Benoit Toxicology Reports Say What??

As you probably already know, last month Benoit murdered his wife and son and then committed suicide. Since then the rumours of "Roid-Rage" have been rife. Yesterday the toxicology reports were announced and I have spent the past 2 or 3 hours trying to find out what they actually said.

The majority of websites have a headline saying how Benoit was on steroid when he murdered his family and then about four or five websites said he wasn't on steroids but on a combination of prescription drugs including Hydrocodone a painkiller and Xanax an anti-anxiety drug.

So what is the actual truth? Well it seems that Benoits testosterone level was 10 times what it should be which states he was also injecting testosterone and www.wrestlemag.com eventually cleared it up for me.

"The doctor in charge of World Wrestling Entertainment’s Wellness Policy, Dr. Black, once went on the record as saying that testosterone is an anabolic steroid, going against WWE’s current stance, which is the subject of continued scrutiny after yesterday’s toxicology results in the Chris Benoit tragedy.

In 2005, Dr. Black appeared on 60 Minutes II to discuss a story about NFL players who were taking banned substances. When asked if he considered testosterone to be a steroid, Black was quoted as saying, “Yes. Testosterone is the, ah, original base chemical, or the starting chemical for all the anabolic steroids.“" (http://www.wrestlemag.com/news/index.php?p=6454)

So there we have it, Benoit was taking testosterone an ingredient in steroids and because one doctor has announced he considers testosterone to be a steroid that must mean he's right and therefore no matter what anyone else says the big bad steroids were to blame!

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