Skip to main content
Digital Archive Ontario Homepage
One-time Mr. Universe: Steven Brisbois, who won the body-building title in 1986, said Ben Johnson's doctor prescribed him steroids but never did tests for side-effects
One-time Mr. Universe: Steven Brisbois, who won the body-building title in 1986, said Ben Johnson's doctor prescribed him steroids but never did tests for side-effects

One-time Mr. Universe: Steven Brisbois, who won the body-building title in 1986, said Ben Johnson's doctor prescribed him steroids but never did tests for side-effects

Date5/10/1989
Names
(photographer)
FormatPicture
Notes
Original Toronto Star caption: One-time Mr. Universe: Steven Brisbois, who won the body-building title in 1986, said Ben Johnson's doctor prescribed him steroids but never did tests for side-effects.
Subject
    Medium
    Photographs
    Language
      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0092295F
      Though steroids offer body builders a shortcut, the drugs may cause serious side effects
      Though steroids offer body builders a shortcut, the drugs may cause serious side effects
      Stawicki, Andrew
      3/30/1989
      My friend, Fluffy: I love this cat, says Sunnybrook Medical Centre patient John Brisbois, who was part of a hospital experiment that welcomes pets as therapy for older patients
      My friend, Fluffy: I love this cat, says Sunnybrook Medical Centre patient John Brisbois, who was part of a hospital experiment that welcomes pets as therapy for older patients
      McConnell, Colin
      12/1/1982
      Running harder: The first Marathon team with Lawrence Bloomberg, centre, and front left Robert Disbrow, Eric Savics, Richard Dorman, Ron Smith, Paul Brisbois, Barbara Millichamp and Rick Hallisey.
      Running harder: The first Marathon team with Lawrence Bloomberg, centre, and front left Robert Disbrow, Eric Savics, Richard Dorman, Ron Smith, Paul Brisbois, Barbara Millichamp and Rick Hallisey.
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      10/30/1980
      'Ruse' Alleged: Sprinter Desai Williams leaves Dubin inquiry with girlfriend Hazel Halbert yesterday after testifying coach Charlie Francis had tried to trick him into using steroids
      'Ruse' Alleged: Sprinter Desai Williams leaves Dubin inquiry with girlfriend Hazel Halbert yesterday after testifying coach Charlie Francis had tried to trick him into using steroids
      Slaughter, Mike
      4/11/1989
      Lawyer's challenge: Ben Johnson's lawyer, Terrence O'Sullivan, claimed several reasons for athlete's positive drug test.
      Lawyer's challenge: Ben Johnson's lawyer, Terrence O'Sullivan, claimed several reasons for athlete's positive drug test.
      Loek, Dick
      3/7/1993
      Man-made muscle: A two-step procedure for screeing drugs in Olympic atheltes looks for stimulants, narcotics, beta-blockers, diuretics and anabolic steroids, above
      Man-made muscle: A two-step procedure for screeing drugs in Olympic atheltes looks for stimulants, narcotics, beta-blockers, diuretics and anabolic steroids, above
      Dutton, Don
      9/26/1988
      Sprinter Angela Bailey has caused waves in track and field circles by speaking out against banned substances such an anabolic steroids
      Sprinter Angela Bailey has caused waves in track and field circles by speaking out against banned substances such an anabolic steroids
      Goode, Jeff
      1/29/1988
      Joseph Kiefer: No difference in steroids for humans, animals, expert says
      Joseph Kiefer: No difference in steroids for humans, animals, expert says
      Mahler, John
      5/1/1989
      Yvon Chouinard: He had absolutely no idea lifters may have been on steroids
      Yvon Chouinard: He had absolutely no idea lifters may have been on steroids
      Chouinard, Yvon, 1938-
      2/22/1989
      Under suspension: An angry Dr. Jamie Astaphan vows yesterday he'll fight his 18-month ban and $5,000 fine for prescribing steroids to Canadian athletes
      Under suspension: An angry Dr. Jamie Astaphan vows yesterday he'll fight his 18-month ban and $5,000 fine for prescribing steroids to Canadian athletes
      Astaphan, George Mario
      6/3/1991
      Drug Scene: West German sportscaster Bernd Heller tells the Dubin inquiry it's impossible for athletes to get into world-class throwing events without using steroids
      Drug Scene: West German sportscaster Bernd Heller tells the Dubin inquiry it's impossible for athletes to get into world-class throwing events without using steroids
      Loek, Dick
      6/13/1989
      A family affair: Ben Johnson's family goes wild as their favorite son sets the world on fire in Seoul in his long-awaited showdown with King Carl Lewis
      A family affair: Ben Johnson's family goes wild as their favorite son sets the world on fire in Seoul in his long-awaited showdown with King Carl Lewis
      Johnson, Ben, 1961-
      9/23/1988