The laws which ban usage of anabolic steroids have appeared because of certain conditions. They turned out to be responses to widespread intake of steroids in competitive sports. Anti-Doping Agencies believed that prohibition of steroids would keep professional sportspeople far from intake of illegal medicines. But criminalization of steroids influenced on intake of steroids by competitive athletes insignificantly.
The steroid laws usually don’t prosecute sportspeople who use illegal medications. On the contrary, non-competitive sportspersons and recreational bodybuilders are usually targets of the steroid laws. They suffer due to results of violation of these laws.
This is not just one’s opinion. This is reality. Let recognize: who is sentenced to jail because of selling steroids? For example, Ashley Dewayne Rivers of Alabama was sentenced to 5 months in jail because he had sold about $2000 worth of steroids to a health care provider. In fact, this person wasn’t the target of a steroid investigation. He just turned out to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. The estranged wife of this health care provider talked to federal investigators that her husband was involved in operations of black steroid market. Thus, the statement of this lady caused the situation, when the health care provider was investigated.
In fact, Rivers was a distributor of steroids for short period of time. This person provided these medicines to his friends of his gym. James Robinson, the defense attorney for Ashley Rivers, noticed that his client had recognized his guilty completely and taken the whole responsibility for his illegal actions. The attorney noted that Rivers was a moral man. Although he broke the steroid laws, he recognized the dangers and admitted to his guilty.
James Robinson asked the judge to sentence Rivers Ashley only to probation. Ashley Rivers cared about his physically impaired wife, 2 children that were adopted by him and 3 children of his disabled brother. Moreover, this man sacrificed about 40, 000 dollars for individuals that lost their homes due to tornadoes. It would be better, if this man were sentenced to probation. This man would continue to work for his family and other people.
But Christopher Brinson, the Assistant U. S. Attorney, refused the request of the defense attorney James Robinson. He stated that this man committed a serious crime and he must serve time in jail. However the judge was inclined to agree with the request of the defense attorney at the beginning, finally he decided to agree with the Assistant U.S. Attorney and sentenced Ashley Rivers to 5 months in prison.
You can realize that steroid laws don’t influence on professional athletes.
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