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NYPD becomes largest US department to require random steroid testing

By Gritsforbreakfast

Having posed the question last year whether it's more important to test police officers for steroids or high school athletes (Texas chose the high schoolers), I was interested to learn that the New York City police department will be adding steroids to its drug testing regimen.The NYPD steroid scandal caught my attention earlier via an odd forensic twist that still doesn't sit right with me. The pharmacist/informant in the case who ultimately helped finger all these steroid using officers was found shot to death in January. His case was ruled a suicide, despite "gunshot wounds to the chest and head." Maybe it's possible, but I continue have trouble imagining the suicide sequence that results in shots to the "chest and head." I guess if you're a REALLY bad shot ...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on April 11, 2008 (boomark / email).