Police use of steroids is definitely a thing, and has been for decades- I've known about it since the 1990s. The evidence for it has been repeatedly documented in domestic violence, abuse, and other criminal cases. I first heard about it from an abused spouse who told me about the situation.
Police use of steroids is definitely a thing, and has been for decades- I've known about it since the 1990s. The evidence for it has been repeatedly documented in domestic violence, abuse, and other criminal cases. I first heard about it from an abused spouse who told me about the situation.
Juicing with steroids has also been documented in the ranks of the military- especially within "elite units" like Army Special Forces, Navy SEALS, etc.
That compilation is 76 pages and running, with the first reports dating from 2006, each page containing multiple entries of new reports added every 1-2 weeks, typically featuring multiple cases from across the US.
Really, a simple search of the keywords [police+corruption+drugs"] is guaranteed to bring up an array of cases in the results. Lots of them are in smaller cities and towns. I saw a new one just yesterday, from Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Add any major city, metropolitan area, or state that you like, you'll almost certainly find a bundle of them. Many of them have involved entire "elite narcotics units" or task forces.
Furthermore, a historical search over the span of the last 50-60 years or so demonstrates beyond all doubt that the scandals are unending! The exposure of corruption in a big-city police elite vice/narcotics unit, and the trial and convictions of the officers involved, doesn't mean that the situation has been cleaned up once and for all- it has a way of flaring up again. And again. What happened to the drugs seized in the famous "French Connection" case, from back in the 1960s- at one time a record-breaking seizure of heroin? Stolen from the evidence locker by New York City cops who sold it to the locals in charge of the heroin trade there.
The only way to put a final stop to the corruption of police forces by the illicit drugs markets is to reform the drug laws to divert the bulk of the demand into legal channels, or into addiction maintenance programs supervised by medical professionals. I'll grant that's liable to lead to some corruption problems related to diversion, but they'll be on a much smaller scale, and they won't center on police and law enforcement.
At any rate, I can't imagine how a legally managed regime that permits addiction maintenance programs as a means of keeping people functional within a wider context of providing drug treatment and recovery medical services would be worse than the rampant lack of accountability presently found within the Rehab Industry: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/10/21/my-years-in-the-florida-shuffle-of-drug-addiction
Seems the topic is finally getting the attention it merits - roid rage cops is like storing gas cans in a crack house .
The Hidden World of Police on Steroids
By John Hoberman
Breaking down the “Blue Wall of Silence,” this landmark book investigates the widespread, illegal use of anabolic steroids in major urban police departments and how it contributes to excessive violence in American policing.
Police use of steroids is definitely a thing, and has been for decades- I've known about it since the 1990s. The evidence for it has been repeatedly documented in domestic violence, abuse, and other criminal cases. I first heard about it from an abused spouse who told me about the situation.
Juicing with steroids has also been documented in the ranks of the military- especially within "elite units" like Army Special Forces, Navy SEALS, etc.
This ongoing file of "police corruption and drugs" cases from the site StopThe DrugWar.com includes some incidents of steroid use and trafficking by police: https://stopthedrugwar.org/topics/drug_war_issues/criminal_justice/policing/police_corrupti
That compilation is 76 pages and running, with the first reports dating from 2006, each page containing multiple entries of new reports added every 1-2 weeks, typically featuring multiple cases from across the US.
Really, a simple search of the keywords [police+corruption+drugs"] is guaranteed to bring up an array of cases in the results. Lots of them are in smaller cities and towns. I saw a new one just yesterday, from Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Add any major city, metropolitan area, or state that you like, you'll almost certainly find a bundle of them. Many of them have involved entire "elite narcotics units" or task forces.
Furthermore, a historical search over the span of the last 50-60 years or so demonstrates beyond all doubt that the scandals are unending! The exposure of corruption in a big-city police elite vice/narcotics unit, and the trial and convictions of the officers involved, doesn't mean that the situation has been cleaned up once and for all- it has a way of flaring up again. And again. What happened to the drugs seized in the famous "French Connection" case, from back in the 1960s- at one time a record-breaking seizure of heroin? Stolen from the evidence locker by New York City cops who sold it to the locals in charge of the heroin trade there.
The only way to put a final stop to the corruption of police forces by the illicit drugs markets is to reform the drug laws to divert the bulk of the demand into legal channels, or into addiction maintenance programs supervised by medical professionals. I'll grant that's liable to lead to some corruption problems related to diversion, but they'll be on a much smaller scale, and they won't center on police and law enforcement.
At any rate, I can't imagine how a legally managed regime that permits addiction maintenance programs as a means of keeping people functional within a wider context of providing drug treatment and recovery medical services would be worse than the rampant lack of accountability presently found within the Rehab Industry: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/10/21/my-years-in-the-florida-shuffle-of-drug-addiction
Dopers in Uniform
Thanks for the very informative commentary .
Seems the topic is finally getting the attention it merits - roid rage cops is like storing gas cans in a crack house .
The Hidden World of Police on Steroids
By John Hoberman
Breaking down the “Blue Wall of Silence,” this landmark book investigates the widespread, illegal use of anabolic steroids in major urban police departments and how it contributes to excessive violence in American policing.
https://utpress.utexas.edu/books/hoberman-dopers-in-uniform