According to this article the Governor of New Jersey signed an executive order today that, among other things, “directs state health officials to come up with a plan to check nutritional supplements for steroids.” In a prior executive order, the governor had set up a Task Force on Steroid Use and Prevention. This latest NJ [...]

Well, they say that if it appears in the NY Times, it has officially “arrived.” And so it appears that nutritional supplement use by athletes has, on this day in history, found its place in the pages of the paper of record. See: Just Say Yes: U.S.O.C. Hires a Maker of Nutritional Supplements and Requires [...]

“Federal agents raided the laboratory and home of Patrick Arnold, a Champaign chemist who authorities believe created one of the steroids at the heart of the BALCO sports doping scandal, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Friday. Within the supplement industry, Arnold was dubbed the “father of prohormones” and was famous for popularizing androstenedione, or andro, [...]