It is impossible to blame anabolic steroids for Chad Brothers’ death

Chad Brothers was a bodybuilder with essentially increased muscles. His weight was 240 pounds. His abnormal manner, cardiac arrest and sudden death in October, 2011 have been widely discussed in numerous articles in magazines, newspapers and internet. It was claimed that Chad Brothers had come to the Gold’s Gym in Latham, Albany. The bodybuilder was too aggressive and began to attack other people who were training in the gym. When police arrived, there were numerous attempts to subdue him. Since the bodybuilder refused to subdue, a police officer had to use a Taser, an electroshock weapon, for this purpose. The bodybuilder experienced a circulatory arrest and died.
It was defined by the post-mortem toxicology that anabolic steroids had been presented in the system of the bodybuilder. No one can doubt that this information led to appearance of various articles that told readers that anabolic steroids had caused his death. But an essential aspect was not noted. Many authors of articles connected with Brothers’ death did it intentionally; others did it unknowingly. Phencyclidine (PCP) that is called “angel dust” was also presented.
Cecilia Logue, spokesperson for David Soares of the Albany County District Attorney’s Office and articles of the Times-Union damned anabolic steroids for Chad Brothers’ death. Only such individuals who had sought additional information found out that not only anabolic steroids were presented in Brothers’ system.
The police official Steven Heider was interviewed by FOX 23 News. This official confirmed that both steroids and PCP were identified by the post-mortem toxicology.
While anabolic steroids are a Schedule III Controlled Substances, PCP is a Schedule II Controlled Substance. Phencyclidine has anesthetic, dissociative and hallucinogenic features. However anabolic steroids are cursed for unusual manner and sudden death of Chad Brothers, PCP might have played an essential role in his abnormal manner and death.