U.S. Attorney for Colorado John Walsh recently made this announcement.

From Bizjournals.com:

Federal prosecutors accused Axis Labs of mail-order sales in 2008 and 2009 of a muscle-building and weight-loss product called Monster Caps, which the company purported was a dietary supplement that didn’t need to be prescribed by a doctor.

Monster Caps contained undeclared synthetic anabolic steroids and should have been sold like a regulated drug and approved for sale by Food & Drug Administration, investigators alleged.

U.S. District Judge Wiley Daniel sentenced the company that pleaded accountable to the single count on Oct. 13, 2011.

Muhammed Lawal

Lawal, the 31-year-old former Strikeforce light heavyweight champion, learned a urinalysis administered by Nevada State Athletic Commission returned positive for the anabolic steroid Drostanolone (marketed as Masteron).

From Espn.go.com:

The following day, Lawal underwent surgery to insert a new anterior cruciate ligament into his left knee — a surgery he said he paid for out of pocket because he didn’t qualify under Zuffa’s insurance policies. (According to Mike Kogan, Lawal’s manager, policy restrictions mandate the same injury can’t be covered twice within 18 months).

An All-American wrestler at Oklahoma State in 2003 before committing himself to an unsuccessful Olympic team run, Lawal, who’s never run afoul of drug-testing authorities before, is aiming to clear his name.

Lawal through his manager Kogan supplied a list of supplements to ESPN.com that he claimed were the only ones that were used in the run-up to his second round win against Lorenz Larkin in Las Vegas on Jan. 7.

The suspension came after Santos failed a drug test following her December 17th title defense against Hiroko Yamanaka.

From Mma.sbnation.com:

“Our primary concern is for the health and safety of fighters,” said CSAC Executive Officer George Dodd. “Anabolic agents and other banned substances put not only the users of those agents at risk, but their opponents as well. The commission simply will not tolerate their use.”

Santos (10-1, 1 NC), widely regarded as the top pound-for-pound female fighter in the world, initially earned her eleventh consecutive win at Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Masvidal after an 18-month layoff. In classic “Cyborg” fashion, the 26-year-old ended Yamanaka’s night swiftly and brutally, tagging her with a crushing right hook before putting any doubt to rest in just 16 seconds.

According to CSAC officials, Santos tested positive for the banned substance stanozolol.

“All I know is playing and competing against some of these guys, they’re the best — period,” he said.

From Online.wsj.com:

The Steroids Era will be the focal point of next year’s Hall ballot, when 550-plus members of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America try to assess three of the most accomplished players in the sport’s history.

For all the home runs and wins, it’s a trio tainted with accusations that their statistics were boosted by performance-enhancing drugs during a period when there were no agreed-upon penalties in baseball for the use of steroids and human growth hormone.

“It’s going to be agonizing,” BBWAA general secretary Jack O’Connell said after Tuesday’s news conference, repeating the phrase for emphasis.

“I’m not going to vote for any of the people that are linked to steroids. I could change down the road, but that’s the real strong feeling I have now,” said Hal Bodley of MLB.com, the former lead baseball writer for USA Today.

The champion tested positive for Drostanalone that is a banned steroid, according to the Nevada State Athletic Commission.

From Mmaboom.com:

A few weeks ago Strikeforce’s Cris Cyborg failed her own steroid test following a 16-second-victory over top contender Hiroko Yamanaka. Cyborg received a one year suspension for her test results, while it’s still unclear what Lawal’s punishment will be.

Both fighters were widely regarded as some of the best talent remaining on the Strikeforce roster, and it makes you wonder how much longer the Zuffa-purchased league can continue forward with these sorts of revelations.

Mike Kogan, Lawal’s manager, believes the whole thing was a mistake.

Lawal’s provided sample for his Jan. 7 fight in Las Vegas showed the presence of the anabolic steroid drostanlone, the Nevada Athletic Commission said.

From Usatoday.com:

Formerly the champion of Strikeforce’s 205-pound division, Lawal was in line for a shot at regaining the belt following his dominance of the previously unbeaten Larkin. After Tuesday’s news broke, Lawal denied trying to cheat with steroids, according to MMAjunkie.com and ESPN.com.

All fighters provide “A” and “B” urine samples during the screening process for bouts in the United States. Lawal will ask that his “B” sample be tested by another lab, said his manager, Mike Kogan.

“Both of us are very surprised by these results,” Kogan told USA TODAY. “Neither of us has ever heard of this drug. … We honestly have no clue where this came from.”

Mr. Whitaker, a federal prisoner and convicted con artist, was the lead actor in a government sting targeting Google Inc.

From Online.wsj.com:

Google acknowledged in the settlement that it had improperly and knowingly assisted online pharmacy advertisers allegedly based in Canada to run advertisements for illicit pharmacy sales targeting U.S. customers.

“We banned the advertising of prescription drugs in the U.S. by Canadian pharmacies some time ago,” the company said in its sole comment on the matter. “However, it’s obvious with hindsight that we shouldn’t have allowed these ads on Google in the first place.”

“There was a part of me that felt bad,” Mr. Whitaker wrote in his account of the undercover operation viewed by The Wall Street Journal. “I had grown to like these people.” But, he said, “I took ease in knowing they…knew it was wrong.”

Scottsboro Police Officer Chris McIllwain admitted to obtaining and illegally making use of steroids.

From Waff.com:

Also in court Monday, he was questioned as a police officer what he would do if he caught someone else in possession of illegal steroids. “We arrest them,” he said.

But in a stunning revelation, officer McIllwain admitted he told Scottsboro Police he had used steroids in his pre-employment application.

WAFF 48 asked Chief Ralph Dawe to comment.  Here’s how the conversation went.

Want to talk to us chief?

“Ah, no thank you not today, said Chief Dawe.

“You knew, you guys knew he was using steroids when you hired him.”

The Scottsboro Police Department was made aware of the officer’s use when he was hired four years ago.

Neil Patterson Hartley, 58, was taken into custody at the Mickey Beer Bar on Soi Buakaow Nov. 4.

From Pattayamail.com:

Among the contraband were sexual-performance drugs Kamagra jelly, Levitra, and Viagra. Police said several of these were branded copies of the actual drug. Also in the office were sleeping pills and stronger sedatives such as diazepam. Most were packed in bottles or envelopes ready for distribution. Investigators also uncovered a cache of illegal steroids, including HG521c.

Hartley was charged with purchase, concealment and distribution of illegal narcotics, import-export violations, pharmaceutical-license offenses and working without a work permit.

Bangkok Crime Suppression Division investigators discovered a pharmacy’s worth of drugs being packaged for overseas distribution in a later raid of his View Talay 6 condominium office.

Dr. Jared R. Brosch and Dr. Meredith R. Golomb of Indiana University School of Medicine evaluated case studies of teen football players who suffered a stroke and found some potential causes for the disease in young football athletes, including increased hyperventilation, repeated neurological injury, and use of anabolic steroids.

From Upi.com:

The study authors point out the increase in obesity presents a two-fold risk, as it not only increases the force of impacts among the players, but also the likelihood for other stroke risk factors such as hypertension.

“Two of our subjects had mild hypertension, but were too young to have had the many years of exposure that would lead to chronic vascular injury,” Brosch and Golomb said in a statement.

The findings were published in the Journal of Child Neurology.