Jose Canseco HCG
Former Major League Baseball player Jose Canseco was detained at the Mexican border for more than nine hours on October 9, 2008, for attempting to smuggle human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) into the United States.1 HCG is a natural hormone used by anabolic steroid users.
Canseco was charged with one count of misdemeanor drug smuggling on October 14, 2008.2 3
Fast Facts
- Canseco was with girlfriend Heidi Northcutt when detained1
- He had to consent to a search of his home before he was released1
- The search of Canseco's home did not produce additional evidence4
- Canseco testified to Congress about his steroid use in 2005, and discussed steroid use in the MLB in his best-selling book Juiced4
- Canseco will appear before a federal judge in Los Angeles on October 14, 20081
- October 14, 2008: Charged with misdemeanor drug smuggling2
About hCG
HCG is a human hormone produced by pregnant women. A test determining the presence of hCG is used to determine if a woman is pregnant, or as a screening for possible birth defects such as Down syndrome.5 It is also used by some as part of a weight loss regimen.6
HCG stimulates testosterone production. Anabolic steroids imitate testosterone, and must be taken in cycles to stave off testicular atrophy; injecting hCG restarts natural testosterone production after a user has come off a steroid cycle.7 It is banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency and is illegal without a prescription.1 4
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