Have you ever wondered how baseball players got their steroids if they don’t come from steroid dealers? New York Times released a report that some players got their prescription and syringes from an anti aging doctor, named Ramon Scrugs, who was charged with writing off these prescriptions for steroids and hgH not only to the Major League players but to police officers and businessmen.
Four MLB players testified against him Michael Schmidt, Joshua Robinson, Thayer Evans, and Alan Schwarz. Anaheim Angels third baseman Troy Glaus gave a testimony how he got his prescription from Scruggs without having to see the doctor. Another one of his teammates Scott Schoeneweis also injected himself with steroids and remained to be the team’s representative in the union.
From The New York Times:
Glaus said he was “willing to take the risk” because he needed to play, according to a report written by the federal agent who interviewed him. Schoeneweis said he knew when players were tested because he was his team’s union representative, according to the report, though Schoeneweis said in an interview last month that the agent misinterpreted him. A basic tenet of effective drug testing is that the element of surprise is essential.
The accounts of Glaus, Schoeneweis, catcher Todd Greene and pitcher Ismael Valdez were written by federal agents who interviewed the players as they gathered evidence in the case of Ramon Scruggs, an anti-aging doctor who was indicted last year on charges that he illegally wrote prescriptions for steroids and human growth hormone to the players, business executives, police officers and others.
A lawyer affiliated with the doctor’s case was given much of the evidence by federal prosecutors and allowed a reporter for The New York Times to review the documents on the condition he not be identified.
Scruggs maintains that he did not do anything wrong because the athletes did not request for the drugs for their performance to improve. Rather the steroids were meant to assist in the speedy recovery of their injuries.
If you would like to make a comment, please fill out the form below.
