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Article: They shoot horses, don't they? Anabolic steroids and their challenge to law enforcement. (includes related article) (Cover Story)
- Article from:
- The FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin
- Article date:
- August 1, 1994
- Author:
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In August 1992, a player on the Quebec Nordiques hockey team died of heart failure following a disturbance in his hotel room in Canada. The autopsy revealed he had both anabolic steroids and cocaine in his system.
On the following day, by coincidence, Federal grand jury indictments of over 40 people from Canada, Mexico, and the United States were unsealed, charging the defendants with steroid distribution. These indictments culminated a 2 1/2-year, joint FBI-Food and Drug Administration (FDA) undercover operation targeting anabolic steroid dealers. The FDA estimated that the operation, codenamed Equine,(1) resulted in the purchase or seizure of 8-10 million dosage ...