A male resident of Shrewsbury, MA, USA, entered a guilty plea in August of 2017 for his role in a counterfeit steroids conspiracy. He entered the plea in a Boston federal court. The conspiracy involved trafficking steroids, such as counterfeit versions of Trenbolone and Testosterone, to weightlifters. U.S. Attorney, William D. Weinreb, laid the charges via his office. He's the Acting U.S. Attorney Read more [...]

A man named Ryan Root got six and a half years in prison because he was the leader of America's biggest national UGL (underground lab). He was busted via Operation Cyber Juice, which was carried out by the Drug Enforcement Agency, or DEA. Root received his sentence from a District Court Judge named Thomas McAvoy. The sentence was announced on the 4th of August, 2017 to 6.5 years in prison.  Ryan Read more [...]

According to the executive director of the CSAC (California State Athletic Commission), the recent steroid bust of UFC champion, Jon Jones, is pretty bizarre. The executive director thinks that the positive result for a banned, performance-enhancing substance is a positive result which makes little sense! If you're also wondering why an athlete of this caliber tested positive for Turinabol, despite Read more [...]

CAS is the Court of Arbitration for Sport. It's the most elite sports tribunal and its officials have released information about a couple of lifetime bans. The bans impact the athletic careers of two Russian athletes, both of whom are very well-known. As well, CAS released details about another lifetime ban. This third lifetime ban is a bit different. It's meant to punish the son of a former Read more [...]

UGL stands for underground lab and a lot of people get steroids from UGLs. Those who run UGLs in America are breaking the law, as are customers who buy steroids from these underground labs. On the 16th of August, 2017, a woman named Brittany Baker, who lives in Venice, California, stood before a District Court Judge and pleaded guilty to participating in a steroid UGL. The underground lab was known Read more [...]

RUSADA is Russia's anti-doping governing body and officials from this organization recently announced that six athletes from the country have been banned due to positive tests for performance-enhancing substances. One banned athlete, Lyubov Kharlamova, is part of the group of six. Kharlamova, a female athlete who is a long-distance runner, was once a medalist in the European steeplechase. A weightlifter Read more [...]

Reports today that Rich Piana has passed away during the night of Thursday August 24. Rich was in a medically induced coma after banging his head on August 7. He was said to have collapsed in his bathroom for unknown reasons.    For those unaware, Rich Piana is bodybuilder and social media celebrity and founder of “Rich Piana 5% Nutrition”. He has a large following on Read more [...]

Brian Wainstein was a big player in the world of underground steroid labs. He founded Axio Labs and GenXXL and his life ended on August 18th, 2017. He was murdered in what is believed to be a professional hit. The murder occurred in the early morning hours. In mid-January of 2013, Wainstein was apprehended due to an international arrest warrant. He was arrested in Capetown. For the last three Read more [...]

Jon Jones was busted for anabolic steroid usage at UFC 214. He's the light heavyweight champion for UFC and he was informed of the positive drugs test result by the United States Anti-Doping Agency. The agency provides information about the test result via its official website. Jones has an excellent win-loss record. It's hard to say how his record, which features twenty-three wins and just one Read more [...]

Dirty cops aren't just movie characters. There are rogue cops in real life and one of these dirty cops is Evan Speck. He created a company called TabMan Pharmaceuticals, which sold its illegal products via the Web. It's safe to say that most people who purchased anabolic steroids from the TabMan Pharma website didn't think that they were buying them from a Charlestown Police Department (CPD) cop!  Evan Read more [...]

Reports from reputable online sources are confirming Dallas McCarver has sadly passed away. He was reportedly found by his training and living partner Josh facedown with food blocking his airways. CPR was done after his airways were unblocked, but Dallas did not regain consciousness. RX Muscle has confirmed the news, as has Dave Palumbo. Other social media accounts and YouTube channels with Read more [...]

For four years, the operators of an underground lab known as Brinkmann Pharma UGL manufactured steroids and then sold them online. The steroids were sold domestically in the USA. Most underground labs don’t stay open for such an extended time period without getting busted. A lot of underground labs are out there and these labs tend to go come and go fairly quickly. They have short life cycles Read more [...]

Giuseppe Ippolito has tested positive for an array of banned substances and steroids. In fact, he tested positive for a whopping fourteen illegal steroids/substances! Usually, people don't test positive for that many things at once, so this bust was definitely newsworthy. The details of the bust were released in early July of this year (2017), via the IFBB (International Federation of Bodybuilders). Read more [...]

WADA and Russian officials are at war, over a report which was released by WADA, which stipulated that a mass sports doping ring and subsequent cover-up was orchestrated by the Russian government. WADA (World Anti-Doping Agency) wants Russia to acknowledge its guilt, but Russian officials have stated that this demand from WADA will never be met.  This Refusal Will Have Ramifications WADA Read more [...]

Recently, the USADA issued a warning regarding supplement suppliers that are selling Ostarine, which is designed to alleviate muscle wasting symptoms. However, one doctor is wondering if President Trump might intervene and make the sale of this selective androgen receptor (which is investigational) modulator legal. At present, athletes aren't allowed to use Ostarine. The USADA (United States Anti-Doping Read more [...]

The black market sale of anabolic steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs in Singapore is absolutely booming these days, and many industry analysts believe that millions of dollars are being made in this illicit marketplace each and every single year. The sale of performance-enhancing drugs is strictly illegal in the nation of Singapore, and any dealers that are convicted of selling steroids Read more [...]

On July 13 of 2017, a man by the name of Trace Adams was sentenced to more than 10 years in prison by the judges of Victoria County after being found guilty of multiple counts of the intention to distribute controlled substances, in this case illegal and illicit steroids. According to court reports and the case brought forward by the prosecution, Mr. Adams was running any legal steroid trafficking Read more [...]

It should come as no surprise to anyone paying attention to the US War on Drugs that a lot of relatively innocent people get caught up in some rather sticky situation and then end up being punished – rather harshly – for crimes that don’t seem all that serious in retrospect. Unfortunately, for one reason or another (usually political reasons at that), a lot of these individuals find themselves Read more [...]

  Sports are a major part of society’s fabric all over the world and one of the most popular forms of entertainment. On top of that, all of the major sporting organizations and events around the world are responsible for literally trillions of dollars moving one way or another on a yearly basis, and sports are so intrinsically tied into our way of life and our way of business that it’s Read more [...]

Performance-enhancing drug (PED) testing protocols have gotten more and more stringent and more effective over the last decade or so, and nowhere is the sensitivity of these testing protocols on better display than with the IOC and WADA – the two major governing bodies responsible for making sure that every Olympic athlete is competing in a completely clean and PED free fashion. Sometimes, however, Read more [...]

According to a press release from the PGA Tour, brand-new anti-doping policies are to be implemented before the start of the 2018 season and the PGA is going to be working directly with the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) to make sure that these protocols are as advanced as any elsewhere around the world. While most don’t think of professional golf – or golf in general, for that matter – Read more [...]

Anyone that has paid attention to the international cycling community, both pre-and post Lance Armstrong, undoubtably has read all of the trouble that this sport has had in particular with performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs). One of the most intensively tested sports on the planet, apparently millions and millions of dollars are spent each year on providing athletes that cycle with the best performance-enhancing Read more [...]

According to reports, the owner and operator of a Domestic Underground Laboratory (UGL) responsible for supplying Joint Base Lewis McCord has admitted to selling and distributing steroids to US Army and other military members throughout the joint base in court documents that were filed in May 2017. Greg Cravatta, the owner and operator of this domestic underground laboratory, reportedly imported Read more [...]