Are Steroids close to being socially accepted?

[hawks21]

It's all Ben Johnsons fault

 

[macdady]

I feel like people still associate steroids use with "roid rage" and cheating in sports. But I wish people would see it's much more than that for the rest of us. We can just blame the media.

Lol they do cause increase in aggression. And with someone that's already got a nasty temper then "roid rage" can happen, so the violent outbursts associated with roids aren't cause specifically by them they really just amplify said persons temper. that's the way I see it any way

 

[Lukef2000]

Part of the reason they won't be accepted is due to RAMPANT irresponsible (and oftentimes dangerous) use by impatient and inexperienced trainees.

We can all read studies that show PEDs can and are used safely, but those are countered by the endless stream of jackassery that comes with novice steroid use. All one has to do is spend 10 minutes perusing the Anabolics section to see what I'm talking about.

Additionally, you won't hear stories about successful use. Guys that get blood panels before/during/after, practice responsible use and quietly grow aren't who we hear from. We hear from the idiots who think TRT is a legal cycle, idiots whose endocrine system is irreparably incapacitated from banging a gram of test/week for 6 months, idiots who beat the shyt out of someone in a fit of rage and blame "the juice".

The negative connotations are, at this point (IMHO), insurmountable.

Well said

 

[TruthWalker]

Nope. Not gaining any traction in society...the only people that accept them are the people that use them, or date the people that use them, or actually understand their benefits...which is a small, small fraction of society.

 

[Amobster]

I agree in the regard that personal use isn't and shouldn't be a concern of the government. A lot of guys I grew up with used with a lot of success. Everybody knew. Nobody ratted on them.

It's laughable to think that PEDs can or should have a place in sports. The risk of litigation is far too high to give anything less than 100% *appearance* of testing and control.

A .240 hitter doesn't stay a .240 hitter with the help of 'roids. Look @ Melky Cabrera - the guy was garbage in 2 cities and he ends up in SF leading the league in batting. There are a million examples as we all saw with Bonds, McGuire, Sosa, et all.

That being said, lets not kid ourselves into believing Adrian Peterson didn't use HGH to recover from surgery and nearly beat the single-season rushing record. That was NFL-sanctioned. "Hey AP- do whatever you have to do to get back to the game. We don't test IR guys..." They wanted their star back & protected their investment.

I'd love to see a league that sanctions guys to dose themselves into absolute monsters, but professional sports will always keep gear illegal to protect their own interests. And because the sports (that kids look up to) say they're against the rule the stigma will always exist.

 

[Vinnyboombots]

Nope. Not gaining any traction in society...the only people that accept them are the people that use them, or date the people that use them, or actually understand their benefits...which is a small, small fraction of society.

I disagree. I feel that with the recent jump in men going on testosterone replacement therapy these last few years. That it's becoming more and more mainstream. And I believe that when the men and the women that are with them start to see the many benefits that trt gives, more men will go on trt, and society will slowly start to accept it .

 

[bdcc]

I thought I would pop into this thread to see if anyone has brought it up yet.

A rumour on the internet about one of the world's most famous fitness models being stripped of his title due to testing positive.

Despite there being nothing conclusive to show it was steroid use (only speculation about it being anavar but I can't see any legitimate reason for this theory) it has caused quite a stir.

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[TruthWalker]

I disagree. I feel that with the recent jump in men going on testosterone replacement therapy these last few years. That it's becoming more and more mainstream. And I believe that when the men and the women that are with them start to see the many benefits that trt gives more men will go on trt, and society will slowly start to accept it .

I definitely see your point, and I thought about that, but I don't think your average person goes to get trt because he knows its the same thing as steroids. I think we have to differentiate between the medical use of trt and recreational use of steroids. Is TRT gaining more public traction? Absolutely! But as far as the mainstream knows, it is used medicinally and not for recreational purposes. Maybe in the future public acceptance of TRT will translate into public acceptance of recreational steroid use, but I don't think that is happening now, or will happen in the near future.