Was Oscar Pistorius's brutal killing of his girlfriend a "Roid Rage" frenzy?

"Initial signs that anabolic steroids are being abused may include rapid weight gain and unusual mood swings. Emotions may include increased aggressiveness. Acne is almost always seen.

The side effects of steroids can be explained by the excess androgen and anabolic drug levels present in the body.

The use of steroids suppresses .... more here

http://www.emedicinehealth.com/steroids/page3_em.htm

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Gary:

Oscar Pistorius's brutal killing of his girlfriend immediately reminded me of the the "Roid Rage" that is often experienced when taking anabolic steroids.  As more detail comes to light, the more it seems he totally lost the plot.

Steroid use is most effective out of season during the bulking and strength phases of an athlete's conditioning.  This would fit timing-wise with regards to Pistorius's preparations for the up-coming season.

It will be interesting to see what comes out in the court proceedings.

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Record doping tests carried out at Beijing Olympics

4,770 doping tests were carried out in Beijing in the framework of the largest ever testing programme for an Olympic Games. The tests included 3,801 urine and 969 blood tests. Urine tests included 817 EPO tests, and blood tests covered 471 human Growth Hormone (hGH) tests. All the tests covered the 29-day period from 27 July until 24 August 2008. Athletes qualified for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games were tested by the World Anti-Doping Agency and BOCOG under the authority of the IOC. As a general rule, all top five finishers, plus a

 further two, were tested.

Source and full story here.

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Gary comments:

Of course, this all smoke and mirrors.  The use of performance enhancing substances outside of the Olympics during the athlete's preparations is not addressed by testing during the Games.

Drugs can be used to make an athlete train with greater intensity, to recover faster and grow bigger, stronger muscles and even longer limbs. Evading random testing outside of competition is easy enough.  An athlete with the right resourcing is able to come within .001 of the limit for triggering a positive test and therefore remain "legal".  Others may be using designer drugs that have yet to be "discovered" by the testing agency.

As I have asked before: When there is a positive drugs test, why is there not a lifetime ban for the cheat?  

And I ask this:

Why, also, is there not a proper investigation to expose and prosecute the 'Mr Bigs" behind the elaborate attempts at doping deceloption?

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