I don't want to get into a pissing match with anybody here.....but having been around "Vic" a bit in the early 1990's...im inclined to agree here with Noel
Vic was 270# in 1982, the first year I saw him, he was the biggest BBer in Venice-he was NOT on GH.
GH was basically not avalible at that time-with very limited exceptions-and if you were one of those exceptions you had a small supply that would cover 2-4 weeks/small dosages max.
NO ONE was on "boatlaods" of GH then because there simply was not boatloads of it available.
Now what went on in the 90's I dont know, but Vic was just as big in 1982 as he was in 1992.