Europa Sports on ESPN (not good)

[-=BigSmith=-]

This was a related article when talking about the latest DEA raids.

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To catch a dealer.

Europa Sports Products is a familiar name in the supplements world. The Charlotte, N.C., wholesaler sponsors exhibits at bodybuilding shows like the Arnold Classic and stocks shelves in Gold's Gyms and GNC stores nationwide. But as a recent investigation by The Magazine found, it also keeps online pharmacies well-supplied with designer steroids.

Acting on a tip, we posed as the founders of a new supplements company -- creating the website ProGymGear.com to back our ruse -- to see exactly what Europa offers. When we informed a sales rep by e-mail that we were "targeting the hard-core gym customer," he didn't ask for a business license -- or any other ID, for that matter. He went right into a pitch for Bulk Tabs, a product of Florida's IDS Sports. Explaining that the supplement is "highly androgenic," he wrote that it is made from "real-deal ingredients" and, with regard to drug tests, that it would "come out false."

We paid $1,000 for four boxes of Bulk Tabs and two other IDS offerings: Mass Tabs and Sostonol. When we asked for something "similar to Superdrol," a drug whose sale the FDA prohibited in 2006, the rep suggested AnEvol, by Evolution Labs of Florida. "It is [the] identical formula to Superdrol," he wrote. "People are going to go ape s over this."

The package arrived by regular mail to a post office box we'd set up, and we promptly sent off samples to Aegis Sciences, a Nashville lab that does the drug testing for the WWE. In a standard analysis for 11 known steroid compounds, everything tested negative.

Was the stuff really drug-free or just able to fool a test, as advertised? That was a question for Don Catlin, the head of LA's Anti-Doping Research Institute. Catlin's deeper analysis showed that one of Sostonol's many-lettered ingredients is chemical code for Madol, a powerful designer steroid originally developed by BALCO chemist Patrick Arnold. Another, Oral Turinabol, was a favorite of the old East German machine. "This wasn't done by someone with a high school degree," Catlin concluded. "Whoever made it knew what he was doing." An industry source to whom the label was shown went even further: "No one is making this stuff in the U.S. The only place you can get it is China."

In fact, the owner of IDS, Nicol Worrell, did acknowledge in a phone interview that some of his ingredients come from China. But when asked specifically about Sostonol, he retreated, calling it "a small part of our business," before deferring to the manufacturing plant he claimed to contract with. "They handle all of our ingredients," he said.

Europa's salesman was as good as his word about AnEvol, though. Catlin found it to be directly related to Superdrol and to contain the prohibited synthetic steroid methasterone. A letter from us asking for comment -- sent by FedEx -- to the manufacturer's address on the box went unreturned.

Eric Hillman, Europa's CEO, didn't return a message seeking comment about our findings either. But he might be happy to know his reps are on top of things. Our contact continues to e-mail us about placing our next order.

[JHICKS3301]

Where was this found at??

[Skigazzi]

So very not good.

[JHICKS3301]

I bet the FDA is drooling over this

[MattyH7688]

all i can say is

****!

[leonidas300]

Stock up now, my spider sense is telling me things are about to get nasty.

[namrepuS]

was superdrol banned? I thought it was just discontinued

[deserusan]

Big ouch.

[SHOWTIME]

Good thing the CDN dollar is up.. Im buying some supps like crazy !!!!!!!!!

[NumberTwentyTwo]

So what exactly is that article saying/meaning?

[leonidas300]

was superdrol banned? I thought it was just discontinued

debatable, several companies that produced it received warning letters ordering them to stop production, but Superdrol was not explicitly banned during the last go around.

[JHICKS3301]

So what exactly is that article saying/meaning?

With this coming out, the public is going to think that not only supplement stores but a major player in the Distribution game is selling steroids...

[namrepuS]

debatable, several companies that produced it received warning letters ordering them to stop production, but Superdrol was not explicitly banned during the last go around.

the two bottles I have were purchased before the "cease" letter to AX. I fi have them obviously it's not illegal to posses it

[leonidas300]

With this coming out, the public is going to think that not only supplement stores but a major player in the Distribution game is selling steroids...

Well they are selling steroids, these steroids just happen to be legal, well for right now at least. Time to buy an industrial size freezer.

[JHICKS3301]

Well they are selling steroids, these steroids just happen to be legal, well for right now at least. Time to buy an industrial size freezer.

Well to the public they are going to think they are shipping out needles for people to shoot in their asses...

**** is going to be hittin the fan real soon

[Bloute]

Wow, the heat is coming !

[Skull Crusher Chris]

Wow, **** this isn't good!

[JHICKS3301]

Better clean out the savings account boys!

[Skigazzi]

Wow, the heat is coming !

Yea...now I hope people realize why so many of these products described themselves as 'test booster' and not androgens...if that Europa salesman just read the product description the way it was written...

I guess it was really just a matter of time.

[namrepuS]

Trust me its banned/not legal for sale now. They are not going to update the "ban" lists as it is just an "example". Although as I have said for a while they are going to set some examples soon for the companies selling that clone.

what about the possesion of it bought before the "ban" I know it cant be sold anymore

[Bloute]

Trust me its banned/not legal for sale now. They are not going to update the "ban" lists as it is just an "example". Although as I have said for a while they are going to set some examples soon for the companies selling that clone.

This will be the worse thing for the industry ! Specially with the recent DEA event !

Better stock on creatine and multi !

[NumberTwentyTwo]

This must be the "bad news espn" article that USP LABS was talking about.

[-=BigSmith=-]

what about the possesion of it bought before the "ban" I know it cant be sold anymore

All I can say is that we did a full recall with recall advertisements. If you have AX superdrol we offer a trade in program for anything we have. You send it to us, we send you whatever you want from our current lineup, then its gets sent in for official destruction. You can find more info on our forum or call us.

I found it hard to believe that iForce re-released it. Not a smart move at all. (No bash to that company, just my opinion)

[Travis71902]

Better start stockpiling clones like a mutha

[EMISGOD]

Trust me its banned/not legal for sale now. They are not going to update the "ban" lists as it is just an "example". Although as I have said for a while they are going to set some examples soon for the companies selling that clone.

The DEA is sifting through the client lists obtained in the steroid bust looking for "examples" right now...nice timing by ESPN and the DEA to coincide with the Olympia...it would not surprise me to see either the convention raided or a lot of undercovers escorting "persons of interest" away...

[deserusan]

Do you have a link to the article?

[-=BigSmith=-]

Do you have a link to the article?

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=3033682

[leonidas300]

The DEA is sifting through the client lists obtained in the steroid bust looking for "examples" right now...nice timing by ESPN and the DEA to coincide with the Olympia...it would not surprise me to see either the convention raided or a lot of undercovers escorting "persons of interest" away...

Jay and Ronnie goin to jail, oooohhh nozzzeee, say it isn't so.

[Skigazzi]

The DEA is sifting through the client lists obtained in the steroid bust looking for "examples" right now...nice timing by ESPN and the DEA to coincide with the Olympia...it would not surprise me to see either the convention raided or a lot of undercovers escorting "persons of interest" away...

Wow...I totally didnt think of the Olympia angle...jeez.

[Travis71902]

Olympia's this weekend right?