The Steroid Detective

摘要

There was no way to be sure what was in the mysterious vial that arrived in Dr. Don Catlin's Los Angeles lab last June. All he knew was that he had been told to find out what it was―and if it was what he suspected, it could mean big trouble for a lot of people. That trouble arrived earlier this month when the Department of Justice announced that it was charging four San Francisco-area men with 42 counts of conspiring to distribute anabolic steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs―the charges stemming, in part, from what Catlin found in the vial. Things heated up further last week when the U.S. Attorney's office in San Francisco released affi-davits from people involved in the case declaring that Greg An-derson, personal train-er for home-run king Barry Bonds, had given steroids to Major League Baseball players―though all the defendants have pleaded not guilty to all charges. So far, no athletes have been indicted, but more sneakers are expected to drop.