Men’s Health – Juicers in Blue
October 1, 2005 – 17:01 pmSPECIAL REPORT: COPS ON STEROIDS
Is the recent focus on steroids in baseball helping to cover up an even worse scandal? More than ever, police officers are juicing up to get an edge on criminals?but at what price? Cops have long been a hush-hush subset of anabolic steroid users, says a PA State University sports-science professor: “Most of the police officers ?who have used these drugs consider them tools of the trade.”
One officer estimates that 20 to 25 percent of his partners are using steroids. Such incidents are so widespread that the DEA has published a pamphlet called Steroid Abuse by Law Enforcement Personnel. Still, very few police departments actually screen for steroids. The October issue of Men’s Health contains an investigative report on this issue.