This is true, however you have to understand that anabolic steroids have also been stigmatized in a court of public opinion much higher than amphetamines. There is a certain level of politics at play there. A big game of CYA if you will.
If a major corporation, say like the MLB or the NFL, were to condone such a highly controversial substance, then what do you think that would do to their fan base (which is a very high percentage minor children) and profit margin?
Make no mistake, these decisions, like EVERY OTHER DECISION made about anything by a corporate entity, is 100% based on how it effects the bottom line.
Second subject…
To @youthful55guy’s point, I think you are misunderstanding the point he is trying to make, which is a fairly valid one.
Think about it like this. If you take opiates post surgery to help cope with the extreme pain for a few days until your body is able to heal and calm down the overreacting nerve endings, then you have just used drugs for a therapeutic purpose and that falls within the realm of what is considered acceptable.
If you use that same drug as a means to get high, or to deal with other internal problems that have no need for such measures (or problems that most normal people deal with on a daily basis, and are able to deal with in a much healthier fashion), then you have crossed the line and are now in the world of abuse.
Same with testosterone. If you use a dosage that is just high enough to overcome the problems that are caused within your body as a result of low T, then you are therapeutically using testosterone. When you use testosterone to go beyond that, and “enhance” or go to unnatural levels of strength and recovery, then you are using testosterone as a “drug” to compensate for your need to to better than you could ever naturally be.
So to @highpull’s point, where is that line? I guess that can only be answered by each individual according to their own moral foundations, and what levels are required by that individual to abate low T symptoms.
I tend to agree btw with @youthful55guy on this. I don’t judge those who wish to push the limits, but I will warn them about possible dangers of playing with fire, and seriously advise them to examine within themselves as to what other deep rooted issues may be driving that insatiable urge for more, more, more, especially when that urge drives them to do things to themselves that could cause irreparable damage in the long term.
