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# Steroids

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# hpra
'We're told we need a massive chest and washboard abs': The rise of steroids - and the unspoken dangers
Experts explain why using unprescribed drugs to get ‘the perfect body’ can cause serious health problems.
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Sep 11th 2019, 5:01 PM
# body-enhancing drugs
Steep increase in Limerick steroid-users seeking needle exchange
An addiction and outreach service says there’s been a rise in younger steroid-users coming forward.
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Sep 9th 2018, 7:00 AM
# Steroids
'Steroids aren't just for people playing in the Olympics anymore - They're more recreational'
A coroner for Cork city this week warned against the dangers of steroid use at the inquest into the death of an 18-year-old boy.
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Jul 7th 2018, 10:00 PM
# luke o'brien may
Coroner warns of dangers of steroid use at inquest into death of 18-year-old Limerick boy
Luke O’Brien May died after becoming ill in the midst of his Leaving Certificate exams last year.
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Jul 5th 2018, 4:40 PM
# Revenue
Alcohol, tobacco and medicine seized at Dublin Port
The contraband products have a combined estimated retail value of almost €9,000.
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Jun 15th 2018, 5:54 PM
# bodybuilding
Huge spike in steroid use despite side effects such as stunted growth and baldness
Gardaí believe about a dozen gyms in Dublin city centre and northside have been used as selling points.
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Nov 11th 2017, 7:45 AM
# RIRA
Former Real IRA gang associates selling steroids as number of addicts rises
Senior republicans have issued a warning to the men.
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Mar 17th 2017, 6:15 AM
# Growth
Spike in the importation of illegal anabolic steroids causes health fears
The seizure of such drugs almost tripled last year.
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Mar 13th 2017, 4:10 PM
# Illegal Medicines
Steroids, growth hormones and erectile dysfunction pills worth €2 million seized in Donegal
Over 60,000 vials labelled as anabolic steroids were seized.
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Mar 9th 2017, 6:55 PM
# Banned
NRL star suspended after testing positive for steroids
Jarrod Mullen has played 211 matches for Newcastle since making his debut 12 years ago.
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Jan 17th 2017, 11:52 AM
# steroid distribution
Irish woman waiting to hear about extradition to US is on suicide watch
The mother-of-one is wanted by US authorities in connection with an alleged multi-million euro steroid distribution enterprise.
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Nov 29th 2016, 8:08 PM
Voices
Steroids: 'I thought that the only way I could beat my addiction was to end my life'
Body-conscious young men are turning to steroids despite the deadly consequences, writes Marcus Power.
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Nov 20th 2016, 8:30 PM
# Steroids
Gardaí find large quantity of growth hormones after stopping car in Lucan
The items were seized, but no one was arrested.
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Sep 10th 2016, 2:53 PM
# Punishment
6-year ban for New Zealand-based rugby player on steroids
Police had found four bottles of Dianabol during a search of the athlete’s house in 2013.
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May 11th 2016, 8:23 AM
# not rice cakes
Revenue seizes cigarettes worth €1.9m and steroids worth €30k
Two men have been arrested in relation to the steroid seizure.
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Apr 22nd 2016, 6:49 PM
# Made in Chelsea
Spencer Matthews was kicked out of I'm A Celebrity because of his 'steroid addiction'
The Made in Chelsea star was in the jungle for four days before exiting the show.
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Nov 21st 2015, 2:47 PM
# Dopes
Performance-enhancing drugs don't actually make you better at sport
Flagrant false advertising.
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May 10th 2015, 2:30 PM
# Drugs in Rugby
Two-year ban for South African rugby player after positive test for steroids
Gerbrandt Grobler has admitted his guilt and will not contest the sanction.
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Feb 4th 2015, 10:54 AM
# Roid Rage
More and more men are receiving treatment for steroid abuse
They’re all men and many of them are more aggressive because of it.
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Nov 20th 2014, 7:52 AM
# Drugs
Sports Film Of The Week: Bigger, Stronger, Faster
A bit of a trip back in time but it’s hard to imagine sport’s appetite for steroids has changed much.
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Jul 21st 2013, 9:30 PM
# Cheats
What athletes looked like before and after they used steroids
From Marion Jones to Alex Rodriguez, it’s remarkable how their bodies have changed.
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Jun 9th 2013, 9:33 AM
# Beef
Beef 'at risk' as penalties for feeding steroids to cattle may be cut
An Taisce has called for a vote by the European Parliament Agricultural Committee scrapping penalties to be reversed.
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Mar 10th 2013, 5:44 PM
# MLB
Baseball Hall of Fame inducts... no one
Barry Bonds was among the steroids era stars shunned by the sport’s writers.
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Jan 9th 2013, 8:09 PM
# Trouble?
Former All Blacks coach denies steroid claims
Two New Zealand rugby players took illegal substances in the 1990s, a forthcoming book alleges.
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Nov 11th 2011, 11:32 AM
# Misbehaviour
Uh oh: former Yankees pitcher Roger Clemens to be retried on perjury charges
Former Yankees pitcher Roger Clemens is facing a retrial on charges that he lied to federal investigators about his use of performance enhancing drugs.
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Sep 3rd 2011, 11:59 AM
# Doe!
MLB cracks down on deer antler spray
Testosterone, amphetamines, EPO… deer antler spray? Major League Baseball has officially announced a crack-down on baseball’s weirdest performance enhancing drug.
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Aug 8th 2011, 1:44 PM
# Women's World Cup
Five North Koreans fail dope tests at Women's World Cup
FIFA president Sepp Blatter is ‘shocked’ as football faces its biggest tournament doping scandal in 17 years.
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Jul 16th 2011, 1:31 PM
# Empire State
View from New York: Barry Bonds' balls a matter of public interest
John Riordan goes over to the dark side as he takes a look at the record-breaking slugger’s sexual performance. Seriously.
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Mar 2nd 2011, 9:54 AM