AltWeeklies Wire
The Blue Line Bulks Upnew
You'd have to have been blind and deaf over the past year to miss what is clearly an epidemic of anabolic steroid use among a certain elite segment of this country's population. That group, of course, is cops.
Tags: Health & Science
Air Force Prosecutions Illustrate Confusion over Steroid Lawsnew
Last summer, the U.S. Air Force Academy announced with great fanfare that it was charging five of its cadets with either possessing or selling steroids. Prosecutors learned just how tricky steroid cases can be.
Tags: Health & Science
Steroid Users Keep Juicing, Avoiding Prosecutionnew
Often overlooked in the daily discussions of steroids and their effect on sports is that not only are they prohibited by athletic organizations, but they're illegal to possess -- just like cocaine and pot and meth.
Tags: Health & Science
Fat Chance of Losing Weight Electronicallynew
The AbTronic Electric Fitness System promised consumers they could get “six-pack abs” by using its device, but the Federal Trade Commission found that wasn’t true.
Animal Hoarders Love Their Many Pets to Deathnew
A Colorado couple with 146 neglected dogs exhibited a symptom common to animal hoarders: a distorted view of reality. None can see the squalor that is immediately apparent to outsiders.
Westword |
Eric Dexheimer |
10-04-2004 |
Animal Issues
Tags: animal issues, attachment disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, a state inspector, Alan M. Beck, Barbara Novoryta, Brenda Schaible, Bureau of Animal Protection, caretakers, Carol Ann Martin, Elaine and Donald Marshall, Fred Schaible, Keith Synnestvedt, Mary Flanagan, Scot Dutcher, Tammy Schaible, the chief animal-cruelty investigator for the Denver Dumb Friends League, Trinidad State Junior College, zoophilia
YMCA Takes Its Show on the Roadnew
The idea of Compass is simple: If there is no rec center in the neighborhood, bring one there. To tote its activities to the people, the Denver Y has outfitted two rental-size black and yellow trucks.
Westword |
Eric Dexheimer |
09-07-2004 |
Children & Families
Tags: children & families
