Titan
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Here is an op-ed I wrote and posted a few years ago on AB.
It starts with the true history as to WHY anabolic steroids become illegal in the US...Just stupid politics if you ask me !!!!
enjoy....
I have begun to write a few thoughts about being safe here.
MODS dont really know where you feel this post belongs or if the Staff even will approve of me posting it. If not I understand
I havent finished my thoughts but the idea seems so far to be positive from the feed back I have got from the members here...So heres a start.
In order to understand why LE think the way they do, let’s take a quick trip down memory lane.
I know why. But some may not know when and why juice became illegal. This is for the new guys/gals. Remember I’m writing this little article for the un-informed, not the vet/VIP.
1984 – For many years the medical and pharmaceutical industry denied that Testosterone or any other AAS actually did anything to build muscle or enhance physical performance… hard to believe, but they thought if people understood it didn’t work then they wouldn’t use it… WRONG. The American College of Sports Medicine came out and finally admitted they were wrong and that AAS was extremely effective at building muscle. Their "reeducation" tactic had failed so now they switched to fear tactics such as "steroids can kill" and they began to focus more and more on younger athletes.
1984-1987 - During the next few years there was a dramatic rise in anti-steroid media coverage. The media are always looking for negative and fear inducing news to spike the ratings. One California physician who had strong ties to the NFL even stated that "young athletes who take heavy doses of anabolic steroids from 60 to 90 days can expect to die in their 30's and 40's" This totally unsubstantiated claim started a media feeding frenzy. It got more intense as the Sports Illustrated story called "The Nightmare of Steroids" by a South Carolina lineman Tommy Chaikin and Rick Telander detailed Chaikins medical and psychological ails after steroid abuse. As the pressure built, Congress began to get more involved.
1987 - Doctors, in an effort to keep big Pharmaceutical companies honest start calling for controlled substance status of steroids, not because of any health issues, but to prevent the drug companies from over-producing steroids and allowing those supplies to find their way to the black market. WHY? ... so they could secretly profit from AAS. The new bills being proposed to control the distribution of steroids still placed no controls on the manufacturing of steroids by the pharmaceutical companies and of course the drug companies took advantage of that to sell more drugs. See W.D. Taylor M.D's "Synthetic Anabolic Androgenic Steroids: a Plea for controlled substance status" The Physician and Sports Medicine ( Volume 15, Num 5, May 1987 )
1988 - September, amidst a media frenzy Canadian Ben Johnson was stripped of his Gold Medal after testing positive for Anabolic Androgenic steroid use.
1988 - November 18 Ronald Regan signs a bill into law as part of the Anti Drug Abuse Act. While this bill did not classify steroids as controlled substances it still called for 3 years prison time for distribution of AAS, up to six years if sold to minors. This law allowed for the arrest of distributors without authorizing the arrest of personal users.
1989 - An old man in New Mexico gets a mail order catalog for AAS in his mailbox. The media frenzy around steroids was such that this incident was enough to spurn on a new bill. Bill H.R. 995 proposed to create an "Anabolic Steroid Restriction Act." Carl Lewis testified on behalf of the bill and even though it
Here is an op-ed I wrote and posted a few years ago on AB.
It starts with the true history as to WHY anabolic steroids become illegal in the US...Just stupid politics if you ask me !!!!
enjoy....
I have begun to write a few thoughts about being safe here.
MODS dont really know where you feel this post belongs or if the Staff even will approve of me posting it. If not I understand
I havent finished my thoughts but the idea seems so far to be positive from the feed back I have got from the members here...So heres a start.
In order to understand why LE think the way they do, let’s take a quick trip down memory lane.
I know why. But some may not know when and why juice became illegal. This is for the new guys/gals. Remember I’m writing this little article for the un-informed, not the vet/VIP.
1984 – For many years the medical and pharmaceutical industry denied that Testosterone or any other AAS actually did anything to build muscle or enhance physical performance… hard to believe, but they thought if people understood it didn’t work then they wouldn’t use it… WRONG. The American College of Sports Medicine came out and finally admitted they were wrong and that AAS was extremely effective at building muscle. Their "reeducation" tactic had failed so now they switched to fear tactics such as "steroids can kill" and they began to focus more and more on younger athletes.
1984-1987 - During the next few years there was a dramatic rise in anti-steroid media coverage. The media are always looking for negative and fear inducing news to spike the ratings. One California physician who had strong ties to the NFL even stated that "young athletes who take heavy doses of anabolic steroids from 60 to 90 days can expect to die in their 30's and 40's" This totally unsubstantiated claim started a media feeding frenzy. It got more intense as the Sports Illustrated story called "The Nightmare of Steroids" by a South Carolina lineman Tommy Chaikin and Rick Telander detailed Chaikins medical and psychological ails after steroid abuse. As the pressure built, Congress began to get more involved.
1987 - Doctors, in an effort to keep big Pharmaceutical companies honest start calling for controlled substance status of steroids, not because of any health issues, but to prevent the drug companies from over-producing steroids and allowing those supplies to find their way to the black market. WHY? ... so they could secretly profit from AAS. The new bills being proposed to control the distribution of steroids still placed no controls on the manufacturing of steroids by the pharmaceutical companies and of course the drug companies took advantage of that to sell more drugs. See W.D. Taylor M.D's "Synthetic Anabolic Androgenic Steroids: a Plea for controlled substance status" The Physician and Sports Medicine ( Volume 15, Num 5, May 1987 )
1988 - September, amidst a media frenzy Canadian Ben Johnson was stripped of his Gold Medal after testing positive for Anabolic Androgenic steroid use.
1988 - November 18 Ronald Regan signs a bill into law as part of the Anti Drug Abuse Act. While this bill did not classify steroids as controlled substances it still called for 3 years prison time for distribution of AAS, up to six years if sold to minors. This law allowed for the arrest of distributors without authorizing the arrest of personal users.
1989 - An old man in New Mexico gets a mail order catalog for AAS in his mailbox. The media frenzy around steroids was such that this incident was enough to spurn on a new bill. Bill H.R. 995 proposed to create an "Anabolic Steroid Restriction Act." Carl Lewis testified on behalf of the bill and even though it