Chapter[ IX. The Threat Posed By Internet Sales of Steroids and Human Growth
Hormone ]
Section[ Troy Glaus ]
Troy Glaus
Days before its article about Gibbons, Sports Illustrated reported that the name of
Toronto Blue Jays infielder Troy Glaus also had been in Signature Pharmacy customer
records.479 According to the article, between September 2003 and May 2004, Glaus reportedly
purchased nandrolone and testosterone from the pharmacy through the New Hope Health Center,
a California anti-aging clinic, using prescriptions written by Dr. Ramon Scruggs, a California
475 Id.
476 See supra at 131 (discussing meetings and notes).
477 See Associated Press, Baseball Round-up: Phillies Pull Closer to Mets with Win,
N.Y. Times, Sept. 19, 2007, at D5.
478 See Jeff Zrebiec and Dan Connolly, Gibbons Must Sit for 15 Days, Balt. Sun, Dec. 7,
2007.
479 Glaus has played for three clubs in Major League Baseball since 1998, the Anaheim
Angels, Arizona Diamondbacks, and Toronto Blue Jays.
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physician who was suspended from practice as of March 2007 for issuing prescriptions over the
internet. The drugs were shipped to Glaus at his home in California. Glaus declined to comment
on these allegations.480
Glaus reportedly met with officials from the Commissioner’s Office in September
2007.481 On December 6, 2007, the Commissioner’s Office announced that there was
insufficient evidence of a violation of the joint program in effect at the time of the conduct in
question to warrant discipline of Glaus.
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