Chapter[ IX. The Threat Posed By Internet Sales of Steroids and Human Growth
Hormone ]
Section[ A. Two Methods for Illegal Internet Distribution of Performance Enhancing Substances ]
A. Two Methods for Illegal Internet Distribution of Performance Enhancing Substances
As the result of recent investigations by federal and state law enforcement
agencies, two distinct business models for illegal internet sales of performance enhancing
substances have been exposed. The first internet distribution method differs only slightly from
the traditional model for drug dealing, using the internet instead of gym locker rooms or street
corners as a semi-anonymous marketplace for drug transactions. The second pattern is more
elaborate, involving “rejuvenation centers” that troll the internet for customers, corrupt
physicians who write prescriptions for patients they have not seen, and compounding pharmacies
that fill these dubious prescriptions and deliver performance enhancing substances to end users
by mail.
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