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Re:Non-profit produced MDMA 'ecstasy' and psychedelics by PublicEnemy111 on Saturday March 14, 2015 @10:15AM (#9202681)
Judging by the abuse of prohormones, legalizing steroids would be a terrible idea. You can recover from cocaine, crack, heroin, etc. but damaging your HPTA can ruin your life not to mention rendering you infertile. And that is just one class of drugs.
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Re:Non-profit produced MDMA 'ecstasy' and psychedelics by driverdan on Saturday March 14, 2015 @12:17PM (#9203088)
Steroids were only controlled in the past 30-40 years. They were available before then and it wasn't a problem.
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Re:Non-profit produced MDMA 'ecstasy' and psychedelics by digitalzombie on Saturday March 14, 2015 @10:44AM (#9202766)
Steroids as medicine is already in use. IIRC they're also use in medicinal skin cream.

Steroids abuses are rampant in the Bodybuilding world already. Hell, they talk about it so casually in BB forums and in the subreddits as if it's common.

This just highlight the fact that even if it's a ban substance they're still going to use it regardless.

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Re:Non-profit produced MDMA 'ecstasy' and psychedelics by danudey on Saturday March 14, 2015 @11:00AM (#9202822)
The corticosteroids used in medicinal applications (e.g. skin cream, for eczema) are different than anabolic steroids used in bodybuilding.

(A 'steroid' is just a type of molecule; other examples of steroids are Vitamin D and estrogen.)

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Re:Non-profit produced MDMA 'ecstasy' and psychedelics by codesuela on Saturday March 14, 2015 @11:36AM (#9202950)
I think he was referring to testosterone gel ( http://www.drugs.com/cdi/testosterone-gel.html )

Also testosterone is used in anti ageing procedures ( http://fusion.net/story/42619/why-testosterone-is-the-drug-o... )

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Re:Non-profit produced MDMA 'ecstasy' and psychedelics by ddispaltro on Saturday March 14, 2015 @12:37PM (#9203158)
I actually interpreted it as the parent comment. For instance if you have a really bad poison oak they prescribe prednisone ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prednisone )
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Re:Non-profit produced MDMA 'ecstasy' and psychedelics by fnordfnordfnord on Saturday March 14, 2015 @12:47PM (#9203197)
Steroid abuse is common among police officers as well.
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Re:Non-profit produced MDMA 'ecstasy' and psychedelics by Scoundreller on Saturday March 14, 2015 @02:55PM (#9203733)
I speculate that this is why possession of anabolic steroids in Canada is not illegal, just the trafficking of them.

While for most other "drugs", both possession and trafficking is illegal.

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