The American Medical Association (AMA) and Council on Scientific Affairs (CSA) are the main culprits in this massive injustice to lifters/builders across the nation. The CSA and AMA used Report 9 (A-03) to justify this act, and what it now includes as illegal substances. The AMA used Report 9 - with the title of Hormone Abuse by Adolescents as the basis for the recommendation to Tommy Thompson (Secretary of Health and Human Services) who pushed this Act as a "important public health issue" and then continued to say that, "This is an important piece of legislature that represents a significant step foward as we work to protect our athletes, adolescents and children from the risks posed by anabolic steroids."

The AMA used the following definition for steroid precursor in their recommendations for this new act - "when metabolized in the body, a steroid precursor produces testosterone." Not only is this completely false but it is more misleading to the not knowing. The correct definition of a steroid precursor is a substance that enables the enviroment (the Body) a higher possibiity to produce usable testosterone. A STEROID PRECURSOR DOES NOT PRODUCE TESTOSTERONE.

The CSA did Report 9 based on 1970's - 2003's literature - (utilizing only a search on the following terms: adolescence / adolescent, student, athlete in combination with anabolic, steroid, dietary supplements, erythropoietin, growth hormone, prevalence, epidemiology, adverse effects, doping in sports and substance abuse detection) {You can see that the study was not intended for across the board results but only a specified area of interest - adolescence}

While this could have easily been fixed by just making these substances not available to buy unless your 18 or older, they just took it among themselves to restrict everyones ability to make themselves a better, more physically fit individual. This is an injustice to the rights of all individuals. The government has not only put their foot in the door but now they are actually moved into your bed.


While the country continues to fatten up, those of us that are dedicated lifters/builders have to pay yet again. First the banning of steroids on false claims of roid rage and the horrible effects from use, now the banning of steroid precursors - with miss-information and again horrible effects from use, whats next?????