Entertainers using steroids !!!!!!!

[kwassa]

I'm so shocked. This steroid scandal is just spreading EVERYWhERE.

Singers and rappers using performance enhancing drugs! Is nothing sacred?

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1579544/20080114/50_cent.jhtml

50 Cent, Mary J. Blige, Wyclef, Timbaland Reportedly Named In New York Steroids Probe

Investigation lists several celebrities among the thousands receiving prescribed shipments of steroids and HGH.

By Gil Kaufman

The ongoing investigation into steroid trafficking that has already sent shockwaves through professional baseball is now reportedly looking at members of the music industry as well. According to a report in Albany, New York's Times Union, citing confidential sources, the names of Mary J. Blige, 50 Cent, Timbaland and Wyclef Jean have turned up in an Albany-based probe.

The report claims that the singers and rappers are among tens of thousands of people who may have either used or received prescribed shipments of steroids and injectable human growth hormone (HGH) in recent years. But law enforcement officials said they don't have evidence that musicians and other customers violated any laws. Instead, the probe focuses on anti-aging clinics, doctors and pharmacists who prescribed the drugs.

Medical experts told the paper that the alleged use of the drugs in the entertainment industry — which is already a human laboratory for anti-aging shortcuts from collagen, fat and botox injections to a laundry list of plastic-surgery procedures — is proof of how steroid use has spread in this country.

[NightWatcher]

1. steroids, you say?

[kwassa]

2. No! You don't mean ......... CARROT TOP !!!!!

i'm SHOCKED!!!

[flvegan]

3. Not surprising.

I wouldn't advocate it, but in all honesty, a light cycle of steroids is much less of a shock or detriment to the body than many other physical enhancements. In addition, the "benefits" of fat-loss, energy and faux confidence would likely be seen as a positive by some of these folks.

[kwassa]

4. I'm surprised to see it in non-physical pursuits

though it does fit in the macho realm of the rappers. It doesn't actually help a singer sing, for instance.

LL Cool J was always showing off his bod, but I just thought the guy liked to work out.