Amazon.com offering steroids for sale

An investigation by Californian firm Anti-Doping Research has revealed that illegal steroids can be easily bought, with them freely available at Amazon.com.

"To me, it's absolutely an amazing story," Anti-Doping Research chief executive officer Don Catlin told The Washington Post.

From Nutraingredients-usa.com:

His firm bought about 10 products which testing confirmed contained illegal steroids that are known to have dangerous side effects such as liver toxicity.

Catlin said he had notified the Food and Drug Administration, the Drug Enforcement Administration as well as Amazon.com about the matter. Anti-Doping Research indicated there were many similar products that continued to be sold on Amazon.com.

Enforce the law

Dan Fabricant, PhD, the vice president of scientific and global government affairs at the Natural Products Association (NPA), said the situation revealed the need for the dietary supplements industry to remain vigilant and reach out more intensively to retailers on the internet, even behemoths like Amazon.com.

Catlin also said, "To just go on Amazon.com and order anabolic steroids."