Army charges Bales with steroid use
By Craig Whitlock,
The Army filed new charges Friday against the U.S. soldier accused of killing 16 villagers in southern Afghanistan in March, alleging that he had consumed alcohol and used steroids during his combat tour.
According to the charges, Staff Sgt. Robert Bales illegally possessed and used stanozolol, an anabolic steroid that is commonly used by bodybuilders but is banned by many professional sports leagues as a performance-enhancing drug.
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Emma Scanlan, a civilian attorney from Seattle who is part of Bales’s defense team, played down the steroid and alcohol charges. She said that, despite the official prohibitions against both substances, it was common for soldiers to use steroids and to drink on remote outposts like the one where Bales was deployed.
“The access to alcohol and other substances appears to be fairly widespread,” she said.
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