I was so shocked when I first watched this video, that I had to watch it again. I couldn’t believe that someone had been taking anabolic steroids for the past 40 years and looked great, and had no side effects. That is just crazy to think; especially since everybody makes such a big deal out of them. And even the DEA, AMA and NIHA opposed that steroid act passed by congress because they found minimal to no effects long term. No deaths, nothing to extreme in reference to any side affects; only a little acne and breast tenderness. Not too bad.
The video failed to address the effects that steroids could have on women and young children, say like highschool age or younger. What could happen to the young kids? They are still developing mentally and physically until the early 20’s, what effects would steroid have on their development.
I think that if used responsibly, steroids can be legal, but for people over the age of 30, and who are responsible. Also, maybe not sports people, because we pay them so much money for them to be good, not for steroids to do all the work for them. Just probably for weightlifters and people who want to get bigger. Definitely not for young kids, just responsible adults, since it has been working for older men for so long, with no side effects.
I think steroid testing in middle schools and high schools should definitely be mandatory. Those children are still developing and shouldn’t take steroids, for fear of long term effects that will screw up that development. Steroid testing should be frequent and random and be used to catch the kids who think it will be good for them. And for professional athletes versus young kids… I think that kids should be tested more, but professional athletes should be tested a lot too. We pay them millions of dollars for them to do the hard work and to put in the effort, we do not pay the steroids for doing their job. Steroids should only be sued by lifters and responsible adults who know what they are doing, if even they should be doing that. There doesn’t seem to be any long term effects that are bad for people, as according to the video, so it will be fine to use if you are responsible.
I do think that steroids have a little competitiveness associated with them, people take them and try to get bigger and faster, to be the best of the best. It is making people think that they should just use them to get bigger and to be the best, instead of using their own brawn and own will to do their best. Kids see how athletes are big and excel with what they do, and hear that they get busted and steroids are at fault. Kids think that is pretty cool and that it could work for them and decide to try it. What kid wouldn’t want to be the best, or be all-state and get scholarships to all the big colleges?
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I totally agree with the point you made for the posiblity of steroid being legal if used responsibly. I liked you analysis on the video. It was very thoughtful and thorough.
I completely concur, further more the young teenagers need to understand the magnitude of the side effects. The adults in the movie were responsible weight lifters who knew how to cope with the changes and when to stop if the conditions get out of control. And trust me the side effects are huge. A lot of acne and a lots of anger problems. I think steroids should be used only if needed especially for young adults who want to gain weight and there should be a legal age limit like alcohol purchasing.
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