Wow... can anybody tell the truth on anything... or we in a nation of idiots... One or the other liars or idiots.

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I have watched many things on steroids because I have always been thin no matter how many hours i lifted weights. When i played football in high school i was the exact same height and weight i am now, and i always too thin for my position and i almost starting using steroids. If it wasn't for me being having a needle phobia i would have started juicing. I could have been bigger, stronger, and faster. This video really didn't make me feel like kicking myself for not using steroids back in high school i am past the whole being huge phase. I feel like the video goes to show that really no one knows the effects of steroids. I believe that if Greg Valentino can get his arms this big (http://estb.msn.com/i/6B/917B20A6BE353420124115B1A511C7.jpg) using steroids and he has not died then i don't think steroids are all that bad. The video failed to make the point about teenage steroid users. But that's okay because the reporters in the video made the point that they only wanted to look at men who where older. This makes the argument a little bit weaker because the effects of steroids are different in teenagers then middle age men. Yes i do believe steroids can be used responsibly. Steroids are an amazing drug that should be legalized because people should have a choice. And like a hinted before if there was a sure answer to if steroids can kill and if i didn't have to use needles to use steroids i probably would have used them.

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I believe that people should be able to use steroids freely, one because it is a personal choice and second the government should not be allowed to stop people's freedom. The testing is really bogus. There really never is a "random" testing. The people who do the testing would never test me. They would only test the top athletes in hopes to prove what steroids really do. I believe that the standards have to be different between high school athletes and professional athletes because in pro-sports there are a lot of records that were set by people that have not used steroids. In pro-sports there is more of a legacy that surrounds the sports. On the high school level it is more about the safety of the kids because they are kids still. I believe that steroids should be used only for recovery in pro-sports. In pro-sports athletes are older and muscle tearing and strains happen more often and i believe it should be used as a way for these athletes to get back on the field faster because they are getting paid too much money to sit on the bench. I do agree with Hoberman, American society has made us push ourself to be the best at everything. It stop being about effort in elementary school, the rest of life is about achievement. I believe that there is a double standard that forces athletes to use steroids because we expect them to be bigger and stronger. When i played in high school i really wanted to use steriods because all the startering linebackers where so ripped and big. I myself played with a lot of heart and i was really fast for my age (4.8 secs yrd dash.... that's fast boiiii!!!!!!) but i was to thin in the coaches mind to play linebacker at the varsity level. I believe if i used steroids to be 225 lbs instead of 164lbs i believe that i could have started and maybe played college ball.