The illicit drugs policy introduced by the AFL in 2005 emphasized upon confidentiality for avoiding the risk of endangering a player’s health and affected  chances of rehabilitation but it failed to deliver its core objective after Hawthorn’s Travis Tuck was named, fined and suspended.

Tuck was not addicted to drugs but had a mental health issue and will possibly be left betrayed by a policy that was contrived and compromised from birth.

The undiluted arrogance of AFL has surely betrayed Tuck and there are calls to change the illicit drugs policy of the league on an immediate basis.

Tags: AFL, illicit drugs, performance enhancing drug use, Performance enhancing drugs, steroids, Travis Tuck

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The former sprinter, Marion Jones, has signed for the Tulsa Shock, Women’s National Basketball Association team, and expressed hope for launching a new career after she lost five Olympic medals for using steroids and being jailed for lying to federal prosecutors.

Jones spent six months in a federal prison after she lied about steroids and her role in a cheque fraud.

Jones may have been successful with athletics but her professional stints affected with serious doping charges are bound to have a negative impact on how sport fans accept her.

Tags: doping, Marion Jones, steroids, Tulsa Shock

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Travis Babbitt, a teen from Blissfield, has received a first-place award for his public service announcement (PSA) about steroids and sports.

Babbitt was given an assignment to make a 30-60 second commercial that would be entered in a competition provided through the Michigan Association of Broadcasters Foundation.

According to the foundation’s Web site, contents of the winning MHSAA Sports PSA category entries could be used for producing a sportscasting PSA to air statewide.

Tags: Major League Baseball with steroids, steroids, steroids and sports

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The road has been cleared for a possible complete synthesis of the drug used in treating arthritis, cortisone.

A paper will be read before The Chemical Society of London by Robert B. Woodward, professor of Chemistry to make an announcement that he and a research team have completed the first total synthesis of a complete steroid.

Woodward cautioned that none of the medically active steroids have been synthesized as yet and the already developed process may not prove commercially viable.

Tags: androsterone, cortisone, steroid, steroids, testosterone

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The governor of California and former bodybuilding champion, Arnold Schwarzenegger, says super star athletes have no choice but to act as perfect role models besides realizing that use of steroids is the wrong message for kids.

Schwarzenegger added that the message of not using drugs and alcohol has the potential of inspiring young kids.

Schwarzenegger further added that young kids need to come out clean and the sports ought to be without drugs.

Tags: Alex Rodriquez, Arnold Schwarzenegger, bodybuilding, Pumping Iron, use of steroids

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Sammy Sosa, the former major league baseball star, looks different lately. The star was recently seen with a surprising, comically light skin pigmentation on him that leads to speculation about whether this change in skin color is because of steroids or skin rejuvenation.

The Chicago Tribune quotes Rebecca Polihronis, an acquaintance of Sosa, says that Sosa has gone through a rejuvenation process for his skin.

It is speculated that the change in skin color could be a possible complication from use of steroids by Sosa during his baseball years.

Tags: baseball, Sammy Sosa, steroid use, steroids, use of steroids

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Rick Ankiel, the outfielder of St. Louis Cardinals, has been accused of joining the list of athletes associated with a Florida-based investigation into steroids.

Rob Manfred, baseball’s executive vice president of labor relations, said that both sides of allegations will be looked after and didn’t go into the details as of now.

The Daily News reported that Ankiel’s HGH prescriptions, including Saizen and Genotropin, were signed by Florida physician William Gogan and were provided through a Palm Beach Gardens clinic called The Health and Rejuvenation Center, or THARC.

Tags: Genotropin, HGH prescriptions, human growth hormone, Rick Ankiel, Saizen, steroids, Troy Glaus

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The former Braves slugger, David Justice, has denied use of injected steroids and disclosed that he has his fear of needles.

This was after Kirk Radomski told George Mitchell that he sold human growth hormone to Justice; this revelation was made when Mitchell was in charge of the investigation about use of performance enhancing drugs in baseball.

Radomski told ESPN that a box of steroids and HGH were given to Justice during a ride to the airport after the former Braves slugger finished playing for the New York Yankees in the 2000 World Series.

Tags: Brian McNamee, David Justice, George Mitchell, HGH, human growth hormone, injected steroids, Kirk Radomski, Performance enhancing drugs, Roger Clemens, steroids, steroids and baseball

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Cricket is a matter of special pride in Pakistan and cricketers from the country have done their level best to portray a positive image of the country besides providing a source of hope for those whose everyday life is both tedious and joyless.

This is best evident from the fact that Pakistanis literally dance on the street when the Pakistan cricket team wins and burn effigies when the team loses a game.

It is, however, a breather for the Pakistanis that former World Cup winning captain Younis Khan and Shahid Afridi, both fearless Pathans schooled in the honor code have not been named in the match fixing scandals.

Tags: cricket, match fixing, Mohammad Asif, Shahid Afridi, steroid, Younis Khan

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A centralized, state-managed database that can be accessed by doctors and pharmacists around Arizona, will be storing prescription information of legally sold drugs such as OxyContin, Vicodin, Ritalin, and Ambien.

Dr. Stephen Borowsky, an anesthesiologist and pain-management specialist, said that he is happy to learn that Arizona has finally decided to keep a close eye on medicines that have potential for addiction.

Pharmacy Board officials remarked that database access is recorded and limited to doctors and pharmacists.

Tags: addiction, Ambien, drug abuse, OxyContin, Ritalin, Vicodin

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