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I am against Steroids. Not mainly because of legal aspects or the "unfair edge" others are talking about, but because of the side effects. You've heard them all - hair loss, bitch tits, sterility, liver damage. The usual tune, right? It's like AIDS - everybody's heard about it, yet it's all gone when things are getting hot.
But then again, it's in human nature to like shortcuts. Who cares about 5 years in the future, I want results NOW dammit! Why live healthy when there's liposuction? Why work when you can rob a bank? Why stop and smell some stupid roses when you can run past twice as many? Needless to say, the magic steroid fits all too well with this to allow even the most naive person to believe that it's going to crawl under a rock and die anytime soon. Pandora's box is opened - and now the only question is how to deal with it. IOC has forcefully tried to stamp it out for ten years now, with little result. More and more voices are being raised in favor of letting the whole thing free, while others want even stricter regulations - some even suggesting that steroid-dealers should be judged equal to heroine and crackdealers in order to avoid the Sydney-olympics to be a repeat of this summer's Tour de France-scandal. Both sides present valid points. The pro-drug side argues that it's way beyond regulations now, and as everybody's cheating anyway you might as well make it an even and open field. And realistically speaking, if you WOULD make this tremendous crackdown - Duuh - do you really want ESPN and EuroSport to run pool, dart and curling 24 hours a day? Also, bringing it out of the dark allows there to be accurate information available, not to mention getting rid of all the dangerous bogus-steroids out there. The anti-drug side makes a point about the potential abuse by clueless teenagers - Like the 16-year old I described above. By letting it free, you send a signal that it's harmless and that everybody who doesn't jump onto the bandwagon is an outdated fool. Then there's the issue of it no longer being a fair competition between athletes, but the most skilled pharmacist. Not to mention the detail that you're FORCED to take drugs to become a successful athlete! Go To Page: 1 2
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