THIS is the map that the Australian Crime Commission says shows Australia is becoming the peptides capital of the world.
Online enquires into the performance enhancing drug - specifically the variant known as GHRP - have skyrocketed in the past six years as athletes both professional and amateur, body builders and the anti-ageing fraternity seek to improve their bodies.
The substance, which is suspected to have been used by Essendon footballers and players from several rugby league clubs, is illegal in Australia and is on the World Anti-Doping Authority's prohibited list.
But it isn't stopping people from using peptides, either to promote muscle growth or recover from soft-tissue injuries.
Peptides stimulate the release of an increased level of human growth hormone and are difficult to police in professional sport because they are rapidly metabolised.
They are sold as a cream or in a solution for injection.
In its recently released report into organised crime and drugs in sport, the ACC says widespread use of peptides "has been identified, or is suspected" in a number of sporting codes in Australia.
It cites one instance of team-based doping, orchestrated by some club officials and coaching staff, while noting other players were sourcing peptides for personal use.
Bodybuilders and older individuals are also increasingly turning to the product as a way of improving their appearance.
The substance is purchased online - contributing to a marked increase in the number of border detections of hormones by customs officials - but according to the ACC is also being sourced through anti-ageing clinics.
The ACC says some medical practitioners were supplying pharmaceutical-quality drugs to athletes, in some cases without prescriptions.
In the wake of the ACC findings, the Therapeutic Goods Administration has moved to restrict the sale of peptides.
It has issued new regulations that prevent Australian-based suppliers selling the drugs online without a prescription.
Suppliers have already begun removing the substance from their websites.
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