First of all, let me say that this is one issue where I think MESO-Rx has unanimous bipartisan support - we all think the Anabolic Steroid Control Act sucks; AAS should not be controlled substances nor legally classified similarly to cocaine and heroin.
So, just because the person who signed it into law happened to be a Republican doesn't change the fact that any Democratic President would have done the same thing. The bill, after all, was introduced by Democrats and unanimously supported by both Democrats and Republicans in the House and Senate.
The bottom line is the we have zero representation in Congress on the issue. Public, media, and legislator ignorance/hypocrisy still rule the day. Sad...
President Bush Signs the Anabolic Steroid Control Act of 2004
So, just because the person who signed it into law happened to be a Republican doesn't change the fact that any Democratic President would have done the same thing. The bill, after all, was introduced by Democrats and unanimously supported by both Democrats and Republicans in the House and Senate.
The bottom line is the we have zero representation in Congress on the issue. Public, media, and legislator ignorance/hypocrisy still rule the day. Sad...
President Bush Signs the Anabolic Steroid Control Act of 2004
Last Friday, October 22, 2004, President Bush signed the Anabolic Steroid Control Act of 2004 into law. It has been 14 years since anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS) were added to the federal schedule of controlled substances placing them in the same legal classification as cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamines. Regrettably, we are moving backwards rather than making progress in our educational efforts against anabolic steroid ignorance!
The criminalization of AAS in 1990 has been a dismal failure. It has dramatically increased the size of the underground black market. The passage of the 2004 Act can reasonably be expected to send many otherwise law-abiding citizens to the black market in their desire to use steroids for non-medical purposes.
The only good news that I can relay at this point is that MESO-Rx will continue in its fight to provide accurate anabolic steroid information to its readers and the internet bodybuilding community. We will continue our efforts fighting the ignorance that continues to be displayed by the public, legislators, the media and health professionals. Also, for those who have enjoyed the freedom to use hormonal products legally and openly with prohormone and prosteroid supplements, you still have approximately 87 days before the Anabolic Steroid Control Act of 2004 is enacted.
You can read the very brief press release from the White House at http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/10/print/20041022-13.html
The current law further expands the scope of the Anabolic Steroid Control Act to include all prohormone and prosteroid supplements (excluding DHEA, estrogens, progestins, and corticosteroids).
This has removed a loophole that has allowed many bodybuilders and athletes to use hormonal supplements for non-medical uses. The law specifically reclassifies some extremely potent over-the-counter androgens as controlled substances [e.g. 1-dihydrotestosterone (aka. 1-testosterone or 1-AD); 17-a-methyl-1-testosterone (aka M1T); methyldienolone (aka Methyl-D); 17a-methyl-4-hydroxynandrolone (aka M4OHN)]
The criminalization of AAS in 1990 has been a dismal failure. It has dramatically increased the size of the underground black market. The passage of the 2004 Act can reasonably be expected to send many otherwise law-abiding citizens to the black market in their desire to use steroids for non-medical purposes.
The only good news that I can relay at this point is that MESO-Rx will continue in its fight to provide accurate anabolic steroid information to its readers and the internet bodybuilding community. We will continue our efforts fighting the ignorance that continues to be displayed by the public, legislators, the media and health professionals. Also, for those who have enjoyed the freedom to use hormonal products legally and openly with prohormone and prosteroid supplements, you still have approximately 87 days before the Anabolic Steroid Control Act of 2004 is enacted.
You can read the very brief press release from the White House at http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/10/print/20041022-13.html
Who is being so negatively effected by us using steroids that they can get the US gov. to divert money, time and effort away from terrorism, education, poverty, social security, health care, and what not to concentrate on fucking steroids? I don't get it.
