The media and the public health systems haven given steroids an undeserved bad reputation. A well-informed and well-educated person is capable of making the decision to take anabolic steroids, and does not need the interference of our government to tell them otherwise. Steroids have been included with category III drugs, such as LSD, since the early 1990’s with no documented proof that they cause any type of injury or death. It is said that steroid laws are the only laws currently on record today based in “blind hysteria” not based in fact. ( steroid.com) The media and public health systems have characterized steroid users as “roid raging”, claiming “anabolic steroids will cause severe health related issues that will in-fact kill you;
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In the early 1970’s the IOC took a stance against its athletes using anabolic steroids, however it remained legal. During the 1980’s advocates against steroid use used the Olympic council’s decision to ban the usage, and coupled that with the death of Lyle Alzado to push through legislation to make steroids illegal. The NFL stars death gave the anti-steroid advocates a flame for their fire, regardless of the fact that the NFL star own physician stated there was no evidence linking steroid to his death. The passage of the Steroid Control Act of 2004 added several more steroid based hormones to the legislation in an attempt to strengthen the act. It is now federal law that makes it illegal for anyone to possess anabolic steroids unless prescribed by a physician for a medical condition, regardless of the fact that they “carry with them no medical or lawful support in-which such laws are supposed to exist”. …show more content…
Arnold Schwarzenegger, seven time Mr. Olympia, admitted to using steroids from a very young age. He remarks that there is no scientific proof and he has no regrets, and he is six foot two inches tall. Another myth is that steroids cause prostate cancer and even baldness. Both conditions are largely genetic and there is no scientific proof that they cause the conditions. In actuality there have been studies that show “men with higher levels of testosterone are at no greater risk of developing prostate cancer than men with low testosterone.” (maroulis) The biggest myth of steroid use is “roid rage”, a condition that has been dispelled in multitudes of studies, but that fact is conveniently omitted from the public health system information on steroid usage. Steroids merely amplify personality characteristics, if you are angry and aggressive, you will be more angry and aggressive with steroid use. Steroids, will not, however, take a mild mannered personality and turn them into a monster, no matter how the media and the public health system try to spin the
In the early 1970’s the IOC took a stance against its athletes using anabolic steroids, however it remained legal. During the 1980’s advocates against steroid use used the Olympic council’s decision to ban the usage, and coupled that with the death of Lyle Alzado to push through legislation to make steroids illegal. The NFL stars death gave the anti-steroid advocates a flame for their fire, regardless of the fact that the NFL star own physician stated there was no evidence linking steroid to his death. The passage of the Steroid Control Act of 2004 added several more steroid based hormones to the legislation in an attempt to strengthen the act. It is now federal law that makes it illegal for anyone to possess anabolic steroids unless prescribed by a physician for a medical condition, regardless of the fact that they “carry with them no medical or lawful support in-which such laws are supposed to exist”. …show more content…
Arnold Schwarzenegger, seven time Mr. Olympia, admitted to using steroids from a very young age. He remarks that there is no scientific proof and he has no regrets, and he is six foot two inches tall. Another myth is that steroids cause prostate cancer and even baldness. Both conditions are largely genetic and there is no scientific proof that they cause the conditions. In actuality there have been studies that show “men with higher levels of testosterone are at no greater risk of developing prostate cancer than men with low testosterone.” (maroulis) The biggest myth of steroid use is “roid rage”, a condition that has been dispelled in multitudes of studies, but that fact is conveniently omitted from the public health system information on steroid usage. Steroids merely amplify personality characteristics, if you are angry and aggressive, you will be more angry and aggressive with steroid use. Steroids, will not, however, take a mild mannered personality and turn them into a monster, no matter how the media and the public health system try to spin the