Steroids

Denial still frames American perspective on sport doping, and we party on over our games. And that’s the sure sign nothing is forthcoming to reverse widespread use of anabolic steroids, human growth hormone, and more tissue-building substances in sport. Muscle doping’s progress continues unabated despite decades of testing, anti-steroid education, blockbuster scandal, public bitching, and politicians’ posing as saviors. Football, for example, can celebrate 50 years of anabolic steroids based on the 1959 case of a high-school team in Texas, juiced with Dianabol by a doctor, according to Dr. Charles Yesalis, epidemiologist and drug historian. Muscle substances remain rampant in sport from preps to ... Read Full Story

James Drake was sentenced to 12 months in jail for an episode of “road rage” attributed to anabolic steroids in the Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court in South Wales. Drake got out of his vehicle wearing brass knuckles and pointed a crossbow at the driver of a truck that cut him off on the road. The court determined that steroids caused Drake to go into a “ roid rage ” during the traffic incident (” Crossbow terror of road rage witness ,” November 27). It appeared the use of steroids causes him to lose self-control and this is what happened on this occasion. He said ... Read Full Story

Robert Pfeffer, a 64-year old man, has sued two deputies allegedly exhibiting “roid rage” during an incident where one of the deputies tasered him. Deputy John Eaton, with the Lee County Sherriff’s Office , “escorted” Pfeffer to the ground and tasered him while Pfeffer was walking away from an ambulance. The EMS ambulance was requested by Pfeffer’s wife to attend to Mr. Pfeffer’s severe chest pains after receiving an implanted heart defibrillator (” Lee deputies face lawsuit after man Tasered during arrest ,” December 22). The plaintiff, Robert J. Pfeffer, a 64-year-old Bonita Springs man, was walking with his wife in their Spanish Wells ... Read Full Story

Anabolic supplements are a controversial way that many athletes and bodybuilders build muscle. Often referred to as anabolic steroids, these supplements come in both natural and synthetic forms. Much of the controversy concerns the synthetic form because of the harmful side effects that body builders can suffer from. Natural anabolic steroids tend to be less harmful if used in moderation. Either way, anabolics promote cell growth and division, which is the basic principle behind body building because it causes larger muscles to be formed from smaller ones. Anabolic supplements have received a stigmatized reputation for a variety of reasons. When athletes and body builders ... Read Full Story

Police still insist that steroid dealer and NFL snitch David Jacobs shot and killed his girlfriend Amanda Earhart Savell before turning the gun on himself. The Jacobs family still believes it was a hit man that killed the two. I don’t know what to believe… who shoots themselves in the stomach then the head when trying to commit suicide? Of all the stories I have covered, this one gets the most traffic on Grant’s Rant. Everyday someone is searching for more information about the crime that shocked Plano and the fitness world. There are rumblings inside the North Texas legal world that the Savell ... Read Full Story