New York Yankees’ Andy Petitte was one of those involved in the Mitchell Report, Major League Baseball’s internal investigation into steroids. Former Yankees teammate Jason Grimsley named him as a performance-enhancing drug user. He also admitted to using human growth hormone (HGH), although according to him, it was for the quick recovery of his elbow and not for performance enhancement.

Last Sunday night, 50,173 fans cheered as Petitte led the Yankees to a victory against the Los Angeles Angels.

Who would have thought fans would embrace Petitte after the steroids controversy? However, in New York, nobody cares as long as Petitte wins. A player with 229 regular-season wins and a record 16 in the playoffs will surely be forgiven.

Petitte surely belongs to the first kind of cheaters. The ones on anyone’s favorite team, who are forgiven when they perform well, just like Alex Rodriguez. The other kind of cheater is the one   unfortunate enough to be called a “creep who ruined baseball”.

The Yankees will open the World Series on Wednesday. They will play against the Philadelphia Phillies, just like their familiar role for the first time since 2003.

Petitte was smart enough to admit his deed on the first day of spring training two years ago. Rather forever regret a chapter in his career; he was celebrated for his wisdom.

From Chicago Tribune:

NEW YORK — Andy Pettitte on the mound, Derek Jeter everywhere,Mariano Rivera at closing time, the Bronx rocking as the clock struck midnight. The first Turn Back the Clock Night at Yankee Stadium.

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Two men were sentenced at the Sheffield Crown Court on 5 October 2009 after being found involved in a conspiracy to sell and supply Class C drugs, including HGHs.

Richard Flynn, a heavy goods vehicle technician from Rawmarsh (Rotherham), and Christopher Taylor, a house husband and gym owner from Rawmarsh, were sentenced after a joint operation was followed by the South Yorkshire Police and MHRA.

While Richard was sentenced to 12-month imprisonment, suspension for 18-month, and additional penalty of 120-hour community service, Christopher was sentenced to 9-month imprisonment, suspension for 12-month, and additional penalty of 80-hour community service.

From Medicalnewstoday.com:

The operation netted seizures of substantial quantities of Class C drugs - testosterone, methandienone, and oxymetholone. £9,000 cash hidden in a cupboard under the stairs was also seized from Flynn’s home. The total estimated street value of the drugs seized was £7,000.

The pair were also involved in the importation of the human growth hormone, Hygetropin, with an estimated value of £96,000.

Tests on the products seized during the investigation had shown that both the oxymetholone and Hygetropin contained no trace of the stated active ingredients.

MHRA Head of Operations, Danny Lee-Frost, said the case highlighted the robust action taken by the MHRA against those who illegally sell and supply medicines.

The counsel defending Flynn remarked that he came in contact with steroids with the aim of participating in the World’s Strongest Man competition.

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Richard Flynn, a heavy good technician from Rawmarsh, Rotherham and Christopher Taylor, a househusband and a gym owner from Rawmarsh, Rotherham were sentenced last October 5, 2009 at Sheffield Crown Court for conspiracy to sell and distribute controlled substances, including human growth hormone. The charges followed a joint operation conducted by the MHRA and South Yorkshire Police.

During the operation, police authorities seized substantial amounts of Class C drugs such as testosterone, methandienone, and oxymetholone. A £9,000 worth of cash was found inside a cupboard under the stairs in Flynn’s home. Drugs seized during the investigation are estimated at £7,000 in street value.

Tests made on the products seized revealed that both oxymetholone and Hygetropin contained no trace of the stated active ingredients.

Furthermore, the two men were also involved in the importation of the human growth hormone , Hygetropin, which has an estimated street value of £96,000.

Flynn faces a twelve-month imprisonment, 18 months suspension from his job, and an additional 120-hour penalty community service.

Meanwhile, Taylor was sentenced to nine-month imprisonment, suspended for twelve months, and an 80-hour community service as penalty.

MHRA Head of Operations, Danny Lee-Frost believed that the pair endangered the lives of those around them in exchange for their personal gain.

From the Medical News Today:

MHRA Head of Operations, Danny Lee-Frost, said the case highlighted the robust action taken by the MHRA against those who illegally sell and supply medicines.

“As the UK regulator of medicines, we strive to ensure that only the competent and honest are licensed to deal in medicines, and take swift action against anyone who acts otherwise.

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Doping officials and members of the general public are raising their deep concerns over the growing demand and popularity of steroids despite the fact that the government has already claimed that it has already enforced tight control on the manufacture and distribution of steroids and other performance enhancing drugs. But, truth cannot be hidden for long and the underlying truth is that steroid usage is growing at an all-time high.

The biggest reason: celebrity driven image culture.

With news about sportsmen and other celebrities taking up anabolic steroids to stay ahead of the competition and maintain the “invincibility” factor, more and more “followers” have already started using steroids without understanding possible side effects. With big names such as Sylvester Stallone saying that he is an old man jumping around trying to look young and being busted at the Sydney Airport with 48 vials of human growth hormone Jintropin, things cannot be expected to settle down. The only thing that can happen from here on is popularity of steroids.

From Timesunion.com:

The names of R&B music star Mary J. Blige, along with rap artists 50 Cent, Timbaland and Wyclef Jean, and award-winning author and producer Tyler Perry, have emerged in an Albany-based investigation of steroids trafficking that has already rocked the professional sports world, according to confidential sources.

Information has surfaced recently showing those stars are among tens of thousands of people who may have used or received prescribed shipments of steroids and injectable human growth hormone in recent years. Law enforcement officials have said they have no evidence in their sprawling multistate probe that customers, including Blige or other entertainers, violated any laws. Instead, they are targeting anti-aging clinics, doctors and pharmacists who prescribed the drugs.

Still, medical experts say that use of steroids and human growth hormone — an estimated $10 billion-a-year operation worldwide — reaching into the entertainment industry illustrates how pervasive steroids use in the United States has become. It is not unique to athletics, where performance-enhancing drug use has marred many sports. For many celebrities, the lure of hormonal drugs is their supposed, unproven anti-aging effects.

As per members of the general public and doping officials, things cannot be corrected unless highly stringent measures are implemented. Till this happens, illegal importation, unauthorized steroid usage, and distribution of anabolic steroids will continue despite all odds.

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Former Canby police officer, Jason Duncan Deason was accused last March with eight counts of official misconduct charges and a drug charge.

Since both parties were unable to agree to a plea bargain, he is set to go to trial in November 2009.

The trial date was set on November 10, 2009 by a Clackamas County Circuit judge.

Deason was accused of buying steroids while on duty and in uniform from a Canby businessman named William Traverso.

Traverso, a former competitive bodybuilder and owner of Canby Landscape Supply, admitted to selling anabolic steroids and human growth hormone to Deason. Travers gave FBI agents an order written by Deason on Canby police stationery dated April 30, 2002.

A second alleged supplier was Brian Jackson, an ex-strength and conditioning coach for the Oregon City High School’s girls basketball team. He was charged with manufacture and delivery of controlled substances.

Deason’s former police Chief, Greg Kroeplin has resigned from his job after FBI investigations showed negligence on his part despite several complaints were recorded against the officer.

Deason was restricted from traveling outside the country. He appeared with his lawyer, Leonard Kovac, but did not speak about the case.

From Oregon Local News:

Unable to agree to a plea deal, former Canby cop Jason Duncan Deason is set to go to trial in November on official misconduct and drug charges.

A Clackamas County Circuit judge this afternoon set Nov. 10 as his trial date.

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US District Judge Keith P. Ellison dismissed the rest of Clemens’ case last August 28, 2009. This means that the case has been dismissed in Texas and Clemens could not refile in the said state. This leaves the case to be continued in New York.

Last January 2008, Roger Clemens sued his former personal trainer Brian McNamee after the trainer made a statement in the Mitchell report that he injected Clemens with steroids and human growth hormone for not less than 16 times in 1998, 2000 and 2001.

Not only did McNamee made the statement once but he also repeated it to Sports Illustrated’s website.  According to Clemens, the statements were untrue and defamatory.

McNamee responded by filing a case against Clemens for defamation on July 31, 2009. The case was filed in a federal court in Brooklyn, New York.

According to McNamee, Clemens issued an intense public relations offensive by refusing McNamee’s allegations in a nationally televised news conference in “60 minutes”.

In their legal battle in Brooklyn, Clemens is on defense side. Richard Emery, McNamee’s lawyer thinks that they have an advantage now that the case was moved to New York.

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NEW YORK — The remainder of Roger Clemens‘ defamation suit against Brian McNamee in Texas has been dismissed, leaving the pair to fight their legal battle in New York.

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The Arizona Board of Chiropractic Examiners suspended the license of chiropractic doctor, Jeremy Bula. The board also requested ABC 15 to provide a transcript of the hidden footage they recorded when they conducted undercover investigation of the Dr. Bula’s clinics, Revolution Medical Centers.

ABC 15’s investigation was conducted in April of 2008. An undercover interview in the doctor’s clinic revealed classified information about the clinics, money, and medical insurance and ways to enhance muscle mass.

Further investigation done by the station also revealed several deaths of patients, including a suicide. The victim left a note of warning to steroid users to stop using steroids because it can possibly destroy your life.

Reports aired by ABC 15 prompted the US Drug Enforcement Agency to conduct their own investigation regarding the case.

Dr. Bula was found guilty of practicing his profession without a license as well as illegal distribution of controlled drugs such as steroids and other performance enhancing drugs.

Dr. Bula, however, fled the country. He closed his two clinics right after the airing of the investigation. He insists that he was not practicing as doctor in his clinic, but rather, as an owner.

From ABC 15:

PHOENIX — State investigators are trying desperately to obtain hidden camera video of a local chiropractor accused of illegally selling anabolic steroids at two clinics in Phoenix and Peoria, Arizona.

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Human Growth Hormone, which is popularly known as HGH, can result in serious repercussions when abused as per recent study findings. It is important to note here that HGH was considered to be a safe product till now and still continues to be used in clinical treatment forms under qualified medical guidance as only an abuse can bring side effects.

Dr. Alan Rogol, who testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Government Reform Committee on behalf of The Endocrine Society, outlined the medical use (legitimate) of the growth hormone and its severe health risks when abused by sportsmen, individuals, and celebrities who try to find effective ways to keep aging away.

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“There are a number of safe and legitimate FDA-approved uses of growth hormone in adults and children,” said Dr. Rogol. “The off-label use of growth hormone, which primarily is in the anti-aging and body image or athletic market, comes with increased risks.”

One risk factor is that most off-label users are usually unaware of the correct doses. “One can assume that the dose administered would be much greater than that given for legitimate purposes,” said Dr. Rogol.

At higher HGH dosages, it is possible to achieve levels similar to those found in the endocrine disease acromegaly, which is caused by too much growth hormone in the body. This condition can lead to severe muscle weakness and even heart disease.

According to Dr. Rogol, perhaps the most insidious off-label use is by athletes and others who believe they are using actual growth hormone, when in fact they may be receiving an entirely different substance.

“Magazines and the internet are replete with advertisements for substances marketed as ‘growth hormone‘,” said Dr. Rogol. “Growth hormone, however, can only work if injected, and many of these preparations are taken orally, so they cannot possibly be HGH.”

It was remarked by Dr. Rogol that GH that is made from human tissue has now been almost removed from the drug market because of the rare yet fatal Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.

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Off-label distribution or provision of growth hormone for treating aging and other forms of age-associated illness is illegal in the United States as per a report in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

The authors of this study were Dr. Thomas Perls, Director of the New England Centenarian Study at Boston Medical Center and associate professor of medicine at Boston University School of Medicine; Dr. Neal Reisman, clinical professor of plastic surgery at Baylor College of Medicine and associate chief of plastic surgery at St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, who is also an attorney; and S. Jay Olshansky, professor of epidemiology at the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health.

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“Prescribing and administering HGH has become a routine intervention in an industry that is variably called anti-aging, regenerative, longevity or age management medicine,” said Perls. “Hundreds of thousands of patients who have received HGH in recent years as a purported treatment for aging are unaware that they are receiving the drug illegally.

“Although there is no evidence that HGH administration stops or reverses aging, many people spend a great deal of money on these products,” Perls said. “On the contrary, responsibly conducted and peer-reviewed science indicates that HGH could in fact accelerate aging and shorten lifespan. It is associated with very high rates of serious adverse effects, and long-term use could increase one’s risk of cancer.”

According to Olshansky, “off-label use for many drugs is a normal and accepted practice in medicine, but that is not true for growth hormone. According to laws instituted by Congress more than 10 years ago, HGH can only be distributed for indications specifically authorized by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and aging and its related disorders are not among them. The use of HGH as an alleged anti-aging intervention is a major public health concern not just because it is illegal, but also because its provision for anti-aging is not supported by science and it is potentially harmful.”

It was remarked by Reisman that this study paper can prove its worth by creating enough awareness about legal issues surrounding improper distribution, marketing, and discouraging criminal practices in respect to growth hormone.

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Dr. Ramon Scruggs, a former Costa Mesa doctor linked to the Mitchell report pleaded guilty as part of a plea agreement. From 2000 to 2003, Scruggs illegally bought steroids and human growth hormone in China. Scruggs reportedly prescribed several Major League Baseball players with steroids and HGH.

He pleaded to two federal criminal charges. One for money laundering, and another for illegal distribution of steroids and human growth hormone. Evidence pointed out to the doctor transferring money worth $3,605 from his bank to a China account.

He faces a 25-year imprisonment and is set to pay $500,000 for fines related to illegal drug distribution.

Scruggs was in charge of the New Hope Health Center in Costa Mesa. He used the institution to distribute performance-enhancing drugs illegally. He usually did not require a personal consultation from his clients for them to obtain a prescription.

His license was revoked last 2007 for reportedly prescribing Nandrolone, an anabolic steroid, to former Angels’ 2002 World Series MVP Troy Glaus and Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Scott Schoeneweis. He was also put on five-year probation by the medical board.

Scruggs is scheduled to be sentenced in a US District Court in San Jose, California on September 14.

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NEW YORK - A doctor accused of supplying professional baseball players with illegal performance-enhancing drugs pleaded guilty to two federal criminal charges Monday, according to a newspaper report.

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