Hopefully, by the end of this, i'll have an opinion on the issue. As of now, i'm undecided.

If we are going to get past the simplistic "steroids are bad, mmmkay" i think we need to decide WHY they are bad. So, in no particular order, here are reasons why one might think that steroids are "wrong"

1) They are illegal.

I guess I lied when I said i was going to tackle these subjects in no particlar order, b/c i specifically picked this one b/c of it's simplicitity. This is the weakest argument by far against steroids. If steroids became legal, would the argument against them be over? Not by a long shot. Furthermore, many of the things in question (like the growth hormone i believe) were legal at the time. as are suppliments like creotean. If it was "proven" that legal suppliments were as effective as "steroids", then the next argument would probably have to be:

2) steroids have harmful side effects.

While there is evidence indicating that high doses of steroids over a long period of time have some harful effects there haven't been any studies in terms of small doses over a short period of time. There is no way of knowing what steroids can do to people if they were only taking in moderation during a career. Most of our fear of steroids stem from hyperbole and hysteria. We have all heard of "roid rage", shrunken testicles, and the like, but who knows if any of that is true. And besides, there are a lot of things that are KNOWN to be detrimental to the body, such as cocaine, partying all night, cigarettes, and a bunch of other stuff that ballplayers do. While they test for cocaine, do we really want a situation where MLB is watching over their players like big brother and

[i'm tired and am going to bed. i'll finish this tomm. that is all]