waza Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 Steroid vacation May 27, 2012 "Juiced up" ... Michael Dorn strikes a bodybuilder pose in a Pattaya street. Photo: Anthony Johnson THERE'S something about the seedy Thai beachside town of Pattaya that keeps enticing Michael Dorn back - but it's not the sun, sea, sand or sex for which the resort is famous. The 21-year-old from Blacktown is part of a thriving amateur bodybuilding subculture that uses anabolic steroids and growth hormones as a fast track to the ultimate ''ripped'' body. While the drugs are heavily restricted in Australia by laws that are among the strictest in the world, Dorn - and hundreds like him - have discovered a novel way around the problem: they travel to Thailand on ''steroid vacations''. A Sun-Herald investigation has found that rather than risk prosecution in Australia, everyday gym users are travelling to Asia and ''stacking'' a dangerous cocktail of steroids that include powerful veterinary drugs and fertility medicine. Advertisement: Story continues below Click for more photos Steroid vacation Tim Sharky in Pattaya, Bangkok. Photo: Anthony Johnson While police in Australia warn of a growing trade in steroids - Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/national/health/steroid-vacation-20120526-1zblt.html#ixzz1w3glYtSC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metisdead Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 There is a topic of the same nature currently running here: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/558125-australians-travelling-to-thailand-on-steriod-vacations/ Please continue discussion in that topic. CLOSED Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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