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Originally Posted by testosaurous  I am not a conspiracy theorist.. but I believe alot of the reason Steroids were made illegal ... and so much effort is made to keep them illegal.. is because big money (ie, the pharmaceutical industry.. fast food industry.. etc.. ) wants our population to get fatter and fatter.. sicker and sicker.. cause that's where they make their money.. and anything that contributes to building health and well-being is targeted to at least be ridiculed in the media (owned by the same people) or in the case of Steroids.. made illegal to keep it out of people's hands...
I was just wondering what others think.. especially after the bullshit that our government has pulled the last year or so going after steroid users/ suppiiers....I am really fed up with this shit...what does everyone else think bout this???  |
No, anabolic steroids were not scheduled as controlled substances because of some conspriacy to keep people fat and sick.
If you want the full story, get Rick Collin's book
Legal Muscle. He explains that the two major reasons that senators used to justify banning steroids were 1) to keep sports pure, and 2) to protect the children. Just a few years before steroids were banned, there were some major steroid scandals in sports, including Ben Johnson's 1988 Olympic sprinting victory. Senators wanted something to fight for, and who doesn't want purity and fairness in sports and protection for the children. Still, the AMA, DEA, and HHS all testified that steroids do not meet the defiinition of a controlled substance. That all argued that anabolic steroids should not be scheduled. However, congress disregarded this expert testimony pushed ahead.
As Rick Collins explains, neither of the groups targeted (athletes and children) are ever really affected by the law. Athletes might
test positiive, but that's not illegal. They're essentially never prosecuted for steroid possession. Athletes are using steroids as much as ever. The law has been a complete failure. Unfortuately, the overwhelming majority of steroid prosecutions involve middle aged men who don't play any sports and who are using steroids for physique enhancement. That's a group that the law was never intended to target back when steroids were banned, but that's involved in the majority of steroid prosecutions. The scheduling of steroids by pompous and self-righteous senators has been a major failure.