Creative Edge Nutrition Inc (FITX)

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Game over. No license. Thanks for playing the Pinky Lottery.

At around 29:36 in this presentation.

...but they must refuse to issue the license in certain circumstances. The two I wanted to point out to you in particular are . .

One. Where information has been received by a peace officer, competent authority or the united nations which raises reasonable grounds to believe that the applicant has been involved in the diversion of a controlled substance.

So, note that it doesn't mean that the applicant has ever been charged or convicted, uh it just means that there has to have been reasonable grounds to suspect you were involved.

And then we have the Edge Nutrition stores little steroid problem.

By Doug Williamson Star Staff Reporter
Thursday, March 04, 2004

A father's concern over his teenaged son's use of a muscle-building dietary supplement has resulted in charges of trafficking in anabolic steroids against a Windsor businessman and one of his employees.

Bassem Bahige Chaaban, 64, owner of two Edge Nutrition stores in the city, and employee Marlene Newton, 39 were charged last week after undercover officers made three "buys" of a supplement called M-Test.

Windsor police allege the supplement contained steroids that fall under the Controlled Drugs and Substance Act.

Chaaban is charged with possessing an anabolic steroid for the purpose of trafficking, two counts of trafficking an anabolic steroid and one count of possession of pepper spray, a prohibited weapon.

Newton is charged with trafficking an anabolic steroid.

A conviction on each of the drug charges can result in up to three years in jail. Chaaban and Newton are to appear in court March 15.

Federal drug prosecutor Richard Pollock said Wednesday the charges stem from police undercover buys made on Feb. 19 and 20. It is an offence to sell steroids or possess them for the purpose of trafficking, but it is not illegal to simply possess them, he said.

The police investigation stemmed from a complaint by a parent who became concerned over what his son was ingesting and contacted police, said Windsor police Staff Sgt. Ed McNorton.

"The father checked into it, looked at the bottle and did a little research."

Staff Sgt. Dan Woods of the drug unit said several samples of products sold to the officers from "under the counter" were sent to a Health Canada laboratory in Toronto for analysis.

"The vast majority of them are illegal in Canada," Woods said, adding the M-Test bought by undercover officers is available in the United States.

"(Police) have grounds to believe that they've trafficked (in steroids), they just don't know what it is," Pollock said, adding the charges will be amended once test results from Health Canada identify the exact substance.

Chaaban, interviewed briefly at his store on Wyandotte Street East, denied selling steroids and referred The Star to his lawyer, Pat Ducharme.

"I don't know anything about it yet," Ducharme said Wednesday. "They've retained me and I'm going to look into it."

Police issued a warning about the health dangers of using steroids, and Pollock said this charge, although not common, does surface.

"The health risks are well documented and it does pose a danger to those people who use them," Pollock said.

Steroid use in the city is an open secret, one fitness trainer said.

"It definitely does go on," said Teresa Ashwood, of Windsor Squash and Fitness.

"You don't hear about it as much as you used to, but you know it's there."

She said many users are young men who want to achieve rapid muscle gain in a relatively short period of time.