[Jack of Arcades]

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this is not hard to understand. if pro sports are full of juicing players in an environment that encourages and allows steroid use, it will lead to more steroid use among kids. simple.

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Instituting harsh punishments will not have the desired results. Many of the players caught in the past year were players that might not have even had a career in baseball if not for steroids. What the hell would it matter to them if they were caught juicing and kicked out of the sport?

We don't even fully know the effects of many drugs such as steroids because of the "drugs are bad, mmmkay?" mentality the governement and schools take with regards to education. I think we all remember the DARE program.

As for teenagers doing this on their own, I can't imagine most teenagers who self-acquire the drugs getting something much better than some of the lowest quality stuff out there. If a kid doesn't know the difference between what Barry Bonds is taking and what he's taking, of course that's a recipe for disaster. But that has just as much to do with Barry Bonds than the piss-poor education system.