Dozens of S. Florida police officers, firefighters linked to steroid use

They never saw a doctor, didn't even talk to one by phone.

The 13 West Palm Beach police officers facing suspensions for buying anabolic steroids told internal investigators they thought they had valid prescriptions because each had established a doctor-patient relationship to get the drugs.

The company they patronized, the now-defunct PowerMedica in Deerfield Beach, was part of an online boom in anti-aging and hormone replacement clinics. Such clinics have popped up all over South Florida, operating in a murky area of the law, and they are drawing more scrutiny from regulators. Federal investigators raided PowerMedica in February 2004, and it closed a few months later.

PowerMedica's founder, Daniel L. Dailey, said 50 or 60 law enforcement officers and firefighters from around the country were on his client list.



http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-csteroids16mar17,0,6926537.story?coll=sfla-home-headlines

This may be the best explanation yet of what caused the violence during the Dade County anti-war demonstrations.

*sniffles* "I need some BonBons!" *sniffles* *shrivel* ...Typical day in the life of a cop on steroids. I wonder if a firefigter on 'roids can make it past 2 steps up the ladder without dying of a heart attack.