@Ataemonus
Also worth to note that here in gyms at least, steroids aren't ostracised. Talk about weed and people will look at you like you are an hippy or some weird guy. Steroids? Some people openly talk about their use even at work (I don't, I think is way too much there I guess I am still too much of a westerner lol)
But at the gyms? While asking people flat out will get you a "No way, I am totally natural bro", out your own use first and the same dude that a moment ago claimed natty will smile and proceed to inform you in details about his cycle current and history.
I seen such an openess about talking steroids in person (the same level of how people talk about it in forums to make it clear) only in Turkey so far.
But here also if you speak a bit the language and you know the right pharmacist (throughout a solid introduction from a local) until not long ago you could get Proviron and a few other ancillaries without a prescription, now that has stopped (for ancillaries and gear), but it always baffles me that my Romanian mrs
(or any other Romanian from what I noticed living here several times in the years) can enter in a pharmacy and get without any questions antibiotics, strong painkillers even contraceptive pills without a script
(all of this items are strictly requiring a prescription but if you are a local, no need my friend lol)
Even my mother in law just walks in at the local pharmacy and get without a script whatever she might need, me? Not a chance not even by talking nice in Romanian language.
I guess pharmacists still think foreigners are spy's hahaha what can I say.
Worth to note that this "closing an eye" policy it's happening just with pharmacists and Dr's of a certain age, new generation they mostly follow the rules strictly so even Romania is (slowly) changing
*sad nostalgic sigh
Local authorities here they seem to have it in against "heavy drugs" and this includes weed for them, they want the dealers and penalties are 15 years for selling (it was 10 years but recently gov upped it to 15)
They do not care much about office workers that use, even less (or none) about foreigners as they see prosecution for recreational a waste of time if you are a foreigner and even less so interested in personal use of anabolics.
I am of course agreeing with you that is always best to keep it on the dL but due to my above essay, I personally don't over worry, I still keep it to a level of basic plausible deniability but that's about it.
This ain't US or OZ and police won't kick your door because you talked about buying few bottles of test and gh on a Internet forum.
Peace.