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Canseco Busted With 'Roids-Reversing Drug

Juiced author charged with smuggling testosterone booster

By Sarah Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted Oct 15, 2008 12:00 PM CDT

(Newser) – Former baseball player Jose Canseco was charged yesterday with bringing a mislabeled drug from Mexico into the US, TMZ reports. The drug, human chorionic gonadotropin, helps boost testosterone in men who have used steroids and can reverse some of their, ahem, shrinking effects; it’s illegal in the US without a prescription. Canseco, an admitted former steroids user, faces up to a year in jail.

Jose Canseco, left, talks with David Letterman about his book, Vindicated, which deals with baseball's steroid scandal, on March 31, 2008.
Jose Canseco, left, talks with David Letterman about his book, "Vindicated," which deals with baseball's steroid scandal, on March 31, 2008.   (AP Photo)
Jose Canseco was charged yesterday in San Diego with attempting to bring mislabeled drugs into the US.
Jose Canseco was charged yesterday in San Diego with attempting to bring mislabeled drugs into the US.   (AP Photo)
Jose Canseco was held for nearly 10 hours by immigration authorities at San Diego's San Ysidro border crossing last week.
Jose Canseco was held for nearly 10 hours by immigration authorities at San Diego's San Ysidro border crossing last week.   (AP Photo)
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