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Verdict In for Barry Bonds: Guilty of Obstruction of Justice

Posted by Drug Free in Steroid Abuse on April 14th, 2011

Yes, the judicial system has finally bestowed a ruling upon one of baseball’s most controversial players, Barry Bonds. On Wednesday, the jury convicted Bonds for obstruction of justice when he swore he did not know performance-enhancing drugs were introduced into his system at the time when he was at his career’s peak.

Barry BondsBonds’ records in baseball has put him as the league’s all-time home-run leader; hitting 762 home runs in the course of his 22-year career in the game with a whopping 73 in 2001. While some may be in awe of what he accomplished, it somehow put others in doubt resulting to a validation of what he has achieved ultimately leading him into court.

The obstruction of justice was the strongest case against him, among the other charges filed such as the three counts of perjury. According to a feature on Yahoo Sports, the jury decided he intentionally misled people when he said his trainer never injected him with any performance-enhancing drugs (saying that the only person to inject him with anything is his doctor) and tried to convince them that he is a victim of some scientific experiments. He added that the ambitious people who held his career at that time were the ones to be blamed for what he has been through.

The verdict on Bonds brings us to the question of what this development can do for both the league and the government agencies involved. Eight years ago, Bonds testified he never used any drug to help him beat out competition, at least not on his knowledge. Today, he is convicted, yet we get the same stories over and over again.

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Minor League Players Face Suspension over Performance Enhancing Drugs

Posted by Drug Free in Drug Addiction, Steroid Abuse on July 27th, 2010

Six Minor League players were given suspensions due to violation of the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program. The announcement was made by the Office of the Commissioner of Baseball on Monday, according to a report on The Biz of Baseball.

steroidsThe players were suspended after testing positive for the use of performance-enhancing drugs. One of them is Los Angeles Dodgers Minor League outfielder Prentice Redman, who was suspended for 100 days. Redman tested positive for an amphetamine, and the 100-day suspension will go into effect after he completes his current 50-game suspension. Redman is with the Triple-A Albuquerque of the Pacific Coast League.

Three Minor League players of the Milwaukee Brewers were suspended for 50 games, effective immediately: third baseman Allixon Cequea, outfielder Erickson Salaya, and pitcher Leonard Lorenzo. All the aforementioned players belong to the Dominican Summer League team. The report said that Cequea and Salaya tested positive for metabolites of Nandrolone; Lorenzo, on the other hand, tested positive for a metabolite of Boldenone.

Two other players belonging to the roster of the Dominican Summer League Team were suspended for 50 games each, effective immediately. These are Detroit Tigers’ pitcher Jose Valdez, and Oakland Athletics’ pitcher Leudis Benzant. Valdez, like Lorenzo, tested positive for a metabolite of Boldenone, while Benzant tested positive for metabolites of Stanozolol.

According to the report, sixteen minor league players were suspended due to violations of its drug policy over the last week alone. A total of 60 minor league players faced suspensions that collectively added up to 3,100 games.

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No Magic Pill Needed to Enhance Sports Performance

Posted by Drug Free in Steroid Abuse on December 18th, 2009

Many teen athletes seem to believe that “bigger, stronger, faster” is the way to go. Many think that these are the key factors that separate the star players from the bench warmers. Add this to the fact that most well-established athletes actually make good money, as sportsmen and as celebrities, you end up with more teenagers simply trying to look like the action heroes or wrestling superstars they see on magazines.

Teenagers, being in the time of their lives when they start wanting everything, try the one thing most people actually try to do during puberty — make time go faster.

college footballTeenagers engaged in sports or have started body composition training want the results to be seen in the shortest possible time. However, growing one’s physique is an intricate process in which the whole system should participate in. Becoming leaner means improving metabolism, and improved metabolism actually assists the body in assimilating the proper nutrients to be transported to the different body parts.

To absorb the optimum amount of nutrients, one would need the right amount of the right food at the right time. Yes, TIME is exactly what is needed by the body to process all these improvements to be translated into better body composition, and the time needed by your bodies should be spent by infusing a particular catalyst: exercise. Many teenagers try to find a “magic pill” or a “secret recipe” for achieving the results they want while skipping the entire natural process.

Teenagers should know and understand that their adolescent years provide their bodies the perfect environment for muscular growth. They are at a point in their lives wherein their levels of testosterone (growth hormones of the body) are at its peak. If they spend this time exercising regularly at the right pace and intensity, they already have their own personal and all-natural steroids working for them.

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