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Steroids Probe Entangles 50 Cent, Blige

Posted Jan 14, 08 1:05 PM CST in Sports,  Arts & Living,  Gossip,  Crime & Courts,  Science & Health 

(Newser) – To the list of celebs implicated in steroids investigations, add 50 Cent and Mary J. Blige. The Albany-based probe that has already fingered major pro athletes also involves entertainers, the Albany Times Union reports, indicating steroid use has grown far beyond the realm of sports. Other stars who received the illegally prescribed drugs, which are believed to have anti-aging properties, include Timbaland, Wyclef Jean, and Tyler Perry.

None of the stars is accused of a crime, but their suppliers are. New York law prohibits doctors from writing prescriptions for patients they've never examined. More than recording artists or baseball players, tens of thousands of others were drawn in, one doctor said. “The impact is lost if people think we’re just dealing with folks who show up in People magazine.”

Source Times Union (Albany)

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Timbaland poses backstage at the MTV Video Music Awards at the Palms Hotel and Casino on Sunday, Sept. 9, 2007, in Las Vegas. Timbaland is one of several entertainers who have been fingered as steroid...   (Associated Press)
Rap star Curtis James Jackson III, better known as 50 Cent, performs during a concert in Madrid, Sunday, Dec. 16, 2007. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)   (Associated Press)
U.S. Rap star Curtis James Jackson III, better known as 50 Cent, performs during a concert in Madrid, Sunday, Dec. 16, 2007. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)   (Associated Press)
Recording artist Mary J. Blige performs at GM Style event Saturday, Jan. 12, 2008 in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)   (Associated Press)
Rap artist 50 Cent arrives for the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards. The rap artist is among the entertainers implicated in ab ongoing investigation into illegally prescribed steroids and HGH.   (Getty Images)
Singer Mary J. Blige poses backstage at MTV Studios for a taping of MTV's "Total Request Live" Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2007. in New York. An Albany-based investigation of steroid and human growth hormone distribution...   (Associated Press)
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