to the extent hes a dumbass. you should be able to put whatever the hell you want in your body. i know many people who took/take roids. like anything else its gonna f you up when abused. all this blaming whatever is ridiculous. its about on the same level of blaming suicide on metallica's fade to black. sure it causes depression, so does a bitch breaking up with you in high school. suicide can solve it all. maybe his parents should have been more involved. the government doesnt exist to protect us from ourselves. although they surely like to.
that would be the decision of the sport lol. theres so many different pseudo-roids out there its rather impossible to control.
The parents in that case made a huge issue of their son's death. They blamed the school, the district, the coaches, his friends. They did not blame themselves in any way, though they did notice some drastic changes in their son at home--which is where he chose to kill himself after an argument with his mom. The family ended up on all of the major national news programs, including a "48 Hours" special. They sponsored a bill to test for roids in high school athletes in Texas, but it's not been put into practice because it's just not practical. So, my to what extent question would be more about the age of the person taking steroids. This kid was in high school. Personally, I don't really care what the professional athletes do, but it is rather sad that, in order to compete, pretty much ALL athletes would need to use roids to do so at the top levels.
Taking steroids before your body is physically developed can be particularly harmful. There should be a minimum age of 18, as with any drug, IMO.
To say the least, and the only real success stories with steroids are the users the drug was really intended for - ill people. But you don't see a lot of middle aged men on the black market abusing this drug. And for good reason. On a personal freedom concept, I agree. But a couple of reality checks are in order. Let's not forget that being able to do something, does not always mean you should do something. Very few people do the above listed and choose to not interact with other people. For example, all these drugs have a more severe, sudden, and possibly adverse effect than alcohol. Alcohol being a federally regulated drug, of which the effects are well known. And you may also want to note that none of the drugs listed above are supposed to have the desired result of helping you physically. Steroids are a muscle builder, unlike cocaine, heroin, cigarettes, alcohol, etc. That fact allows for abuse that can go unchecked. Unchecked because healthy athletes will abuse it to make themselves better, not higher. Even drug dealers will slow some drug abusers down(to keep them alive and buying), but steroid abusers are usually encouraged to take more. Add to that the proven long-term health risks(they are documented guys), and they should remain banned.
