When anabolic steroid was categorized as controlled substance in the 1980s, Congress intended to send a strong message to teenagers across America. The law reflected America's firm stance against the emergence of a new culture of enhancement drug abuse. Much like the main strategy to push cigarettes out of existence, the key to controlling dangerous misuse of steroid begins at educating the youngs.
Side effects of anabolic steroid occur only to a sub-population of users. There is no reliable method to predict who will suffer from those effects. When harmful consequence does occur to a user, it typically manifest as complicated diseases many years after the cessation of abuse. There is very little immediate feedback, in general, to the unlucky patient who will ultimately bear the consequences much later in life.
Teenagers are not mature enough to care about such long-term risks. If teenagers are foolish enough to take up smoking, they obviously don't have the capacity to properly evaluate the decision to start steroids. As parents, it is our duty is to shield them until they grow up and get a fair chance to make sound decisions.
The law against personal use of anabolic steroid must therefore be harshly enforced, and court cases be highly publicized through the media. It is expected that some 25-year-old or 30-year-old recklessly choose to abuse steroid. A dumb decision on their part. But you know what, if they choose not to take care of the health, why should you and I give a damn? Our concern is not about their well-beings, then. We may, however, exploit them to push a political agenda. By sentencing them to do long time in prison, we create an impression to our teenagers that steroid is dangerous stuff, much like LSD and ecstasy.
Trade away an irresponsible adult to better educate a promising teen? I think we come out position on the deal!
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APPLEBEES GIFT CARDS