I have yet to see someone robbing a liquor store because he wanted to get bigger.
The anti-steroid craze is just more nanny-state nuttiness.
If adult people want to do this to themselves, it's their business.
The Great Steroid Craze of 2005 makes this a particularly bad season to be a slumping star. Unexpectedly steep performance declines are no longer merely a source of disappointment, but of suspicion, too.
But despite the media hysteria, there's no scientific proof that steroids enhance baseball performance. Steroids are medically proven only to increase muscle mass, strength and endurance - none of which directly relate to the ability to hit or throw a baseball.
One must assume that testing and harsh penalties have significantly decreased steroid use. Has there been a significant decrease in "power" hitting and pitching stats through April? Homers are down about 13 percent from this point in 2004 and scoring is down seven percent. On the pitching side, strikeouts are flat. But walks are down about eight percent.
http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/273-05072005-486279.html
However, all to often kids are lured into steroid use for a "better body through chemistry" and hopes of being that "star" athlete.
The problem with steroids in sports is it puts pressure on the other competition crazed atheletes to do steroids too to keep up. It wouldn't be as big a deal if it weren't for the side effects.
I read an article last week that said the next big thing is going to be elective surgery for athletes. For example, if a batter can have LASIK to improve his eyesight and thus his hitting, why can't a pitcher have his rotator cuff tendons reinforced and shortened a little to get another 2-3 mph on the ball? They do it all the time after an injury, why not do it to a healthy arm?