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C o n s t a b l e P a t K o k e s c h i s c u r r e n t l y i n v o l v e d i n t h e fi g h t
a g a i n s t s t e r o i d t r a f fi c k i n g a s p a r t o f a fi v e - p e r s o n R C M P
drug squad in Chilliwack.
" O n e h a s t o r e m e m b e r , a d e a l e r ' s m o t i v a t i o n i s m o n e y, y o u r
well-being is of no concern to him," he said.
"The RCMP in Saskatchewan recently took down an organization
whieh used human urine in the product they sold as a
steroid. Individuals in this case wound up with lesions on
v a r i o u s p a r t s o f t h e i r b o d y.
" A g r o u p w e w o r k e d o n i n Va n c o u v e r w a s a c t u a l l y u s i n g
Armorol and selling it as a steroid product.
"Steroids do not get the same attention as other drugs. But
t h e d e a l e r s a r e e v e r y b i t a s r u t h l e s s a n d v i c i o u s a s a n y,
t h e p r o fi t s a s h i g h a n d t h e r i s k s t o t h e u s e r p o p u l a t i o n c a n
be as addictive and dangerous as other illicit drugs."
Crown Counsel David McLellan has prosecuted several steroid
t r a f fi c k e r s i n t h e l a s t fi v e y e a r s . H e h a s y e t t o s e e a
p r i s o n t e r m h a n d e d d o w n f o r s t e r o i d t r a f fi c k i n g .
I n h i s e x p e r i e n c e , p u n i s h m e n t f o r s t e r o i d t r a f fi c k e r s h a s
ranged from a minimum of a conditional discharge for one
seizure involving $10,000 worth of steroids to a maximum of
a $ 5 , 0 0 0 fi n e a n d t h r e e y e a r s ' p r o b a t i o n . I n t h a t p a r t i c u l a r
case, more than $35,000 worth of steroids was seized.
T h e m a x i m u m p e n a l t y a v a i l a b l e t o j u d g e s f o r a t r a f fi c k e r
convicted on indictment is 10 years imprisonment.
"Penalties seem to vary from province to province," said
McLellan.
"In Quebec I've heard of lengthy jail terms being imposed.
Here, it's not dealt with as seriously as cocaine or
heroine. It's treated a bit like marajuana.
"Probation can be effective though, because the offender is
not allowed to go anywhere near a gym or competitions, which
hurts them pretty hard."
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A poll conducted just prior to the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics reveled that 55 per cent
of the 198 athletes questioned, would bo roady-to take a drug w&efc-would kill them
five years later, if it would guarantee them Gold.
Athletes taking supplements for a competitive edge can be traced to the Ancient
Greeks, but^ it's likejyjioj ajtatistjc Pierre de Coubertin could have imagined when he
introduced the modern Olympics a century ago.
In August, some participants at the 26th Olympiad in Atlanta will be competing for
much more than medals. The commercial rewards from winning have never been
greater. The pressure to succeed, never stronger. The incentives for athletes to push
themselves harder are unparalleled.
So is the urge to cheat.
Just as that urge pervades so many sports so does the race to combat methods of
cheating. Caught up in that race will be athletes who, unwittingly or naievely tresspass
the fine line between acceptable sports medicine and banned substances.
It's an ironic twist that a smiling picture of rower Silken Laumann holding a medal,
adorns one of the pages in the Canadian Centre for Drug-Free Sport's "Spirit of Sport
Guide". Less than a year after the booklet was published, at the Pan-American Games
in Argentina, Laumann tested positive for the banned substance ephedrine,
consumed, unwittingly, according to Laumann, when she was taking the decongestant
Benadryl for a cold. H: > ~^-
As the circumstances surrounding Laumann's "one mistake" varied wildly to Ben
Johnson's eight years of steroid taking, so did the aftermaths. Johnson's reputation
was all but destroyed. Laumann's remains largely intact. Common to both athletes
though, is that both were stripped of their medals.
That Johnson got away with steroid taking for so long is less shocking now, than how
Laumann managed to ingest a banned substance under the guidance of a doctor, one
of 20 medical staff that accompanied the Canadian team to Argentina.
If screwing up is that simple, might it happen again in Atlanta?
"If you want to win...then you must take anabolic steroids." Charlie Francis, (coach
to Ben Johnson) to the Dubin Commission.
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Dr Doug Clement has one word to sum up the atmosphere in which athletes currently
must keep apace of the growing list of banned substances.
"Chaos. For the innocent user, it is absolute chaos," says Clement, co-director of the
Allan McGavin Sports Medicine Centre at UBC and a founding member of the
Richmond Kajaks.
"It can be hazardous and extremely embarrassing for an athlete to foul up. The Silken
Laumann affair was a foul up from day one and they chose to make an example of
her."
In its 35 years of existance, the Richmond Kajaks have never had one of its athletes
test positive for a banned substance.
"But the potential for someone to inadvertantly test positive is definately there," says
Clement.
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At 6ft plus and built like a defensive lineman, Constable Barry Hicks is not the sort of
man you'd refuse a jellybean from when he offered one.
"Go on take one," he says, waving a pack under my nose.
As someone who knows the Lower Mainland's black market steroid business better
than most, Hicks is fond of offering the odd Jellybean to media or anyone else
interested in his field.
"The point being that you've no reason to doubt that they are what I say they are
because they look and taste like jellybeans," says Hicks, reaching for a large
cardboard box.
One by one, Hicks takes out smaller containers of different sizes, inside each one
miniature bottles of Delatest Cypionate, Methandrostenolene, Dianabol, Winstrol V
and in snap-off caps, Deca-durabolin. There are pre-loaded needles too.
Each container, with its packaging, bares the name and quantity of the liquid inside,
complete with convincingly authentic pharmaceutical company logo.
What appears to be a steroid-users' dream-come-true is actually a toxic nightmare.
"Our lab has shown almost all of these to be toxic," says Hicks. "But unless you had
your own lab you could never know what's in these containers. They've done a perfect
job on the packaging, the bottles and the labels. Perfect. It shows just how much
money is behind them." > /
"They" are the traffickers, a breed of ^scum^Hicks knows well through the network of
agents and informers he built up over seven years in RCMPs drugs section. He has
provided expert testimony to the B.C. Supreme Court and his in-depth knowledge has
been used by the Canadian Centre for Drug-Free Sport in revamping legislation
concerning the possession/trafficking of anabolic steroids.
"Counterfeit steroids make up between 80 and 90 per cent of the steroid black market
supply," says Hicks.
"Part of the reason people are so directly motivated to sell anabolic steroids in the first
place is because there's so much money to be made without the risks attached to
selling cocaine or heroin.
"They realize they can further maximize their profits by not even selling the real thing."
The mark up on previous transactions involving anabolic steroids that Hicks had
investigated, indicated profits ranging from 100 to 500 per cent.
However, producers of fraudulent steroids, whose only outlay would be covering the
cost of labels, bottles and liquid, could expect profits of 1,000 per cent or more since, in
most cases, no actual drug would be involved.
The lure of huge profits from relatively low-risk trafficking attracted the attention of
disgraced former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega in the 1980s.
A million dollars from Noriega helped start up the Milano Lab in Tijuana, Mexico,
renowned as the world's largest supplier of fraudulent steroids unit it was shut down in
1989.
Hicks is familiar with a whole range of steroid counterfeiting, some bizarre to the
layman, some stomach-churning. One group of operators would truck the steroid
Winstrol (Stanazol^the banned substance Ben Johnson tested positive for in 1988)
from Mexico to Canada. The product would be mixed with Armorol, otherwise used to
shine car tires, for counterfeit use on the black market.
Through a source, Hicks was told of a smaller-scale counterfeit operation where the
liquid for fraudulent steroids was being prepared in a bath tub. Those involved were
spitting and emptying their nasal passages into the liquid.
The black market for steroids is worldwide and unhindered by international borders.
Police investigations show there have also been thriving sources for anabolic steroids
well within Canada's borders, from physicians, pharmacists and veterinarians.
"Veterinarians were particularly prevalent in the black market," says Hicks. "That's not
to say all veterinarians were putting steroids out there but some were and it still goes
on."
Hicks plays a legally obtained wire tap of a telephone conversation between a doctor
and the trafficker he is helping to supply with steroids for the black market. The doctor
is woken by the trafficker and explains he is trying to catch up on sleep having just
delivered a baby. The pair go on to discuss supplies and packaging the product.
Why would a white-collar professional, commanding a good salary, be involved in the
underworld of black market steroids?
The doctor in question was earning approximately $500,000 a year from it. After being
arrested and charged by Hicks, the individual subsequently walked away scott free,
since steroids at that time fell under Schedule F of the Federal Food and Drugs Act.
Steroids have since been moved to Schedule G and are subject to more punitive
penalties. To Hicks it's a move in the right direction but he says has seen little
evidence of stiffer penalties.
Hicks was already working in the RCMP's drugs' section when he was approached in
the gym by an individual who eventually became an informant.
"I was lifting, myself. I was in their world. I got talking to a guy who said, look, I know
you're a cop - he opened up a world for us."
Through his connections in the gym, Hicks is well aware of the motivations of black
market steroid users.
"I have an agent, he's been a steroid user for 10 years. I ask him, do you ever get off
them (steroids) and he says, 'I just lessen the cycle'. To him getting steroids is not an
option.
"! hear comments like, Mf I'm not on steroids, why should I train? And get this one: 'He
who dies with the biggest coffin, wins.' That's a direct quote, that is what we are
dealing with."
Aside from the familiar reasons for steroid use, Hicks is aware of more concerning
motives.
"I read a testimonial of a teen from the U.S. who confessed the main reason for his
steroid use was to acquire Roid Rage and that a group of his friends were all in the
same mind set."
Roid Rage is a side effect of anabolic steroids, an uncontrollable rage triggered by the
slightest agitation in some users. That rage has been linked to subsequent fatalities in
the U.S. In the Lower Mainland, Hicks reels off the details of murders, untimely deaths
and suicides a!i related to seliing steroids, ingesting steroids and suffering steroids'
side effects.
"I also know steroid users have contracted AIDS from dirty needles."
After seven years immersed in the underworld of steroid trafficking, Hicks moved to the
RCMP's traffic division in North Vancouver where he is a collision analyst.
His expertise is still called upon, most recently at a Building Better Work Places
conference in Prince George last month, organized by the Northern B.C. Business
Council.
Though still in touch with his network of informants and agents Hicks has little desire to
return to drug enforcement.
"Trying to change the law. the attitudes of judges is too frustrating," he says. "I would
rather work in prevention, with kids. You need awareness with kids, you must have
some knowledge and credibility is vital. I'd like to show kids realistic short term goals,
show them the importance of diet, sleep and remind them of longevity and that they
can work out for decades.
"Rather than disappear after a couple of years."
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Richmond, B.C.
The 1996 Track and Field season is approaching very fast. Mt. Sac Relays will test our
preparation for this very exiting Summer. Coaching staff is encouraging athletes to take
part in this prestigious competition. At Mt. Sac Relays you can expect great weather,
very competitive field events and running races. This competition is very well known all
over the world.
Accommodation- hotel - tba, Kajaks club will reserve some number of rooms. Athletes
will be responsible for room payments. Hotel will be located in walking distance from
track facilities, Shuttle service to/from Ontario airport / must be scheduled in advance/.
Club support - entry fee for all athletes, assistance in travel and accommodation
/apply Kajaks performance standards - International, Varsity, Senior/
Who is eligible for club support - athlete must be a member of the club. Middle distance
runners must be paid members of High Performance Center.
Deadlines - club entry deadline by the end of February. Please let Marek know about your
travel itinerary and the length of your stay by the end of March. Entries after these
deadlines will not be accepted.
COMPETITION OPTION
April 13, 1996 UofCal Invitational /San Diego/
This group of athletes will stay and practice in San Diego and then move to Mt. Sac.
For more information talk to Marek - 822-6259
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1. The following report is my opinion on the above noted file. I have commented
on the Steroid Black Market and how it functions.
2. I have also explained how anabolic Androgenic Steroids work and what side
effects are consistent with the use of it.
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c 1. WHAT IS THE STEROID BLACK MARKET?
In general the Steroid Black Market is the purchase and sale of anabolic steroids
and counterfeit product obtained in an illegal manner. This arket is world vide
and is unhindered by international borders. These items will travel from Europe,
South America, Central America, Asia and the U.S.A. and find their way into Canada.
Seizures by Police, informant information and literature support this claim.
Steroids travel into Canada via Parcel Post, smuggled in vehicles, trucks, body
packs, all methods that are consistent with the importation of cocaine and heroin.
Informant information from confirmed reliable sources states that the seizures made
by police and customs do not reflect the magnitude of the amount of product finding
its way into Canada. From police investigation it has been confirmed that there
have been sources of anabolic steroids from within our borders as well.
Some of these sources are physicians, veterinarians and pharmacists. This is not to
say that all physicians, pharmacists and veterinarians are supplying steroids but
that some have.
One would question why these types of people of the upper and upper middle class
would get involved in such an endeavour.
From my research the answer is quite clear. The financial rewards in selling
steroids and fraudulent steroids is staggering. One individual that I had
L investigated and charged was earning approximately $500,000.00 per annum in this
market. The ironic thing at that time was that a majority of his steroids were
fraudulent. Steroids at that time fell under Schedule MF" and subsequently there
was no "holding out to be" provision. This individual walked away scott free.
It has been estimated that the Steroid Black Market in the U.S.A. is over one
billion dollars for annum. It would be conservative to say that the Black Market
in Canada is a multi million dollar business.
The unfortunate reality with fraudulent steroids is that they are usually
manufactured in unsanitary conditions and on occasion the products used have been
found to be toxic. It is hypothesised that fraudulent steroids are more of a
health risk than actual steroids.
In one report I had read living spores had been placed in fraudulent injectable -Y-/ vaa^uAxCQ.
steroids in an attempt by the manufacturer to be humorous.
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As the steroid user continues to use one type of steroid the receptor site becomes
tired and the muscle growth will slow or stop. This leads the user to think that
he is not taking enough of the drug so he takes more. Unfortunately for the user
this does not rectify the lack of results but will only enhance the side effects.
Due to this problem, steroid users get into a method of drug -injectlccn called
"Stacking". This means the user will use several types of steroids all at once or
staggered over the length of a "cycle" of use.
The desired effect is that more receptor sites are stimulated by the different
drugs and to avoid the sites from becoming fatigued.
To explain this in more depth one would compare the receptor sites as different
types of holes shaped as squares, circles and triangles and only the circle can fit
into the circle and so on. The different types of steroid molecules are the same,
shaped as triangles, squares and circles and are looking for the right hole to fit
in. This is a very simplistic explanation of how steroids work on the body and a
biochemist would be required for further explanation of the receptor steroid
complex and binding to the nuclear D.N.A. (Deoxyribonucleic Acid) and subsequent
bonding with the RNA (Ribonucleic Acid). Attached are numerous types of cycles
used by steroid users. The term cycle refers to a period of time that a steroid
user is on the drug or drugs.
c growth of muscle. This is not the only reason why someone uses steroids. There
are many spin offs to this muscle or body shape enhancement. They are the feelings
of self confidence, to be more appealing to the opposite sex, vanity, and in some
cases the enjoyment of "Roid Rage".
I have read a testimonial of a teen from the U.S.A. that confessed the main reason
for the steroid use was to acquire "Roid Rage" and that a group of his friends were
all in the same mind set.
The other more familiar reasons for steroid use is to improve performance in sport.
The sports vary from track and field to weight lifting, hockey and football. The
most predominant sport for steroid use is body building.
There has never been a sport tested by the Canadian Centre for drug free sport that
has had more positive tests for anabolic steroids than body building.
Steroid use has spread from the adult to the youth. A recent study by the Canadian
Centre for drug free sport confirmed wide spread use by high school students. The
report stated that youths 11-18 consuming steroids in the last twelve months across
Canada numbered at 83,000. 53% for sport and 47% for body image. Steroids have
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The body produces a counter regulatory hormone called Cortisol. When protein is
synthesized there is usually the same amount of break down in the muscle produced
by Cortisol. It is hypothesized that the Cortisol is suppressed by Clenbuterol
resulting in it being considered as an anti-catabolic drug. Therefore, this would
mean that due to a lack of breaking down the muscle tissue, the muscle will
enlarge.
The basis for this hypothesis is with respect to a patient who had had a limb in a
cast. The patient was placed on Clenbuterol for the duration the cast was worn
Upon removing the cast 80 + % of the muscle still remained. This percentile of
muscle retention was by far more than would have been retained if the druq had not
been utilized.
The side effects of Clenbuterol are headaches, nervous tremors of the hands and
sleeplessness. The drug is injected in a two day on two day off regiment. It is
reported to have been taken over long periods of time in that fashion without any
lasting side effects to date. Further studies must be done though as some feel
anyone with high blood pressure, asthma, diabetic and heart irregularities may be
at risk of further complications.
The usual dosage is 60-120 megs per day. I have been advised by informants of abuse
to the point of 240 megs per day by some users.
One problem with this drug is that it as well is counterfeited like steroids. A
pill of Clenbuterol is made up of 20 megs of Clenbuterol and 100 ag of Niacin. The
fraudulent Clenbuterol would only be made up of Niacin therefore the user would
experience the "Niacin Flush" and would think he's injecting the real thing.
This is an Italian water base steroid and has only one use in the body building
market. It is used as a muscle inflammatory at the injection site. This will
allow the muscle to appear larger but the effect is temporary. Esiclene is used on
smaller muscles such as biceps, calves and rear deltoids. This effect of muscle
enlargement lasts for approximately 20 to 30 hours. The drug is taken for
approximately 5 days prior to a body building contest. One injection is usually 1
to 2 cc.
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(1) Sodium Retention - which produce Edema (puffiness and swelling of tissues
due to excessive water retention). This water retention could lead to
severe high blood pressure. Excessive water retention is a sign of heart
disease.
(2) Acne - steroids will produce more oil in the body resulting in the
formation of Acne. Some users suffer from Acne to the extreme. Others
are not effected at all.
(4) Aggression - steroids will cause men, women and teens to be susceptible to
this side effect. Most can control this aggression but some go all the
way suffering from "Roid Rage". In some cases this Roid Rage has resulted
in severe beatings to homicide.
C heart disease.
(7) Enlarged heart - on occasion long term steroid use may develop into
cardiac hypertrophy. This condition can be very dangerous. Some symptoms
of the condition is laboured breathing, heart palpitations and high blood
pressure.
(8) Virilization - this is side effects obtained by women while using anabolic
steroids. This term refers to women acquiring male characteristics. The
following is a list of these side effects:
- deepening of the voice
- clitoral enlargement
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Refer to the attached cycles provided. These cycles are standard within the
Steroid Black Market. There are variances with users, some will use more than the
recommended dosages and some will utilize less.
If the heaviest cycle was cons_idefed this being the six week mini cycle, there was
364 tabs of oral steroids Mijefced, 13 cc's/lOOmg of DECA and 15cc's/50mg of
Equipoise, totalling 2,050Sirgis7 The cycle ran over 16 weeks with 8,000 units of
HCG injected in total, covering weeks 7,8, 15 & 16.
If we took this to the extreme and doubled the dosage the result would be 728
tabs, 4,100mgs of injectable and with 16,000 units of HCG.
With this cycle doubled in dosageaxid^ the user was to utilize two cycles per year
a total of 1,456 tabs would be irijeced and 8,200mgs injectable with 32,000 units
of HCG- Til&rffcJ
To reiterate this is taking the heaviest cycle and doubling the dosages to
accomodate excessive use.
With respect to the human chorionic Gonadotrohin. There was a total of 200,000
units seized. Therefore if the extreme dosage of 32,000 units per annum were
utilized, this supply would last 6.25 years.
C With respect to the oral steroids there was 8,975 tabs seized. If the doubled
dosage is utilized from the heaviest cycle provided this supply would last 6.16
years.
With respect to the injectable steroids. I again utilize the heaviest cycle
provided, this being 13cc of DECA lOOmg/cc equaling l,300mg and 15cc's of
equipoise 50mg/cc equaling 750 mg. Total mg of injectables utilized is 2,050 mg
per cycle. If this is doubled to accommodate excessive use, there would be a
total of 4,100 mg utilized per cycle. If two 16 week cycles were completed in a
year 8,200mg would be consumed per annum.
There was a total of 213,000 ugs seized of Clenbuterol. The normal dose of
Clenbuterol ranges from 60-120 micrograms daily. The standard cycle of
Clenbuterol is two days on and two days off. The reason why the two days on two
days off regiment is maintained is to avoid receptor down grade. As I have
previously stated in this report, I have received informant information stating a
maximum of Clenbuterol being injested is 240 micrograms daily. If the 240
micrograms is utilized being the extreme, a total of 43,800 micrograms per year
would be taken. Therefore there is a 4.8 year supply of Clenbuterol.
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With respect to the Esiclene there was a total of 60cc seized. It would be taken
one amp or 2cc per bicept for 5 days prior to a body building contest. Therefore
one cycle would consume 20cc per cycle. Therefore there is enough product for 3
cycles.
With respect to quantity alone I would not say Esiclene is for the purposes of
trafficking. When the score sheets are added into the equation then they could
have been or sale.
COHCLUSIOBS
I have no hesitation in coming to the conclusion that the individual having the
steroids, syringes, human Chorionic Gonadotophn, Clomiphene/Taaoxifen, Clenbuterol
in his possession, had it so for the Purposes of Trafficking.
The quantities far exceed what would be in someone's possession for personal use.
The score sheets also confirm this, which I had stated earlier is a strong
indicator in showing steroids in someone's possession that are for sale. The
profit margins are also consistent in most instance compared to other steroid
t r a f fi c k e r s .
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1 2 ub/day lLi >/ cc/wk combination of Stem, a very androgenic testosterone blend, and Primobolan
2 3 ub/day ^ 'A- cc/wk Depot, a Mexican made steroid which is primarily anabolic. About halfway
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time. He opted to use the Primobolan throughout the 12 week cycle to
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get the effects of an androgenic steroid. This user reported fantastic results
from this relatively simple cycle pattern.
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Anabolic Steroids
Athletes who do use steroids and actually increase their muscle size and
strength do so as a result of two factors: a) they have probably been
training harder, and b) the belief that the drug will produce the desired
effect; thus the "placebo" effect takes place. A placebo contains no
medical
benefit and is used more for a psychological relief for the perceived
problem. The athlete believes that the drug is doing all the work but,
actually, they are training harder which is producing the desired effects.
It has also been noted that the use of steroids to gain muscle and strength
does not necessarily mean the strengthening of tendons and ligaments.
This
imbalance could result in a serious injury.
There are over 70 side effects of steroid use ranging from liver cancer to
acne. The liver, cardiovascular and reproductive systems are the hardest
hit
by steroids. Effects also encompass psychological reactions. These
reactions
include depression and aggressive behavior often called "roid rage." Side
effects may not show up for years, such as heat attacks or strokes, and
some
may not be recognized, such as stunted growth. Other effects include:
* Acne
* Cancer
* Cholesterol increase
* Heart disease
* Water retention
* High blood pressure
* Jaundice
* Liver disease
* Male pattern baldness
* Shrunken testicles
* Prostrate enlargement
* Sterility
* Stunted growth
* Kidney damage
Listed below are additional side effects that users may experience.
Conclusion
Today, efforts are being taken to deter the use of steroids. The Food and
Drug Administration, the U.S. Justice Department and the Customs Service
are
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up in the gym there would always be a handful of guys that did it. There were a couple
of guys that made it to the CFL I blew my knee in Sept. 92 and I remember at Langara,
the year before I came to the States I did a paper on athletes and steroids. I have
nothing against athletes using them to come back from an Injury. About 95% of the
guys taking it are doing it because they want to look good. It pisses me off. I've thought
long and hard about doing it. For 10 years I haven't done it. People think I have but
anyone who knows me, knows I haven't. It's only now I'm getting good size and
strength. Right now I'm not concentrating on running, I'm concentrating on weight. I got
tested after Ben Johnson when I was playing junior football.Casey Smith is head of
football at UBC. It used to be Frank (Smith). A guy called Andy Sidhu got nailed for
steroids. The team was told if anyone else gets nailed for this we shut down the
football program. I guess they couldn't afford the bad publicity. I got tested playing for
the Raiders and had to go to UBC to give my sample. Friend Jason Corday 2641610
(All Western Canadian). He's been tested three times at UBC. All across Canada, they
came down hard after Ben Johnson. The NCA tests here. They nailed 14 guys last
year and 10 more guys since then. They've been doing the rounds. I would say the %
of users is a little bigger at bigger programmes. The school up the road - University of
South Dakota, we hate those guys. They just tested there and 6 guys got nailed for
steroids. On every team there's your drinkers, your pot smokers and steroid users. I
guess, on average, playing with about 50 guys -150 in the last three years, I think
maybe three to five guys were using them. From talking to older guys it seems as
though it was more prevalent in the 1980s. I was a barman at Kits Pub, I knew a
bodybuilder there that took them. I know a lot of guys who take it and sell it. There's a
lot of fake stuff out there too, if you want it. I don't know if you get anything real any
more. A lot of stuff coming into Vancouver, would come from Nanaimo or Victoria,
before that Calgary. Dr Coleman downtown would monitor guys taking it. He was big
into monitoring guys taking it. I've heard so many people say I've done it or I'm doing it,
well I'm not. Why not? When I think about it, I'm in college and it's bad enough I'm four
years older than some of these seniors here. I don't need it. Who knows In the next
year though. It's my career. I'm not going to say I'm going to hop on the wagon. I've
read a lot about it. It really is a tough issue. It's my job. From talking to the guys at
Hamilton I hear some stories. They tell me about the guy I'm supposed to be replacing,
he's a 13 year vet. Duing the season he drops down to about 250 lbs then comes back
into training camp 290lbs, well I wonder what he's been taking. The big thing with guys
here, to be honest, is not steroids, but pot and coke. If you make it to the NFL, there are
team doctors, trainers and they can help out getting around it, masking it. If and when I
decide I might do it I would want it to be monitored by a doctor. I used to be a doorman
at the Fraser Arms when I was 18. There was a guy there who would take
unbelievable amounts of the stuff. He was so stupid. His eyes were yellow, he had
jaundice, it was awful. I would want to do it properly and get monitored by a doctor so it
wouldn't be life or death if I didn't take it again. I must have known a 100 guys who've
taken steroids in the last 10 years easily. There's no doubt it can work. It's in your first
cycle you get the best gains, you gain anything between 15-30, even 45 lbs gained. It
depends how much you take and over what period. Creatine Monohydride is the latest
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TV Sports Commentator & Host
- Co-Host of CBC-TV News Magazine Program "CYCLE!" a nationwide series (1993 '94 '95)
Professional Speaker (Workshops, Seminars & Keynote Speaker)
Representative for various youth oriented programs (The Esteem Team/Special Olympics)
N.G.U. Consultants - President - Sports & Media Consulting
Creator & Producer of "No Laughing Matter" - A fund raiser for Breast Cancer Research
AWARDS OF DISTINCTION
- Governor General's Award, 1992 : awarded for community service
John F. Bassett Award, 1991 : for outstanding community work and sporting excellence
Olympic Champion Award, 1985
Men & Women of Mines for Academic & Athletic Achievement, at University of Texas, El Paso (UTEP)
B.C. Track & Field Athlete of the Year (1990 '91)
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B.A. Psychology. 1985 - University of Texas, El Paso (Athletic Scholarship)
Fluent in German
I think most athletes go by the handbook. Not everyone is aware that over the past few
years there's more information given to athletes to let them be aware. It changes
yearly. There are drugs being tested as we speak. There are a lot of things that need to
be looked at. Athletes have access to a drug free sport 1-800 hotline. They can give
you enough info if you're unsure. The onus is on the athlete to stick to the medication
that's acceptable.
It's important to give due cause, it's important to hear both sides of stories. We need to
be as strong enough as possible. It's important to have a very tough stance, to make
us more responsible and think twice about using the manual, it gives athletes all the
information they need. The circumstances should fit the amount of years demanded.
You have to weight each situation. During competition, Europeans last summer I was
tested three times in one month. On average I guess its 5 to 6 times a year. I don't have
a problem with it. I think it's great that they are. I vent my frustration at those athletes
that do cheat by being part of the system to clean up sport.. I am an athlete board
member of drug free sport which makes me even more diligent if an athlete comes to
me. I really believe in the process to clean up sport. In the long run the Ben Johnson
affair was a good thing. We have to get back to the intrinsic values in sport, that it's not
about winning at all costs. Sport has a lot of problems, violence, eating disorders,
there's a whole gamut of problem. We need to teach those intrinsic values of sport to
young people.
Bruce Deacon
While I think what happened to Silken Laumann was tragic, I was shocked someone of
her experience made that kind of a mistake. The onus is on you to do your homework.
You cannot take it lightly. You can't throw away all your hard work by being careless.
It's tragic for something like a cold medication to do that. These people are not being
punished for stimulants or masking but for having a cold. I was tested last in
December, downtown. The real tragedy of the whole thing is that drug testing is not
tight enough or researched enough. They went out to test the Kajaks at UBC after the
nationals, a Thursday night which is a reduced training night o a lot of people don't
turn up, especially after the nationals. They came to test four athletes who ended up
being young athletes who hadn't even gone to the Nationals, a bunch of high school
distance runners - what a waste of cash. I think it's great they do it but to do it unaware
that no one shows up after Nationals, find out when they're there, don't spend all that
money. They amount of warning they gave me was far too long. Sure, it's a great
inconvenience but they should say within two hours we're coming to test you. 36 hours
is a lot of time. I've heard of Europeans being hospitalized after taking diretics to get
themselves cleaned out. There was a British thrower before the Commonwealth
Games who got himself hospitalized in Victoria because he had taken so many
laxatives. The rules are not tight enough. In December I ran against a Polish guy who
had already been banned twice for drug use. I mean, come on, once may be a
mistake, but twice is for life. First he was nailed for steroids. He said his dentist had
given him some steroidal cream. Next time it was after he had drunk some herbal tea.
I'm afraid I have little sympthy. The trouble is, sports own international sporting
federations can overrule bans anway. There are too many holes. It's discouraging, if
you are an athlete who has decided that being able to look at yourself in the mirror at
the end of a competition is more important than the colour of the medal around your
neck. Two years is a slap on the wrist. If we are going to make a dent in this problem
then we have to be a lot stronger. Anyone caught using steroids should have any past
records scrubbed from the record books.
I was lifting, myself. I was in their world. I got to talking with a guy who said, look I know
you're a cop - he opened up a world for us. It's started by informants. I used to powerlift
until I tore a quad. The sport of lifting weights is not a bad thing, it's healthy - there's
just people who taint it - they know they'll be fine, as far as I know the American?
Powerlift Federation??? does not test and the International Powerlifting Federation
tests but you've got an idea who to suspect, you can flush prior to testing, it would be
out of their system.
I'm a real advocate of vitmin use, vitamin C, antioxidants, cleansing the system, vitamin
B for stress - there's nothing wrong with vitamin use, with a consistent diet it's as good
as you can do. You don't grow when you train, you grow when you sleep. I've always
been big into sport, started in the force back in Regina. Training is the best stress
reliever you can possibly have. Because I'm clean I know I can train till I die if I want,
that's the best part about being clean. I hear comments from my informers, like
"If I'm not on steroids, why should I train?
"He who dies with the biggest coffin, wins" - that's a direct quote, that's what we are
dealing with.
Operators are trucking it from Mexico to Canada, bringing it up in small allotments,
mixing Winstrol with Armorol (used for shining tires) for counterfeit use on the back
market. I know of a 22-year-old die of a heart attack from steroid use. He was dieting
so hard for a big bodybuilding contest, depleting his protein. The body starts
synthesizing protein very fast, seeking protein. What happens is the body starts
feeding off the organs which made his heart weak.
Hicks also knows of steroid users on North Shore, dieing of cancer and two suicides,
one drove off a road deliberately and the other shot himself. I also know steroid users
have contracted AIDS from dirty needles.
Hicks plays a legal wire tap recording of a conversation between a doctor/trafficker
and a trafficker. The doctor is woken by the trafficker, he's trying to catch up on sleep
having just delivered a baby. They discuss supplies and packaging them. Hicks also
has a big box of pre-loaded needles, counterfeit bottles, complete with authentic
labels, boxes, company logos - "unless you had you're own lab, you would never
know what's in these containers - most of them are toxic Delatest Cypionate,
Methandrostenolene, Dianabol, Winstrol V, Deca-durabolin in snap-off caps (fake).
Let's face it, if you'veNoriega behind you, the packaging equipment and the money to
do it, why not.
Testosterone?winstrol, growth hormone, methandrostone, sustinane, parabolin, all
these were around when I started 10 years ago, they're still around. Clomide (fertility
drug) Novodex, anti-estrogen, proviron.
I would rather work with kids than in enforcement, trying to change judge's attitudes is
too frustrating. Trying to change kids naturally, drug free training facilities, diet, sleep,
realistic goals, give them an idea of realistic short term goals and remind them of
longevity and that they can work out for decades rather than disappear after a couple
of years.
Jellybean test
Hicks is now a collision analyst in RCMP traffic.
Barry Hicks, 15 years in the force, a competitor in the World Police and Fire Fames
The Food and Drug Act is broken into different schedules. Each schedule covers
different things. Steroids used to fall under F which carried inadequate penalties,
before it was moved to schedule G.
It's part of the reason people are so directly motivated to sell AS, they're motivated to
sell because there's so much money to be made without the risk of cocaine. Vets were
very prevalent in the black market. Steroids for veteranarian use didn't come over to
schedule G ...or not contact B.C. Veteranarian Medical Association - Ms llona
Ruie or Dr Leung - 266 3441. The movement of F to G followed the Dubin inquiry.
Doctors under the College of Physicians and Surgeons - there has to be a medical
need to prescribe steroids, which entails prescriptions in triplicate. Darryl Beere 733
7758.
Other ret: Anabolic Reference Guide, 6th issue 1990 Nathanial Philips
Better Health Magazine 1992 "Muscle Drugs and Dough"
Sports Illustrated - Jul 91, Lyle Alzado "I'm Sick and I'm Scared"
In the mid 80s it was rampant in society - worse than ever before. It's ironic, after the
whole Ben Johnson affair, an information line was set up and a lot of the people
calling it wanted to know where they could get what BJ had been on, (Stanazol)
people who saw it as intriguing rather than illegal. It's like AIDS, it's not going to
happen to me kind of thing. I have an agent, he's been a setroid user for 10 years. I
ask him, do you ever get off them, he says I never get off them, I just lessen the cycle.
He c doesn't even consider it an option to get off them. Brian Clavier said, "If you
consider the mind and the brain as being one and the same, then physical and
psychological addiction is one and the same - therefore a psychological addiction is a
physical addiction.
I've seen deaths occur over steroid trafficking, deaths in the Lowe Mailand - Roger
Daggit, a hitman taking other turf. A guy was shot strongarming for bikers. Steroid
traffickers know they can expect considerably less punishment than cocaine traffickers.
I haven't seen much punishment at all. It's still happening, vets are still putting it out
there.
Hicks recently returned from Prince George where he spoke at a conference about
drug abuse in the work place, organized by businesses there worried about the
problem.
You need awareness with kids, you must have some knowledge and credibility is vital.
Show them how to acquire results naturally, what is realistic and how to achieve goals.
I look at Muscle and Fitness magazines...
When I was competing I would make sure I eat properly, work out two or three days a
week and the rest of the time I would rest. You get guys who work six days a week, two
or three hours a day - how the hell do you ever heal, there's no time. When you look at
mags like that the only recourse appears to be drug use. But they so don't use drugs
but here's the pictures - it's a contradiction in terms.
Undercover operations - introduced by agents through community policing or RCMP
agents
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- an agent eventually testifies and is relocated with his/her identity changed.
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we are constantly inventing our body (Descamps, 1986), own greatness"to use Dr. Kerr's questionable expression
Itatingly molding it to fit the current image of beauty (1982).
diets of all kinds, fasts, facelifts, liposuctions, cosmetic The real tragedy would be if sport became so closely
involved in the public consciousness with drugs that it would
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paction surgery, hair transplants, tattoos, tanning sessions, cease to be considered a viable alternative to medication for
the attainment and maintenance of well-being. In light of
[ fells, car piercing, high heels, corsets, the application of
ajjrnetics and nail polish, the use of muscle-toning and body the above sociological considerations, we as a society clearly
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We are ready to submit our bodies to what we hear existing situation.
ntselvescall real torture and self-denial in pursuit of beauty,
The Authentic Practice
tccess, and the promise of ultimate self-fulfillment. The The Values of Sport and Competition
flUng of anabolic steroids in gyms and bodybuilding studios
"Absolutely absurd!" This is what Andy Higgins, track and
Jj but another means of molding one's body toward the
: pursuit of these goals. It is but another means of becoming field coach at the University of Toronto, said of the Canadian
mique, separate from the ordinary, and superior to all approach to sport in his testimony at the Dubin Inquiry.
lofiafh/ctes, that is, ''those who don't really have what it The absurdity is not unique to Canadians. A poll
flies." This is not unique to the sport fraternity. While the conducted just prior to the Olympic Games of Los Angeles
pressure here is more palpable, it is part of a highly powerful, revealed that "55% of the 198 athletes questioned, would
socially ingrained, and socially acceptable ethic on how we be ready to take a drug which would kill them five years
relate to our bodies, our selves. One does not even need to later if it would guarantee them Gold" (Dugal, 1985, p. 18).
ipeak of narcissism, which, once again, attempts to shame No wonder Higgins called current thinking "inane and
(he individual. One needs simply to look at the global social obsessed with a very narrow goal" (Hynes and MacLeod,
context. 1989, p. A10) in his plea for a return to the fundamental
values of sport and competition:
Performance Improving Drugs: Valium for Adults,
Ritalin for Kids, Anabolic Steroids for Athletes Sport in itselfthe business of running around a track
or heaving a sphere of metalis a useless pursuit
Is Ben Johnson's use of steroids to enhance his performance rendered meaningful only by the personal growth of the
any different from the business executives' use of Valium to athlete. The only value, it seems to me, is what happens
enhance their own performance in their own world of to the individual in the process of trying to make that
competition? Ben Johnson and other Olympians, the recre metal go as far as it can go. (1989, p. A10)
ational athletes as well as the bodybuilders, live in a society
The intrinsic values of sport and competition, the values
that condones and even encourages the use of performance
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cash and they were obviously in search of something else. When you
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