Legalize It

There has been a lot of news lately about steroid usage in sports, especially baseball. The Mitchell Report offered a detailed look into performance enhancing drugs in baseball. We’ve heard about Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Jose Canseco, Jason Giambi, Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa and others who have all been accused of using anabolic steroids. In the case of Canseco and Giambi, they both publicly admitted to using steroids and have moved on. Canseco even wrote a book about his usage (Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant 'Roids, Smash Hits, and How Baseball Got Big), which I read, where he told of his influence on other players. Congress even held hearings on steroid usage in the sport.

OK, doesn’t Congress have better things to do than look into what professional athletes are putting into their bodies? I can think of a few to maybe a few hundred thousand things they should address before something as frivolous as this stuff.

Tonight while I was watching TV on channel 4 it was in between the 6:00 pm news and Wheel of Fortune when a commercial came on about legalizing medical marijuana. There was a older gentleman speaking, I guess he was in the law enforcement community, and he way saying that he didn’t want Governor Tim Pawlenty to veto this marijuana bill. The commercial was paid for by minnesotacares.org. There is a lot of interest in the pubic to get some substances legalized.

I recently received a survey in the mail from my representative, Jim Ramstad. There was a spot in this survey where I was asked what issues I felt were important. I stated that I would like to see anabolic steroids legalized for recreational use. Yep, I think it should be legal for average guys like me to be able to take these drugs to improve our bodies and our health. Anabolic steroids are currently classified as a Schedule III controlled substance along with amphetamines, methamphetamines, opium, and morphine. I hardly consider steroids to be in the same league, let alone the same universe, as meth and crack cocaine.

I feel that if I want to increase my strength and muscle volume what business is that of the governments? I’m not harming anyone else. The government feels that steroids need to be illegal, yet it allow people to smoke cigarettes and drink alcohol legally once we reach legal age. I can’t see too many benefits of smoking a pack of Camel Non Filters and drinking a case of PBR Take a look at a heavy smoker and drinker, they look about 20 years older than they really are. Most of them have a real raspy voice and they reek o smoke. Cigarettes can also harm others through second-had smoke. The last time I was around some drunks I ended up witnessing a guy smack talking about the War of 1812. I guess alcohol can be used as a social enhancer for fat and ugly people to help them get laid, but in the long-run, drinking offers no benefit.

If I want to use some D-Bol, Deca, or Winny to improve my body why should this be any concern of the government? Just like Congress, shouldn’t our law enforcement officials have better things to do like catch murderers, rapists or illegal aliens?