by Joel Rothman | Aug 8, 2009 | NutriSupLaw
The confusion surrounding steroid use in professional baseball has taken another strange turn. The Associated Press and New York Times report that eight of the 104 players who tested positive for steroids in 2003 fall into another category. The AP says that the eight...
by Joel Rothman | Jul 28, 2009 | NutriSupLaw
Several hours after our post on increased media coverage of the potential danger of supplement use by high school athletes, the Food & Drug Administration held a press conference and issued a public health advisory on body-building products and steroids. The...
by Joel Rothman | Jul 28, 2009 | NutriSupLaw
The pros have rules. The NCAA has its rules. And now there is a media awakening that steroid use in high schools deserves attention. Newspapers have focused on the subject in recent articles. The New York Times reported on a federal investigation into Tren Xtreme and...
by Joel Rothman | Jan 24, 2009 | NutriSupLaw
An indictment was unsealed Jan. 22nd charging 12 defendants, including three owners of a pharmacy and four pharmacists, with participating in a conspiracy that dispensed and sold thousands of dosages of anabolic steroids – including powerful veterinary steroids...
by Joel Rothman | Jan 13, 2009 | NutriSupLaw
The baseball players blame the manufacturer. The league blames the players. Who is accountable when a professional athlete takes a banned substance supposedly without knowing it? Major League players J.C. Romero and Sergio Mitre say they unwittingly consumed...