News said nothing about presence of PCP in Brothers’ system

Chad Brothers was a bodybuilder with increased muscle mass. His weight was 240 pounds. His aggressive manner, cardiac arrest and sudden death in October, 2011 have been widely discussed in numerous articles in magazines, newspapers and internet. It was said that Chad Brothers had come to the Gold’s Gym in Latham, Albany. Chad Brothers was too aggressive and began to attack other people who were training in the gym. When police arrived, there were certain attempts to subdue him. Since Chad Brothers refused to subdue, a police officer had to use a Taser, an electroshock weapon, for this need. 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 Chad Brothers. No one can doubt that this factor led to appearance of various articles that told readers that anabolic steroids had been responsible for his death. But an essential aspect was not noted. Several authors of articles related to Brothers’ death did it intentionally; others did it unknowingly. Phencyclidine (PCP) which 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 death of this person. Only such readers that had sought additional information knew out that not only anabolic steroids were presented in Brothers’ system.
The police officer Steven Heider was interviewed by FOX 23 News. This official pointed out that both steroids and PCP were found by the post-mortem toxicology.
While anabolic steroids are a Schedule III Controlled Substances, PCP is a Schedule II Controlled Substance. Phencyclidine possesses anesthetic, dissociative and hallucinogenic features. However anabolic steroids are accused in aggressiveness and sudden death of Chad Brothers, PCP might have played an essential role in his unusual manner and death.