verducci decided to vote for the user of this drug; however, it was always named an anabolic-androgenic steroid by specialists. Moreover, it was said that Bagwell just became bigger but didn’t promote his performance due to intake of androstenedione.
Nevertheless, the decision of Tom Verducci to vote for the admitted consumer of the steroid is quite controversial. The following question appears: “Maybe Verducci is not against administration of steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs by sportspeople?”  Since this sportswriter doesn’t believe that administration of steroids is a moral question, he may suggest that enhancement of performance is not a real problem.
Numerous persons suggest that intake of steroids represents evil because they are illegal.

Prudence Hockley, a teacher, was killed by her boyfriend

Johnnie Lee Wiggins is a NPC heavyweight bodybuilder. This person 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. This lady 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 individual. Johnnie Lee Wiggins beat Prudence Hockley too brutally.  Then the bodybuilder left her unconscious and bleeding on the ground in the yard. The woman was taken in a medical centre where she died that day.  The child of this woman was at home and called police and hospital.
It was not the first time, when this bodybuilder was aggressive with a lady. Certain ladies noticed that he was very jealous man. They also noted that he became aggressive numerous times.
Earlier this bodybuilder served more than 5 years in jail for assault, robbery and theft. It was in Georgia. This bodybuilder was released in 2008. During May 2011 Johnnie Lee Wiggins was under supervision of the Washington Department of Corrections.
It is necessary to note that he was released on probation. During this time a police official 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 come back.
It was said that this bodybuilder had had “roid rage”. Actually, this term is widely used by media that claims that it is a negative effect of anabolic steroids. But it is necessary to know that the affirmation about uncontrolled aggressiveness which is believed to be caused by usage of anabolic steroids doesn’t have any scientific basis. Only an essentially small number of steroid users suffer from this effect. Administration of steroids doesn’t lead to violence against ladies.  Millions cases of domestic violence take place each year but they have no connections with anabolic steroids.
There are other aspects that lead to domestic violence. Anabolic steroids should not be demonized for aggression and violence. Media must find other aspects to demonize for tragedies.

The WADA put efforts to get control over all sport leagues

Dana White, the president of Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) put efforts to defend the anti-doping policy of this organization. According to the UFC, their most advanced testing program for steroids is in North America. Is it actually true? Sometimes it seems that only foolish fighters are caught using banned products by the UFC.
There are some agencies that criticize the drug-testing program 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 main agencies that criticize drug-testing program of the UFC. But which is the reason? Of course, they struggle for own interests. They try to manage steroid testing in all professional and amateur sport leagues in the whole world. It is not a secret that steroid testing has become a profitable business.  Since they haven’t tested fighters for prohibited medications, they have lost much money.
But there are also several actual problems linked with the UFC steroid program that must be observed. The CEO of the WADA Travis Tygart claims that steroid testing of the UFC is not proper. Undoubtedly, the WADA possesses the most appropriate anti-doping protocol. The UFC anti-doping policy can’t be even compared with that of the UFC. Travis Tygart notes that the UFC put efforts to look better than they are actually. Travis Tygart claims that it is quite ironically that the UFC defends own anti-doping policy and doesn’t agree to have the same or just similar principles as the WADA has.
Major League Baseball did a great mistake, claiming 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 impression that their drug-testing policy has been quite effective.
A question appears: Does Dana White have capacity to manifest that there is no steroid problem in the UFC?

Usage of recreational drugs is widespread among surfers

Anabolic steroids are utilized by surfers too. Sport governing body claims that prohibited medicines are a great problem in this sport. That’s why the Association of Surfing Professionals decided to implicate testing for anabolic steroids and other forbidden products which are administrated for performance-enhancing effects.
The Association of Surfing Professionals had some discussions with the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). They asked how they could implicate testing for prohibited preparations into surfing. Since anti-doping program of the WADA is considered to be the best policy, the surfing organization wants to apply this protocol. Undoubtedly, this is the next victory of the WADA which induces the opportunity to manage anti-doping programs in sports.
Everybody knows that surfing is a competitive sport. So, strength, speed and endurance are main skills which induce winning. Thus, surfers could believe that usage 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 take anabolic steroids.
Nonetheless, it is said that intake of anabolic steroids and other preparations that enhance performance is not widespread in surfing. Numerous individuals believe 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 support this impression. The number of surfers who are caught using marijuana, methamphetamine and cocaine is quite increased.
The professional surfer Andi Irons died in November 2010. A heart attack that he had was 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. Increased levels of meth were also found in his system.
As for Anthony Ruffo, another professional surfer, he was caught distributing meth.
Only Neco Padaratz, a professional surfer from Brazil, was caught administrating steroids. He was banned for one year. This person tested positive for prohibited products in 2004. This person confirmed that he had used these medicines to get a full recovery from back injuries. In spite of his defense, he was banned. He was the first individual that was caught administrating steroids by the Association of Surfing Professionals. According to numerous sources, he remains to be the only surfer who has ever been caught by the ASP.
The ASP has already the primary budget for introduction of the WADA anti-doping program into surfing.
Although it is unlikely that steroids represent a problem in surfing, the new drug-testing program can create a wrong public perception.

Sometimes authorities use steroid dealer to catch consumers

The former officer of Paw Paw  Department Robert Kusmack was caught possessing Fluoxymesterone (Halotestin) due to a Michigan steroid investigation. The targets of the investigation were officials of law enforcement and an owner of a gym. As a result, Robert Kusmack received probation of 1 year and was enforced to pay certain fine. Thus, this police officer was dismissed in 2010.
Investigations related to steroids are conducted usually in the following way: steroid users are used in order to catch steroid dealers. But sometimes authorities choose another way to lead investigations.
 United States Mail Inspection Service had discovered a package that 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 made a decision not to prosecute the dealer but to use him as an informant. It was made a decision to catch police officers that take steroids with the help of the distributor of steroids. An owner of a local gym was implicated in this process too.
Tom Radke acted as an undercover informant in this situation. He sold Fluoxymesterone to Aaron DiPrima who was the owner of a local gym. The gym owner supplied the police official Robert Kusmack with this medication. Both the gym owner Aaron DiPrima and the police officer were arrested.
the gym owner 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 steroid users lost their jobs.

Usage of cocaine and Xanax by Mike Hegstrand

The Road Warriors, a professional wrestling tag team, were first that introduced bodybuilding-type muscularity in this sport. Hawk (Mike Hegstrand) and Animal (Joe Laurinaitis) have been comprised this tag team. Hegstrand died in 2003. His death came suddenly 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, connecting the cases with intake of anabolic steroids. The death of Hegstrand was not an exception. After the death of this professional wrestler numerous articles appeared in newspapers that demonized anabolic steroids for this case.
Joe “Animal” Laurinaitis admitted to intake of steroids by the Road Warriors. But he said that these products hadn’t caused Hegstrand’s death. He added that other conditions were responsible for Hegstrand’s death as well as deaths of other wrestlers. Joe Laurinaitis pointed out that such drugs, as cocaine and Xanax had to be demonized for such cases. Joe Laurinaitis confirmed that he desired to explain that steroids had not been connected with Hegstrand’s death.
Joe Laurinaitis claimed that cocaine and Xanax had contributed in the death of this wrestler. He also said that these drugs caused deaths of such celebritites, as Henning, Rick Rude and Davey Boy Smith. According to Laurinaitis, administration of cocaine often leads to intake of morphine. These drugs destroy health wholly and lead to heart attacks.
Why must words of Laurinaitis be true? He was in Australia with Hegstrand. He knows about what he talks. Lately Laurinaitis collaborated with Andrew William Wright to say about his experiences with “Hawk”.

The amateur cyclist Andrew Tilin wrote a book with the title “The Doper Next Door: My Strange and Scandalous Year on Performance-Enhancing Drugs”

The amateur rider and journalist Andrew Tilin  received a 2-year ban. United States Anti-Doping Agency banned this individual after he had admitted administrating steroids for legal hormone replacement therapy. The admitting was made by the cyclist in own book that will be soon probably published. The book is entitled following: “The Doper Next Door: My Strange and Scandalous Year on Performance-Enhancing Drugs” .
this book presents personal experiences of several individuals who took medications that cause performance-enhancing effects.
So, Andrew Tilin administrated the steroid testosterone for hormone replacement therapy. It is quite clear.  In fact, it is not yet clear whether this writer has noticed about personal experience related also to other preparations which enhance performance.
Andrew Tilin wants to understand and describe in his book why people dope. He notes the motivations of different persons. Do these products help actually? These drugs are quite controversial; the explanations related to these medications are controversial as well. Since many users don’t like saying about their administration, a lot of answers on questions about doping remain undisclosed.
Tilin has been evidentially changed due to usage of the steroid testosterone. He has become much more powerful but more aggressive. This person had to worry about his health and about the ways to lie, being an amateur rider. Thus, Andrew Tilin became to be implicated in the doping subculture.
Writing his book, this journalist wanted to explain that steroids are unsafe and have numerous unexpected effects.  A lot of sportspeople who have taken forbidden substances criticize Andrew Tilin. One of critics is Joe Papp, a former American cyclist. This athlete was caught distributing and applying several performance-enhancing drugs. He didn’t admit using banned medicines willingly; he was caught due to an investigation. His professional and personal life was destructed because of these forbidden drugs. Joe Papp wrote about Andrew 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 taken it. Then he wrote that these medicines caused unwanted symptoms in users.  According to Joe Papp, Andrew Tilin had to receive a ban for 4 years.
The ban of Andrew Tilin started in March 2011.

Common safety measures for steroid dealers

Distribution of anabolic steroids without physicians’ prescription for athletic purposes is not legal in United States. If anybody desires to sell these drugs and is involved in operations linked with the steroid black market, this individual takes risks having serious troubles. But there are also methods to avoid or lower risks being caught by police officials.
Steroid dealers must follow all traffic rules. This condition is very important. If a person violates any traffic rule, driving his vehicle, police officers’ attention will be drawn on this action. Imagine what happens: when anyone violates speed limit laws, he/she will be stopped by police officials. Moreover, if this person also smokes pot with his friend, driving the car and violating traffic laws, drug-sniffing dogs will be probably brought to define whether there are any drugs in the vehicle.
Moreover, clever steroid dealers keep the all products, the price list and the customer list in a secure place. But if certain steroid dealers keep all these things in the vehicle in that they were smoking pot, violating speed limit laws, they will be caught possessing steroids illegally with intentions to distribute them. Then the problems start.
Distributors of steroids may say that it is not needed to describe such warnings because it goes without any saying that all distributors of illegal preparations know about  these cautions. But real facts show that certain steroid dealers 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 vehicle driven by Johnson because this guy violated certain traffic laws. The deputies suggested that there might be contraband in this car. The suppositions were justified. Marijuana, some 10-ml vials of the steroid testosterone and syringes were found in this cat. Certain documents founded in the vehicle displayed that the measures of steroids were at the price of more than 3,000 dollars.

Even plastic surgery is applied for athletic purposes

Sportspeople are always looking for any methods to increase their performance. Nobody can doubt about it. That’s why a lot of sportspersons use anabolic steroids or/and other medications that possess performance-enhancing effects. But there is also another method. Mixed martial artists use even plastic surgery for this goal.
 Everyone knows that fighters have facial lacerations. This is the nature of this sport.  After mixed martial artists have experienced a cut, they become more inclined to future cuts. The scar tissue may develop; wounds are sutured in certain situations improperly. It happens that physicians suture only 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 physician makes operations for mix martial artists. Frank Stile removes the scar tissue and replaces it with tissue from donated corpses. Such procedures are often applied for cosmetic purposes. Frank Stile is the first surgeon that has applied this procedure for for enhancement of performance in fighters.
It is also necessary to note that prominent facial bones in the nose, brow and cheek may make the fighters predisposed to cuts. But it may be avoided as well. Surgeons can remove the sharp edges. It may help to prevent probable lacerations.
Since predispositions to cuts disturb fighters to reach better results, certain specialists confirm that it is possible to create a super-fighter due to plastic surgery. So, these fighters will possess essential competitive advantages.
Earlier specialists thought about this aspect as well. It can display the short story written by the science fiction author Richard Matheson.  The work was written in 1956. The author described a future. It was written that persons watched how large robot athletes fought, trying to destruct one another’s central processing units.
When Richard Matheson was writing the story, he didn’t think that it would be provocative. Many people wanted to see other athletes in reality. They wanted the fighter to be other than human. That’s why numerous persons invested large sums of money, hoping to reach the goal.
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 drugs.
Of course, a lot of ethical questions appear in this situation. But several specialists say that it is too late to discuss these questions. Human performance is already tightly linked with technological advance. The corruption of sports has begun numerous years ago and it can’t be stopped, according to opinions of numerous specialists.
Anti-doping agencies have shown that they are not able to fight against steroids and other prohibited drugs effectively.  Will anybody have ability to keep fighters from surgeries?

Does it matter what police officers have consumed before use of deadly force?

Many people suppose that “roid rage” or uncontrolled aggression is a normal unexpected symptom which appears in steroid users. Furthermore, several people think that it is even impossible to prevent this unwanted result, if you take steroids. Nevertheless, it is not proven scientifically that it is a real unexpected consequence of anabolic steroids. But even if we suppose that it exists, it can appear just in small number of steroid users.
Since numerous persons think that “roid rage” is an unwanted 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 officials  have used deadly force, or if police force resulted in severe injuries, they should be tested for steroids.
The politician Lew Frederick has made the same proposal in Oregon House of Representatives. Those police officers that have applied deadly force will be investigated, tested for several drugs and their mental health will be also evaluated.
Actually, it is not clear why police officers that are involved in deadly force will be tested for steroids. Can usage of steroids prove that use of deadly force was unjustified? Is it claimed that steroids due to aggressiveness may make police officers unable to make fair decisions?
Investigation team is a reasonable idea for police officials who use deadly force. But administration of steroids is not to be taken in consideration here. Positives or negatives for steroids can’t define whether deadly force has been used appropriately or not. It doesn’t matter a police officer has taken steroids, aspirin or just drunk juice.
Thus, it is possible to conclude that legislators turn to be captivated by hysteria connected with “roid rage” of anabolic steroids.  Undoubtedly, Of course, illegal intake of steroids by police officials must be a legitimate concern. But it is not spoken about uncontrolled aggressive behavior as a main reason in this situation. 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 thinks that he is addicted to steroids, HGH and gym

Jeremy Jackson played role of Hobie Buchanon, the son of David Hasselhof, in the television series Baywatch. He turned to anabolic steroids and HGH to overcome addiction to methamphetamine.
Jeremy Jackson did it because he was told to go into fitness to escape from meth addiction but now he fears for his life. The actor became addicted to the gym and HGH and the steroid testosterone. This actor can’t stop taking these medicines.
Jeremy Jackson joined the cast of Celebrity Rehab with the physician Drew Pinsky for Season 5. But unemployed actors should be defined having drug addiction to appear on Celebrity Rehab.  What does Celebrity Rehab represent really? It is the first TV series about real experiences of famous persons who desire to change their lives, to escape from addiction to alcohol and drugs. So, they join Celebrity Rehab to be treated.  All these individuals have a real desire to achieve the recovery.
The main specialist is Drew Pinsky there. This person is known better as Dr. Drew. He is a radio and television personality. This doctor hosted the talk show LOVELINE.
It is known that Jeremy Jackson doesn’t take methamphetamine since 2000. He is clean from this addiction. Then, he has joined Celebrity Rehab to cure his steroid addiction.
 Earlier the expert Drew Pinsky noted in an interview that he knew many things about steroids. He noticed that when he was 20 years old, he was in the world of bodybuilders. Those who took steroids told him about many conditions  because he was involved in medicine. They told him such aspects which were not spoken to others. Drew Pinsky noted that certain athletes began to apply steroids just because anybody gave them  a pill. They attempted to take it and became addicted to steroids step by step. Now they are dying from the addiction. They have depression, aggressive behavior, mania and physical problems. They have cut their lives by 10-20 years. They have chosen it themselves.
Nevertheless, it is important to notice that however 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 offers to change the methods. So, further researches are required in this field.

The CEO of State Pharmaceuticals defended Dough Baron and other professional athletes that need steroids for medical needs

The company State Pharmaceuticals produces subcutaneous pellet delivery system for the anabolic steroid testosterone. This company said that it was a sponsor of Dough Baron, a professional golfer. As it is known, this sportsperson is the only professional golfer that has been banned by the PGA Tour because he has violated anti-doping laws. 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 apply the steroid testosterone, when it is recommended by physicians to enhance reduced levels of this hormone in them.
While the professional golfer filed a lawsuit against the PGA Tour, the CEO of State Pharmaceuticals supported him in this lawsuit. Robert Whitehead noticed that the PGA Tour didn’t have any justice to call this professional golfer a  “cheater”. However the status of the lawsuit hadn’t been made public, the PGA Tour made a decision to approve the medical usage of testosterone by  Dough Baron. Thus, the golfer Dough Baron  received a TUE for intake of testosterone for therapeutic purposes.
Robert Whitehead explained why State Pharmaceuticals sponsored Dough Barron. The CEO of State Pharmaceuticals argued that the PGA Tour acted improperly in numerous cases. The sportsman that needed therapeutic usage of testosterone was called a liar. Thus, the PGA Tour contributed in medical ignorance and kept men from improving their health. The CEO of State Pharmaceuticals said that many points of view connected with testosterone replacement therapy didn’t have any scientific basis. These incorrect statements have kept numerous people from the medical care.
The CEO of State Pharmaceuticals noticed that Dough Barron made the only mistake that he had become the innocent victim of other individuals’ ignorance.
The terms of the agreement between the company State Pharmaceuticals and the athlete Dough Baron were not made public. It was just mentioned that the professional golfer would educate public about hypogonadism and testosterone replacement therapy.

Clenbuterol doesn’t belong to the group of anabolic steroids

David Howman, the director general of the WADA, seems to consider that Clenbuterol is included in the group of anabolic steroids. He considers that illegal heroin is not as profitable as anabolic steroids which are legal, if they are bought and applied with doctors’ prescriptions. Howman is also shocked by the affirmation that steroids are applied in order to enhance growth of livestock.
The director general of the WADA  says that application of steroids for growth of livestock is quite evident due to contaminated beef in China. This person notes that the WADA has written to the Chinese minister who has to answer what actually happens in the food industry of this country.
David Howman says about Clenbuterol as about an anabolic steroid. Howman says that Chinese beef contains steroids. This man thinks mistakenly like a lot of other individuals believe that all medications that have performance-enhancing effects are anabolic steroids. It displays ignorance of these individuals. They must comprehend that not only anabolic steroids belong to the list of prohibited products. There are preparations which have performance-enhancing effects but they are not steroids.
Since Howman is the director general of the World ADA, he must display essentially better knowledge linked with prohibited drugs. Howman has to comprehend the difference between such medicines as Clenbuterol and anabolic steroids.
David Howman claims that steroid smuggling is much more profitable than heroin trafficking because steroids are legal in certain cases but heroin is illegal under any circumstances. Moreover, anabolic steroids are legal in many countries.
Howman  says that controlled drugs are dangerous for youth, elite athletes and any individual who gets and administrates them not for legal purposes.

A steroid dealer filed a lawsuit against the state of Louisiana

A drug tax has to be paid in the state of Louisiana for distribution of steroids. This tax exists in this state for the past 20 years. So, Todd Matherne, a steroid dealer was enforced to pay 52 million dollars because he distributed a lot of steroids with the labels of the “Zencall Labs”.  This individual was sentenced to 7 years in jail 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 jail, he found about this law. As a result, this man filed a lawsuit against the State of Louisiana, claiming that it was too cruel to enforce him to pay 52 million of dollars. Todd Matherne confirmed that it had been an unusual and even too cruel punishment. This man claimed that his rights were violated.
The Louisiana Department of Revenue didn’t fight against Todd Matherne in the court. It was decided to achieve agreement in this situation. So, the tax was decreased essentially. According to the new settlement, this steroid dealer had to pay just 2, 000 dollars instead of 52 million dollars. Nevertheless, this 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, noted that some laws in different other states were ruled unconstitutionally. He confirmed that it was the same with the drug tax law in Louisiana. But since certain laws try to criminal twice the same crime, they may be lifted.
Williams mentioned that this law couldn’t work well because it might exclude criminal prosecution. John Williams said that this law was not being used because a criminal case could be lost in exchange only for taxes.
There is also another reason which can explain why law enforcements do not desire to impose the drug tax law in Louisiana. Law enforcements do not 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 steroids are distributed 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 “Zencall labs” 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  officers. Furthermore, over 700 vials of injectable anabolic steroids and certain pounds of raw steroid powder were also found there.

Opposite results of the interactive soccer game “Don’t Be An Asterisk”

The anti-steroid campaign “Don’t Be An Asterisk” was formed to educate people about application of steroids, about dangerous aspects connected with performance-enhancing drugs within and outsides sports in order to promote stopping taking these products.
 But ”Don’t Be An Asterisk” was neglected during certain time. The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) and Ad Council decided to reinvigorate activities of this campaign. It was decided 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 initial “Don’t Be Asterisk” that has remained without any changes for more than 2 years. This site promotes the visitors to visit another new page that is on Facebook. Thus, they can play asterisk free there. The same page will be established on Twitter with the same name “Play Asterisk Free”. Thus, the popular social media will promote spreading the messages of the anti-steroid.
The original site DontBeAnAsterisk.com includes an interactive soccer game. Players  are encouraged to score goals avoiding the asterisks. The asterisks are anabolic steroids. If the interactive soccer players don’t avoid the asterisks, their bodies become much more muscular.
However the game has been created to make perception among kids that steroids are not safe, the results are turned to be opposite. Kids find it funny to fail avoiding asterisks and to watch how muscles of the interactive players become essentially increased. However the game is still available on the website, it is unlikely that it will be able to educate children that steroids must not be taken.
The principal goal of this campaign is to convince children that a consumer of steroids isn’t a fair person; he\she is “fake”, a “joke” and a “poser”.

It is unclear whether Jose Canseco’s third book will draw readers’ attention as his first two books

Jose Canseco who has called himself as a “godfather of steroids” in baseball writes his third book. The author avoids discussing anabolic steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs. The writer desires to revolve about his own experience. The book that has the title “The truth hurts” will describe how the writer’s revelations about intake of steroids by baseball players corrupted his life. He is going to notice that he has been affected both professionally and financially because of the truth.
The first book of this writer is entitled as “Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant Roids, Smash Hits and How Baseball Got Big”. It is the bestseller. This writer named certain baseball players that applied steroids. Such players, as Mark McGwire, Rafael Palmeiro and Jason Giambi were mentioned in the book. Thus, Jose Canseco made public steroid users in baseball. Moreover, as a result, some of these accused athletes admitted that they used prohibited drugs. Then, as a celebration of the winning, This writer published another book that had been entitled as “Vindicated”. He noted also names of other baseball players who used steroids. Alex Rodriguez and Roger Clemens were named by Jose Canseco.
Some persons think that the third book of this writer will fail. It will not achieve the same popularity as previous books, according to them. These individuals say that the author will be probably surprised but links between truth about steroids and his professional life will not draw readers’ attention.
But it is unclear whether the opinions of these people that confirm that the third book of this writer will fail will be turned to be true. Jose Canseco has been entertaining numerous individuals, when he fought against Danny Bonaduce in a celebrity boxing match in 2009. Earlier he was humbled, when he fought against the former football player Vai Sikahema in a boxing match. Jose Canseco was knocked by the former football player and was ridiculed by many persons.
It is known that Jose Canseco used anabolic steroids and his natural testosterone secretion became suppressed. So, he experienced such undesirable effects of steroids, as reduced sex drive and depression.
Jose Canseco also intended to contraband HCG across the Mexican border. He did it for self-administration to be treated from low testosterone level. So, he had legal troubles connected with steroids.
Recently this person entertained many people, when he wrote on his Twitter account that he would hit easily a softball further than Rodriguez can hit a baseball. He challenged Alex Rodriguez to compete with him.
The time will come and we will see whether the book of Jose Canseco “The truth hits” will achieve celebrity.