European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 03, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday october 1989 the stars and stripes Page 25 tests boost High Price of steroid use from Page 1 and special forces of urine samples obtained from All services will be done at the International olympic committee certified lab at the University of California at Losangeles he said. Wypijewski expects More details from the department of the army before january on How to implement the air Force this year included Ster oids under its social action program regulating substance abuse. If someone Vio lates a prescription for steroids or use steroids without a prescription he now can be considered an abuser of that drug said capt. Bruce Johnson chief of drug and alcohol programs and policy Divi Sion for Safe basically what we Are doing is getting the word out to everybody in Safe that you cannot self medicate with Ster oids Johnson , there i was no testing pro Jugrani to identify Star / old Are currently guidance steroids in the i military awaiting from air Force Headquarters on what if any Impact the new Dod policy will have on us Johnson said. If an air Force member is identified As an illegal user of steroids he is subject to discharge under the same personnel regulations that apply to abusers of other types of illegal drugs said it. Col. James0. Johnston the director of civil and military affairs at the Safe staff judge advocate s office. Johnston said there have been a Cou ple of cases in which steroid users have been identified. In one the steroid Abus or was Given an honorable discharge. The other Case is still pending. Johnston said local base authorities Are determining an equitable Way to handle each in the Dod policy precludes the use or positive test results for disciplinary or administrative action. The policy directs the services to pro vide education and counselling to All Mil itary personnel about anabolic also states that special counselling serv ices should be provided to individual suspected of steroid use. Usa eur s Polk said he does think steroids arc pervasive in military Don t think it s a problem sys Lem wide he said. If there is a prob Lem and i m guessing Here it is probably in said he has warned Safe athletes not to use steroids for the past. When we informed them they would t just be kicked off the team but out of the air Force for steroid use they quit Safe sports director Dick Mullins. If it is found that there is problem in Safe football then i would fully support testing Ever player in the league coach Jimmy Burner three years. When we first did that we got some informal information about some ath letes using it and they stopped doing it right away Mullins said. They were saying but it s Legal to buy it Over the counter in Germany but when we in formed them they would t just be kicked off the team but out of the air Force they actually it is not Legal to buy steroids Over the counter in West Germany. However Connie Ludwig of the drug enforcement department of the Darmstadt police department said that while pos session of steroids is not a crime in West Germany Selling steroids is. An sex Power lifter in the army housed steroids for two weeks but did not want to be identified agreed with Polk on the use of steroids among Usa eur Power lifters. In my opinion at the top level of Sarteur i would say probably at least half of the Power lifters arc using Ster oids the Man said. Another top athlete stationed in Europe who has used steroids disputes that estimate. Tom who did not want his name or sport identified said he knew of Only a handful of steroid users in the military. An army sports director interview Dat the Usa eur track and Field championships in september discovered How prevalent steroids were in one gym soon after taking the Job. I caught three people dealing it in my weight room and two people shooting it right there in the said the sport director who turned the individuals in to army authorities. Tom believes that steroid use on the International level won t Stop soon and that military athletes will suffer in com petitions. If there is testing by the military ican see How in the Long run the military will be shooting itself in the foot As far As having top athletes competing on the International level Tom said. The Mili tary will test right Down to the letter an the other organizations won Johnson criticized Tom s priorities. The air Force regulation is very straightforward and Plain Johnson said. I Don t see that As a valid argument. The air Force docs push sports Competition but it docs not push illegal use of drugs of any Johnston agreed with Johnson s assessment. If he s a military member he s been misguided As to his role in our society. Which is to be ready to fight a War Johnston said. Warren Stanley coach of the rect a main rockets said he has not seen or heard of any steroid use by his players nor would he tolerate any. First of All. I think it s a form of cheating Stanley said. It s unhealthy and has absolutely no place in the foot Ball program i m in charge of. It s really unacceptable from a coaching View Jimmy Barber an air Force major who is head coach of the Lakin Heath eagles Safe football team welcomes the new policy. If it is found that there is a problem in Safe f90tball, then i would fully support testing every player in the league Barber said. It. Col. Bill Dischi the Usa eur All army and inter service record Holder in the Hammer throw has seen both sides of the Coin. The executive officer of 2nd brigade. 3rd inf div in Kil Ingon West Germany said he has not seen any Ster Oid use by military track and Field ath letes. However once they move on to the International level military athletes Don t stand a Chance said Dischi. Who was on the . National team from 1974tol976. There arc very few International level athletes in the weights that have not used them at one time or another Dic isaid. World class Competition today in the weight s is predicated on inc use of steroid substances. It s just a fact of life. Soviet bloc countries have been using them since they were Tom also pointed to the East bloc an asian countries. In the world championships an olympics it sure tells the Tom said. The East in t belter than the West. They just have better technical re James Miller a sergeant major stationed in Frankfurt who has competed in All natural bodybuilding events agrees. When you re going to an International level everybody thinks Well the Joneses Are doing it How can one Guy compete against another Guy when he Al ready knows he s going to lose Miller asked. Dischi said that when All is said an done Scricc members really Don t have a Choice. He said the new policy mean military athletes can t use steroids. Once the policy goes into effect the decision is simple. Either you wish to break the Law or you Don t. In this Busi Ness the military there in t any ques Tion about tomorrow one i s steroid Saga. to this report staff writers Janol o Gostl no and de Ravia in farm staff Wittst Germany and Mike Genalo in new York sunday to the nil jacks jacks packers Milwaukee a Rookie Chris Jacke kicked a 22-Yard Field goal with 1 42 left capping a. 17-Pointfourth-Quarter rally sunday As the Green Bay packers beat the atlant Falcons 23-21. Green Bay which has trailed in Al four of its games before staging huge comebacks raised its record to 2-2.the Falcons who led 14-6 at the half and 21-6 after three quarters dropped to 1-3. Jacke s winning kick his third Fiel goal of the game came at the end of a 13-play drive that consumed 6 46. The key play in the March was Don Majkowski s 23-Yard pass to Perry Emp that carried to the Falcons 38. Dave Brown intercepted Atlanta Shugh Millen after Jacke s Field goal then the packers ran out the in the fourth Quarter Majkowski rolled out and heaved a 37 Jacke Yard touchdown pass to Herman Fontenot mop ing the packers within 21-20with 9 44 left. Deion Sand ers the Falcons top draft Choice returned the ensuing Kickoff 96yards for an apparent touchdown but it was called Back by a holding penalty. With the Falcons leading 21-6 in the third Quarter. Green Bay s Sterling Sharp picked up a Fumble by team mate Jeff query who had made a 17 Yard pass reception and ran it into the end zone from the 5 with 13 53 remaining. The touchdown capped a90-Yard drive and made it 21-13 As the packers began another rally. Bengals recover 21-17 Kansas City Mot a line Backer Leon White ran 22 Yards untouched and almost unnoticed on fourth Quarter Fumble return sunday giving the Cincinnati bengals a 21-17victory Over the astonished Kansas City chiefs. David Fulcher cemented the Victory by intercepting Ron Jaworski and re turning it 21 Yards to the Kansas city19 with 2 30 remaining. Jim gallery then missed a 31-Yard Field goal. The chiefs who committed two turnovers inside the Cincinnati 10-Yard line in the third period were nursing a17-14 Lead when Christian Okoye went around right end on second and fou from the 19. Okoye collapsed in a pile of ladders and blockers and players on both sides seemed to pull up and Stop. But the next thing anybody knew White was standing in inc end zone with the Ball. Officials said White stripped Okoye of the Ball before Okoye s knee touched Down. Replay officials said a review was inconclusive so the play stood As a Cincinnati touch Down with 13 11 remaining and turned out to be the Only touchdown of the second half. I Don t know if they even saw Heball White said. But you try to Lake the play As far As you can because you never know what the referee is going to i think it was a bad Call Sai Christian Okoye who was stripped of the Ball. I was Down. I could t i actually think i heard a whistle Kansas City running Back Herman heard said
