Bodybuilders use insulin and steroids, with doctor’s help
The Story
UK bodybuilders use almost anything to bulk up. Doctors try to keep them alive.
Program: The Inside Track
Guest(s): Rob Dawson, Ian Morgan
Broadcast Date: Mar. 7, 2004
Host: Robin Brown
Reporter: Nancy Durham
Duration: 10:55
Going for Dope: Canada and Drugs in Sport more
Bob Hazleton: The price of ‘roid rage’
Bob Hazelton lost a fight to George Foreman. Then he lost his legs, and nearly his mind, to steroids.
Tennis player Greg Rusedski defends his positive test
Montreal-born pro comes home to face ATP tribunal over nandrolone test.
Scientists race the clock to detect the ‘undetectable’ drug
Labs around the world rush to develop a test for human growth hormone before the Athens Olympics.
Drugs in minor hockey
A report claims half the players in Canada's junior hockey leagues are taking banned substances.
The role of drugs in football
The CFL faces tough questions about its players.
Too many banned substances?
Tracking 700 prohibited substances may be so expensive and bewildering that it jeopardizes the very principle of drug testing.
Canadian roller hockey player tests positive; team loses medals
Steve Vezina admits taking stimulants and steroids, costing his team a gold medal.
The East German medal machine
The systemic use of steroids in East German swimmers wins medals but leaves a legacy of illness and doubt.
Rower Silken Laumann tests positive for illegal drugs
Canadian rower defends her simple mistake at the 1995 Pan Am Games.
Silken Laumann explains her positive drug test
Rower Silken Laumann uses the wrong type of cold medication, and causes another Pan Am scandal.
Taking steroids to look good
The new steroid user isn't an athlete. He just wants to impress girls.
Dubin Inquiry report issued
Charles Dubin's report names names and places blame.
Damning evidence in the Dubin Inquiry
An audio montage of the voices behind Canada's steroid fiasco.
Closing arguments at the Dubin Inquiry
Charles Dubin issues a report criticizing testing policies and procedures of the Canadian government and amateur sports bodies.
Weightlifting and drugs
A sport rife with steroid use fights to maintain legitimacy.
Canada starts getting tough on drugs
Six of Canada's best amateur athletes are suspended for life for steroid use.
Canadian athletes caught cheating at 1983 Pan Am Games
The era of amateur drug testing begins at the 1983 Pan Am Games, and Canadians are among the first to…