Incidence of anabolic steroid counterfeiting in Brazil
Authorsda Justa Neves DB, et al. Show all Journal
Forensic Sci Int. 2013 May 10;228(1-3):e81-3. doi: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2013.02.035. Epub 2013 Mar 20.
Affiliation
National Institute of Criminalistics, Federal Police Department, Brazil.
Abstract
This retrospective study reports data obtained from the National Institute of Criminalistics of the Brazilian Federal Police Department (DPF) on 3676 anabolic products seized between 2006 and 2011. Anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS) were declared on the labels of 96.2% of the products. About one third of the products declared to be from Paraguay, and 14.3% from Brazil. Stanozolol, testosterone and nandrolone were the substances most declared on the labels. Package and qualitative chemical analyses (performed on 2818 products) found that 31.7% of the seized products were counterfeit, with an increase in the counterfeit detection rate during the period. Almost half of the fake products did not contain the declared substances, and 28.3% had only non-declared substances. Testosterone and its esters were responsible for 45% of the 582 cases of non-declared drug detection. Package analysis alone was responsible for the identification of 4.6% of all counterfeit products. These results indicate the need for a continuous effort by the government aimed at decreasing the availability of these products in the country.
Thats a lot of fakes. Good thing about eroids is we share experiences. It also makes me think how many counterfeits there are on eroids.
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You know this has be going on in certain Latin American countries for years. It started back with Manuel Noriega, he partnered with some Americans in creating counterfeit steroid labs. And as far as packaging these were very impressive.
This is going is going to sound harsh but its the dam truth, people selling\producing the gear are criminals wanting to make money.
They're criminals because it's illegal. It's illegal because of ignorant politicians. You seem to be in agreement with these ignorant politicians.
This is going to sound harsh, but it's the damn truth: if you're using AAS, you're a criminal wanting bigger muscles.
I'm using your words to change your perspective. I don't actually consider those producing or using AAS criminals because I think the law is absurd and I absolutely disagree with it. As a free man, laws that serve no purpose other than to restrict my freedom get put into the category of "circumvent as necessary".
Nice find, this source was here on eroids and got caught by a member here performing a mass spec.