bigZ241
06-09-2008, 06:00 PM
Alright, here's my thought/rant.
Over the past few years more and more studies on the effects of steroids have been popping up, showing all the horrible side effects, like hair loss, and mild acne.... We've had HBO do a short, but golden, clip on steroids and there being no fire "despite all the smoke." Better yet, Bigger, Stronger, Faster comes into the scene and presents what I would call a fairly unbiased (although not completely, I think that's impossible) 'documentary' on steroids. All are absolutely tiny steps towards a hopefully more level headed view on AAS.
I work at a downtown bar/club on the weekends, and at the same time as all the above is happening to show the harmlessness of steroids I see literally hundreds of people taking multiple 'smoke breaks' from dancing and drinking. Something that, very similar to steroids, has had many studies published. Difference being there are absolutely no benefits to smoking cigarettes. Yet all I have to do (assuming i smoked) is walk into any gas station and, now due to new legislation, name off a brand name because they aren't allowed to display the boxes of cigarettes.
This all comes down to money changing hands. I understand the cigarette industry is an absolute giant leaving government taking the dirty money but not really being able to change anything. Frankly i doubt they really want to, these new 'cover up' rules are just to keep the other side of the masses thinking government is trying.
So me, the gym goer who has done his research time and time again on the workings of steroids, is scratching his head on why I can go smoke myself to death, but can't buy far less harmless hormones to improve physical attributes.
Why could government not treat them closer to fitness supplements (lets forget about Bill C-51 on this one, that bill isn't going to pass anyways)? Make them like cigarettes, show some ID, be forced to name off some names instead of shopping off the shelf, and pad the government's pockets. Prices would most likely be higher, same as buying off the shelf cigarettes instead of a ziplock bag of 'native' cigarettes. But at the same time a standard could be set for quality and the increase in price would mean very minimal under dosed or under filled product.
I may sound like a broken record, but look at prohibition. Same thing is happening now with steroids across north america.
I want to finish off with two questions. First, am I overlooking any big bad obvious fact (truthfully this train of thought hit me while making dinner, so it's not like i've spent 5 hours doing research)? Is there something I'm missing for this to be hypothetically possible?
Second. What steps would have to be made for something like this to actually happen? I would assume a huge backing of hundreds of thousands of people, then some legislation passed through government in an awfully slow process. Again, I know the minimal on passing law, I'm just curious what it would take for this to happen.
Rant/Thought Over!
Over the past few years more and more studies on the effects of steroids have been popping up, showing all the horrible side effects, like hair loss, and mild acne.... We've had HBO do a short, but golden, clip on steroids and there being no fire "despite all the smoke." Better yet, Bigger, Stronger, Faster comes into the scene and presents what I would call a fairly unbiased (although not completely, I think that's impossible) 'documentary' on steroids. All are absolutely tiny steps towards a hopefully more level headed view on AAS.
I work at a downtown bar/club on the weekends, and at the same time as all the above is happening to show the harmlessness of steroids I see literally hundreds of people taking multiple 'smoke breaks' from dancing and drinking. Something that, very similar to steroids, has had many studies published. Difference being there are absolutely no benefits to smoking cigarettes. Yet all I have to do (assuming i smoked) is walk into any gas station and, now due to new legislation, name off a brand name because they aren't allowed to display the boxes of cigarettes.
This all comes down to money changing hands. I understand the cigarette industry is an absolute giant leaving government taking the dirty money but not really being able to change anything. Frankly i doubt they really want to, these new 'cover up' rules are just to keep the other side of the masses thinking government is trying.
So me, the gym goer who has done his research time and time again on the workings of steroids, is scratching his head on why I can go smoke myself to death, but can't buy far less harmless hormones to improve physical attributes.
Why could government not treat them closer to fitness supplements (lets forget about Bill C-51 on this one, that bill isn't going to pass anyways)? Make them like cigarettes, show some ID, be forced to name off some names instead of shopping off the shelf, and pad the government's pockets. Prices would most likely be higher, same as buying off the shelf cigarettes instead of a ziplock bag of 'native' cigarettes. But at the same time a standard could be set for quality and the increase in price would mean very minimal under dosed or under filled product.
I may sound like a broken record, but look at prohibition. Same thing is happening now with steroids across north america.
I want to finish off with two questions. First, am I overlooking any big bad obvious fact (truthfully this train of thought hit me while making dinner, so it's not like i've spent 5 hours doing research)? Is there something I'm missing for this to be hypothetically possible?
Second. What steps would have to be made for something like this to actually happen? I would assume a huge backing of hundreds of thousands of people, then some legislation passed through government in an awfully slow process. Again, I know the minimal on passing law, I'm just curious what it would take for this to happen.
Rant/Thought Over!