Big Bust in Texas - 66 arrested

[RagenMMA]

66 Arrested In Drug Bust - Houston News Story - KPRC Houston

This bust all involved powders from China anda local gym that had been under the microscope for 2 1/2 years. Largest bust in Texas ever.

 

[miplank]

Fort Bend County sheriff's deputies joined forces with federal agencies for Operation "Farmacia de Juicy Phruit."

Officials said 66 people were arrested in several states, including California, Georgia and Louisiana. The list of suspects included professional bodybuilders, gym owners, personal trainers and pharmacists. More were sought.

Fort Bend County Sheriff Milton Wright said the operation dates back 2 1/2 years, with most of it originating in Fort Bend County.

Detectives said the suspects distributed hundreds of thousands of dosage units of anabolic steroids, human growth hormones, Ecstasy and controlled pharmaceutical substances such as Viagra, Xanax and hydrocodone.

Officials said the operation was a danger to the community.

"Arrests today are no different than traditional drug dealers pedaling their poison like methamphetamine, cocaine and heroin on the street corner," said Zoran Yankovich, the DEA Special Agent in Charge.

"Steroids -- a lot of people don't think there's much danger in steroids, but there's a lot of broken family, broken homes -- people are hurt by the illegal use of steroids," Wright said.

Those arrested face either state or federal charges of manufacturing or distribution of narcotics.

A conviction on the federal charges could result in 10 years in prison.

The Fort Bend County Fairgrounds was used as a command post because of the massive size of the operation.

Officials did not release the street value of the narcotics seized.

for the people too lazy to click

 

[redsamurai]

""Steroids -- a lot of people don't think there's much danger in steroids, but there's a lot of broken family, broken homes -- people are hurt by the illegal use of steroids,"


broken families and homes from roids eh? Ok.....like I'm sure there's nothng else going on EXCEPT the juice, fuck me whatever..

If it wasn't scheduled there would be no black market therefor no clandestine activity therefore no possible way this could hurt anyone besides potentially the user. Danger to the community deez nuts.

 

[dabuffguy]

""Steroids -- a lot of people don't think there's much danger in steroids, but there's a lot of broken family, broken homes -- people are hurt by the illegal use of steroids,"


broken families and homes from roids eh? Ok.....like I'm sure there's nothng else going on EXCEPT the juice, fuck me whatever..

If it wasn't scheduled there would be no black market therefor no clandestine activity therefore no possible way this could hurt anyone besides potentially the user. Danger to the community deez nuts.

deez nuts, indeed

 

[RagenMMA]

Deez nuts a 3rd time! what a joke

 

[eClenbuterol]

Good ol American tax payers forking over money for hogwash like this. What makes it worse is this statement

"Arrests today are no different than traditional drug dealers pedaling their poison like methamphetamine, cocaine and heroin on the street corner," said Zoran Yankovich, the DEA Special Agent in Charge

. What a load of crap comparing Anabolic Steroids to this trash above.

 

[DiamondCutCows]

I lol'd. Then I shook my finger at the government for wasting my damned tax money. I'm moving.













Not really, but this is pretty stupid. I bet 30-50% of those involved with the case were on juice themselves. F'in hypocrites.

 

[airsmith2k]

i wonder what lab it is

 

[redsamurai]

I'm mean I'm not one of those people that thinks steroids are "completely" harmless. There are dangers and it's probably a good idea to limit the usage to adults. And as for proffessional sports, letting them be used means that EVERYONE has to use them because of the few that invariably will........so I agree with testing for roids in pro sports. But to put average joe in jail for using roids is ridiculous. A collossal waste of resources. Make them prescription only........but why the demonization? How can you ethically justify ruining a mans' life because he injected himself with testosterone or even sold someone else testosterone? I mean even from a societal engineering stanpoint, it doesn't create less productive people, which is their argument against all other rec drugs. I mean I don't care that those guys are doing their jobs, but the dude who made that whack statement about roids fucking up families and being no different from coke, meth etc......that dude needs the savage ass beating of a mother fucking lifetime. I mean the dude deserves to be lying on the ground in a pool of his own blood with his teeth emmbedded in his gums and/or just falling out all over the place. And have it done infront of his family too. Like jr. needs to see his ole man get silly fucked so he understands the genetic limitations he's going to have to overcome during his lifetime. I mean a "board check" of epic proportions is clearly in order for this individual.

 

[Sub-Zero]

""Steroids -- a lot of people don't think there's much danger in steroids, but there's a lot of broken family, broken homes -- people are hurt by the illegal use of steroids,"


broken families and homes from roids eh? Ok.....like I'm sure there's nothng else going on EXCEPT the juice, fuck me whatever..

If it wasn't scheduled there would be no black market therefor no clandestine activity therefore no possible way this could hurt anyone besides potentially the user. Danger to the community deez nuts.

i was about to quote that too. so dumb

 

[enacer420nj]

anabolic steroids, human growth hormones, Ecstasy and controlled pharmaceutical substances such as Viagra, Xanax and hydrocodone.


sounds like heaven to me lol

 

[RagenMMA]

It's 2009 and our nation's war on drugs has been an utter failure. Teen usage is at an all time high and drugs are easier to access now than ever before. When will we wake up and smell the coffee? You would think after throwing so much money down the toilet and wasting billions in government funding that we could somehow change our course of action. Obviously not! Until you change the minds and thoughts of Americans by persuasion and education we will continue to dig a bigger and deeper hole of debt and drug abuse.

I'm not going to condone steroid use but I will say that out of all mind altering substances, anabolics are by far the least harmful to the individual and society. I view what runs through my veins as a cosmetic enhancement no different than the saline that fills the tits of all the superficial chicks out there or the hormones a transexual takes. I don't get high on Winny. WTF is the Gov't thinking? That leads me to professional sports - Lets see how fun baseball is without HGH and Anabolics. Mixed Martial Arts without Brock Lesnar?

 

[louisiana]

DAMN!!!! Im from louisiana! Im not buying shit for a long time util this blows off.

 

[Big Rick Rock]

"there's a lot of broken family, broken homes -- people are hurt by the illegal use of steroids,"

I think more families are broken through the incarceration of (otherwise)law abiding citizens than the use itself. If we get rid of the illegal status of steroids, we might actually get rid of 99% of the dangers from using steroids... By legal I mean that your doctor could prescribe them to you for cosmetic purposes because that is not even possible. You doctor could go to JAIL if he wrote you a script for Steroids for cosmetic reasons. This is unacceptable.
(but he can shoot your face full of Botox or cut pieces of your body open for cosmetic reasons and this is OK.)

In my opinion more steroid users are in danger from the government throwing them in jail that they are from the drug itself.

 

[Big Rick Rock]

I mean even from a societal engineering stanpoint, it doesn't create less productive people, which is their argument against all other rec drugs.

Ahhh...

From a societal engineering point of view: The more of your citizens you put in jail, the more the rest will be scared shitless and more willing to comply... Keep everybody in debt and in violation at all times, you have a society of people who are easy to control... Give everybody a comfortable life which they can obtain through massive debt, and then make so many laws and regulations to the point where everybody is at violation of one of them almost daily. We have 3 layers of laws you can unknowingly break, some times even 4, you have to adhere to Federal, State, County and some times town/village laws and regulations, some times they overlap and contradict each other... Every citizen, homeowner, Driver, worker and business owner is always at violation of something that could get them fined or jailed on a daily basis, but they live comfortably on maxed out credit and can sleep with their doors open at night.

It is a trade off for living in the best country in the world. Unfortunately in order to control the masses, the individual has to give up many rights.

 

[airsmith2k]

anabolic steroids, human growth hormones, Ecstasy and controlled pharmaceutical substances such as Viagra, Xanax and hydrocodone.


sounds like heaven to me lol

especially the xanax and hyrocodone

 

[Para_Shoot]

anabolic steroids, human growth hormones, Ecstasy and controlled pharmaceutical substances such as Viagra, Xanax and hydrocodone.


sounds like heaven to me lol

Haha!! Sounds like the minimum bare essentials to sustain my Vegas lifestyle!

 

[lander2312]

Well we all know that there is no valid argument as to why AAS are a schIII on the federal scale. However sound your argument is in reason..the bottom line is that users of AAS are such a minority that it doesnt really mater to the law makers. Now take CAlifornia..they will try to legalize marijuana because so many voters want them too...but no matter how hard they want to...state law cannot superceede federal law. So since we are such a minority our valid sound logic falls on deaf ears. It seems much more dangerous to slice your chest open and shove implants for big boobies than to inject testosterone...but one is a much more popular precedure than the other. It sucks and to quote most 9year olds..ITS NOT FAIR!!! lol but "it is what it is".....

 

[Big Rick Rock]

That leads me to professional sports - Lets see how fun baseball is without HGH and Anabolics. Mixed Martial Arts without Brock Lesnar?

I think that Sports leagues should make the rules and take care of enforcing them. Whatever those are rules are and how to enforce them should be up to the brains in these lucrative businesses and even the Government to some degree. Regular people however, should not have to live under the rules made for professional competitive athletes. Its nuts to even try and enforce this.

 

[iggy]

almost all of my friends except a few (including bear) think that steroids are the worst thing ever. worse for you then meth, X, p.c.p, coke, and even heroin.

shows how little this country knows. . . .

steroids aren't all evil....

 

[RagenMMA]

Ahhh...

From a societal engineering point of view: The more of your citizens you put in jail, the more the rest will be scared shitless and more willing to comply... Keep everybody in debt and in violation at all times, you have a society of people who are easy to control... Give everybody a comfortable life which they can obtain through massive debt, and then make so many laws and regulations to the point where everybody is at violation of one of them almost daily. We have 3 layers of laws you can unknowingly break, some times even 4, you have to adhere to Federal, State, County and some times town/village laws and regulations, some times they overlap and contradict each other... Every citizen, homeowner, Driver, worker and business owner is always at violation of something that could get them fined or jailed on a daily basis, but they live comfortably on maxed out credit and can sleep with their doors open at night.

It is a trade off for living in the best country in the world. Unfortunately in order to control the masses, the individual has to give up many rights.

Right on bro! I bet you listen to Glen Beck. I too believe gov't is waaay to f'n involved in our lives and we are headed into a new era of Marxist Gov't control.

 

[jacshelb]

......Gov't control.

Control is right, that's what it is all about. Now, stay with me because I'm about to get trippy. But, think about it, what is control about? It's about being afraid- I mean if you're a controlling dickhead then deep down you just feel insecure. The govt. knows it has reason to be insecure, it's completely out of control and they know the only way to maintain power is through control- scare people into submission, that's what this is all about.

My advice is never to do anything you don't feel "comfortable" with. And, by that I mean from a moral standpoint. Don't sell anabolics to a kid or someone mentally unstable or just too stupid to know how to use them safely. Don't do crazy dangerous cycles and then flip out on your friends and family or ruin your health. You know, common sense stuff like that. In other words, keep grounded and use your moral and common sense compass!

I'm not saying this will for sure keep you out of jail. But, it does put you on less anxious ground. You can be more aware of what you are doing, make better decisions. And, it takes you out of that fear/control wavelength that these agencies operate in and with.

 

[ConanX]

Steroids should be made legal through certain programs. I understand the government banning it's use on the black market, but in return, it should allow it to be used legally through a medical professional where you can buy human grade anabolics/hormones and doses under the doctor's care, as well as proper PCT and such. This would be a big money making business and the government would benefit from the taxes and the relieved bullshit "war on drugs" against AAS users.

If I could go to a health care professional and sit down and set up a nice cycle in which I am supplied the proper AAS, PCT, pins, and advice, I would gladly pay a premium for this. And I'm sure if this were the case, new and more powerful/safer steroids and hormones would be created.

Just a dream...it'll never happen.