Time to lift steroid ban??

[Golfer18--old]

I have a perfect record, but they would bust my ass for using AS and not eating fast food. Go bust the fat bitch in the McDonalds window with the triple patty sausage biscuit.

 

[CB38AC]

mike good idea but dream on bro

 

[BreezeKeeper]

However, the side effects of these drugs are much less severe than those from smoking and drinking. People have been taking these drugs for more than 40 years. Yet, we haven't seen the landslide of heart attack and cancer deaths predicted to the steroid Cassandras. The U.S. is supposed to be a free country. What right do lawmakers have to ban a drug that affects nobody but the user? Perhaps, it's time for the government and sports federations to lift the ban on steroids and allow people to be all they can be."


i couldn't agree more.

Honestly, I'm not automatically for or against legalization. I've no problem with them being illegal because I'm not naive to the genie that would be released from the steroid bottle. Despite heavy disbelief, there's still no proof either way that steroids contribute to aggressive personalities. We've seen road rage and all kinds of other rages, the last thing we need is a nation's youth jacked up on steroids while raging 'for any reason at all'. I've also seen plenty of guys who shouldn't be on the sauce. They're just bad eggs and they'd take the stuff just to live a mightier gangster lifestyle.

Taking supplements that grow naturally in the outside world are fine but taking steroids to gain an upperhand in anything is, unless your a scientist or a pure lover of some activity, cheating. It's not 'bettering' one's self, it's inflating one's self. And I've watched people make such faulty arguments to insist steroids are safe. Who says? Who can prove they are dangerous or safe?

Juice at your own risk, but don't expect the government to support you and make steroids legal to any jack schmoe 18 years or older just because they make him feel good, or because they enhance his performance. There's too many social implications and risks for that. And when the author of the article used the ancient argument that cigarettes and alcohol are just as bad and they are legal, he's saying that 3 wrongs make a right.

If, god forbid, there ARE risks associated with steroids...used properly OR not, then the government is well within its rights to keep the medical systems and insurance companies of the future from being overwhelmed just so people could get huge today.

Now, in case any of you are ready to pull a crank on me, I've used 'em. I liked 'em....a lot. I think they should be re-classified as a drug and punishments reduced, but I don't agree they should be legal. That would unleash a big f'ing monster that none of the quick-fix, gimme, gimme, gimme juicers could even fathom. Some people are just born to oppose any kind of restrictions, too. And I'm glad to obtain them through alternative channels.

Good luck, n God Bless,

Breezekeeper

 

[Elapid]

Breeze Keeper-

Here I am to harass you again but remember its just for the sake of debate and not a personal attack.

With that disclaimer out of the way, I have two questions for you:

1)Is taking Advil or Tylenol cheating since there not naturally occuring? or better yet is a person that takes their heart medication cheating death? or even better-the 65 year old who uses Androderm?

2)Where was the "Genie" in the '80s when steroid were'nt scheduled and easier to obtain without legal issue-I don't remember a rash of "roidraging" maniacs that terrorized the streets to then suddenly dissapear in the '90s when steroid were under tighter control.

Just some more food for thought and a polite rebutle to your arguments.

 

[Mike P.T.]

Breeze Keeper-

Here I am to harass you again but remember its just for the sake of debate and not a personal attack.

With that disclaimer out of the way, I have two questions for you:

1)Is taking Advil or Tylenol cheating since there not naturally occuring? or better yet is a person that takes their heart medication cheating death? or even better-the 65 year old who uses Androderm?

2)Where was the "Genie" in the '80s when steroid were'nt scheduled and easier to obtain without legal issue-I don't remember a rash of "roidraging" maniacs that terrorized the streets to then suddenly dissapear in the '90s when steroid were under tighter control.

Just some more food for thought and a polite rebutle to your arguments.

hmmmmmmmmm

 

[Elapid]

Mike-we must keep the same hours-your always on late night when I'm on.

 

[Mike P.T.]

Mike-we must keep the same hours-your always on late night when I'm on.

yes thats right. hehe don't have to wake up until afternoon during the week cuz i work after 3:00 pm hehehe so i usually go to bed around 6 in the morning.

 

[youngdeltman]

this was written in the latest Muscular Development:

" Steroids are banned because they're dangerous. However, the side effects of these drugs are much less severe than those from smoking and drinking. People have been taking these drugs for more than 40 years. Yet, we haven't seen the landslide of heart attack and cancer deaths predicted to the steroid Cassandras. "

The reason the death rate isn't as high as smoking or drinking is because more people smoke and drink, and the fact that smoking and drink are both legal.

If gear was legalized, and you compared the number of deaths or illnesses relative to the percantage of population that uses gear then the figures would be different.

eg: Say 1000 000 people (I'm just picking a figure) in the US drink and of those 500 000, maybe 1000 will die in a year as a result
Then if 20 000 people use gear and 200 die as a result (once again picking a figure)

Does that mean using gear is 5 time safer than drinking?

No.

 

[Mike P.T.]

another good point in this issue brought up by freeze from www.smartmuscle.com


http://www.smartmuscle.com/cgi-bin/ikon3/ikonboard.cgi?s=3c5bad216696ffff;act=ST;f=1;t=454

 

[Mike P.T.]

ok that didn't work. guess you'll just have to check out the site then.