[ScottFandango]

Originally Posted by drcy

A lot of players get in trouble for illegally taking prescription medicine-- meaning taking it without a doctor's prescription. Steroids and HGH are legal IF prescribed by an physician. And, in fact, MLB has allowed at least one player to take HGH, because he had a legitimate medical reason.

Prescription pain killers are taken legally in the US everyday. But normal citizens do go to jail for forging prescriptions to get them.

Lastly, federal law states tat steroids cannot be prescribed for athletic performance. Any use of them for athletic performance is by definition against the law.

My point exactly.....