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MLB investigating South Florida as 'ground zero' on PED war - ESPN
Major League Baseball is investigating multiple wellness clinics in South Florida, as well as individuals with potential ties to players, armed with the belief that the region stretching 50 miles south from Boca Raton to Miami is "ground zero" for performance-enhancing drugs still filtering into the game.
"Outside the Lines" has learned that MLB security officials have spent considerable time in South Florida since last summer, monitoring clinics believed to be linked to the sale of human growth hormone and testosterone to players. MLB officials hope law enforcement will subpoena clinic records to determine whether players received illegal and banned substances.
"Outside the Lines" has learned that MLB security officials have spent considerable time in South Florida since last summer, and those investigators have attempted to make controlled buys of human growth hormone and testosterone, substances banned by baseball yet openly promoted by area clinics. MLB investigators are hoping to show that the clinics in question unlawfully prescribe drugs for off-label use. MLB officials hope law enforcement officials will take any information investigators obtain and subpoena records to determine whether players received illegal and banned substances.
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is working with MLB, which declined comment Saturday, but it is unclear whether subpoenas have already been issued, and sources close to the investigation said a direct link to players has yet to be found. The investigation is tedious because of the involvement of potentially multiple agencies, plus the fly-by-night nature of questionable clinics, which have been known to shut down and reopen under new names as a means of staying ahead of the law.
MLB investigating South Florida as 'ground zero' on PED war - ESPN
Major League Baseball is investigating multiple wellness clinics in South Florida, as well as individuals with potential ties to players, armed with the belief that the region stretching 50 miles south from Boca Raton to Miami is "ground zero" for performance-enhancing drugs still filtering into the game.
"Outside the Lines" has learned that MLB security officials have spent considerable time in South Florida since last summer, monitoring clinics believed to be linked to the sale of human growth hormone and testosterone to players. MLB officials hope law enforcement will subpoena clinic records to determine whether players received illegal and banned substances.
"Outside the Lines" has learned that MLB security officials have spent considerable time in South Florida since last summer, and those investigators have attempted to make controlled buys of human growth hormone and testosterone, substances banned by baseball yet openly promoted by area clinics. MLB investigators are hoping to show that the clinics in question unlawfully prescribe drugs for off-label use. MLB officials hope law enforcement officials will take any information investigators obtain and subpoena records to determine whether players received illegal and banned substances.
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is working with MLB, which declined comment Saturday, but it is unclear whether subpoenas have already been issued, and sources close to the investigation said a direct link to players has yet to be found. The investigation is tedious because of the involvement of potentially multiple agencies, plus the fly-by-night nature of questionable clinics, which have been known to shut down and reopen under new names as a means of staying ahead of the law.
