Charles Schumer: Caffeine pills are better performance-enhancing drugs than Adderall
26.05.2016

U.S. Senator Charles Schumer Aggressively Promotes the War on Steroids But Can’t Even Stop His Staff from Using Anabolic Steroids

United States Senator Charles Schumer (D), has been one of the top Congressional leaders promoting the “war on steroids”. But the grandstanding and moralizing Senator from New York can’t even stop his own staff from using illicit anabolic steroids.

Cody Peluso, the Hudson Valley Regional Director representing the office of Sen. Schumer, apparently does not share his boss’s disdain and moral disapproval of individuals who use performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs). Peluso was busted with 200 anabolic steroid tablets (plus 1 Xanax tablet and 2 Suboxone tablets) during a recent traffic stop.

“We are shocked and saddened by this news. Mr. Peluso will immediately be placed on leave pending a complete investigation of this incident,” said Jason Kaplan, spokesman for Sen. Schumer

Peluso was driving with a revoked license and a suspended vehicle registration. A Stony Point Police officer pulled over Peluso after a license plate reader flagged his car according to Lt. Keith Williams. Police found the illegal drugs after Peluso consented to a police search of his vehicle.

Senator Schumer is known as one of the nation’s staunchest anti-drug warriors who aggressively promotes free-spending of taxpayer money to fight the failed war on drugs. He sees the “war on drugs” as a national emergency. In Schumer’s opinion, all illegal drugs are bad but performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) are the worst. It doesn’t matter whether it’s sports doping or academic doping, Schumer thinks the government should do everything possible to keep the drugs out of the hands of Americans.

Schumer is an anti-steroid blowhard who never misses an opportunity to grandstand about the moral righteousness of his fight against drugs in sports and society. If illegal steroids and drugs are making headlines, Schumer is one of the first politicians to release a statement expressing outrage.

The 2007 Mitchell Report into the illegal use of steroids and human growth hormone (hGH) in Major League Baseball:

Schumer wanted to pass a law that would have made human growth hormone (hGH) a controlled substance. The criminalization of hGH would have made mere possession punishable by up to three years in prison. The bill was eagerly embraced by morally-driven organizations like the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) and the Partnership for a Drug-Free America.

“The real tragedy of the Mitchell Report is that it shows how easy it is to beat the system,” Schumer said. “The majority of players named in the report are accused of taking human growth hormone, a drug for which there is currently no reliable test. We have to do everything we can to keep dangerous substances out of young hands. Together, these two bills are a big step in that direction.”

The 2015-2016 DEA Operation Cyber Juice that busted 16 underground laboratories (UGLs) that manufactured anabolic steroids:

Schumer was a vocal cheerleader for Operation Cyber Juice. The government described the DEA-led investigation as “a nationwide series of enforcement actions targeting every level of the global underground trade of anabolic steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs, the vast majority of which are manufactured and trafficked from underground labs in China.”

“The excellent work of the DEA agents and New York State Police officers who pursued this case [Operation Cyber Juice] for over a year is evidence that we need to do all we can to ensure law enforcement has the resources necessary to do their jobs effectively. That is why I will continue to work with my colleagues in Congress and local officials to make sure the federal government continues to support programs that help our communities fight the war on drugs.”

The 2015 WADA report on state-sponsored doping program in Russia and efforts to ban Russia from the 2016 Rio Olympics:

Sen. Schumer believes that all Russian athletes should be banned from participating in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

“Because the doping was not individual athletes and not even individual coaches. It was the whole Russian Olympic team with the government complicit,” Schumer said.

The 2013 reports of “academic doping” by up to 35% of college students:

Sen. Schumer feels the government needs to crackdown on the use of prescription stimulants like Ritalin and Adderall when misused for “academic doping” and promote the use of caffeine pills instead.

“That’s sort of academic doping,” said Schumer. “There are better ways to pull an all-nighter and stay up. There’s coffee, there’s things like NoDoz.”

“For somebody to call up and say ‘well, my doctor prescribed it at home, send me pills, here’s the prescription number…’ that’s not good enough,” said Schumer. “If a student gets 100 or 200 Adderall pills, even if they are legitimately entitled, they may lend a bunch to their friends.”

The 2014 Silk Road bust of Ross Ulbricht:

Schumer found yet another reason to spend taxpayer money for the war on drugs when he learned about Silk Road and the darknet marketplaces run by computer geeks such as Ross Ulbricht.

“With illegal online drug sales on the rise, we need our federal law enforcement officials to do a top to bottom investigation of how these online drug marketplaces continue to thrive, and whether we must better prioritize combating these sales,” said Senator Schumer. “These websites, by allowing users to rate the delivery services of sellers and by offering any drugs imaginable under the sun, are nothing less than an all-you-can order buffet of contraband that need to be investigated and targeted with more intensity. I look forward to a Department of Justice review of their protocols, and will fight to increase their funding for this purpose, so that these officials do not have one hand tied behind their back in the evolving world of these online drug bazaars.”

As you can see, Schumer just can’t shut up when it comes to grandstanding about the evils of steroids and drugs. Of course, the silence is deafening when it comes to the drug use on his own staff.

Meanwhile, Peluso has been freed from jail on $100 bail. He’s been placed on administrative leave by the Schumer office. Peluso is scheduled to appear in court in June 2016.

Schumer is running for re-election this fall. He wants to replace outgoing Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid as the most powerful Democrat in the Senate.

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