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Where is Congressional investigation of steroid abuse among law enforcement?

By Gritsforbreakfast

Ever since the US Department of Justice (USDOJ) began selectively prosecuting high-profile athletes amidst Congressional media grandstanding, I've been wondering why the same focus isn't placed on law enforcement, where there's at least as much evidence of widespread use.It turns out a fellow Texan beat me to that argument; Dr. John Hoberman of UT-Austin in 2005 wrote an informative article on the subject ("Dopers in Uniform," May 22, 2005). The full, footnoted piece is well worth reading, but here's an excerpt that shows the connections between police and steroids has been recognized for quite some time:One of the remarkable anomalies of the anti-steroid campaign of the past two decades is that it has virtually ignored the many reports of steroid use by police officers in the United States and in other countries...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on February 16, 2008 (boomark / email).