In 2005, This Painting Hung In Lance Armstrong's Sitting Room

about his experiences as an 'Armstrong enabler' in the Atlantic), he encountered the above Ed Ruscha painting in Lance Armstrong's sitting room while interviewing the Texan following his 2005 Tour de France win. As he describes it:

The only time I ever met Lance Armstrong was in 2005, a few months before his final Tour de France win, to interview him for an Outside magazine cover story. Welcomed into Armstrong's home with chilly hospitality, I was amazed to encounter an Ed Ruscha painting hanging prominently on his living-room wall. Against a backdrop of dark storm clouds, the canvas featured bold white letters spelling out the words SAFE AND EFFECTIVE MEDICATION. I laughed out loud when I saw it.

No one would ever accuse Armstrong of not having a sense of humour.