The End Of Prohormones...

[amplified889]

The following is for all of you iron bros who do not know of the current war being waged in the government against the personal rights of all dupplement buyers in the US.

A new bill called the dietary supplement act(s722), sponsored by Senator Charles Schumer would put a stranglehold on supplements available to bodybuilders and other athletes. The bil mandates that companies marketing any supplement containing a stimulant would have to prove they"re safe before they could be sold. This would put supplements in the same categories of prescription drugs that must undergo years of expensive trials before release. This bill would effectively eliminate these supplements. Another part of this bill would classify pro-hormones and pro-steroids such as dhea, androstenedione, and 1-testosterone as anabolic steriods-available only by prescription. This bill would tear the guts out of the dietary supplementary health and education act. Write to your senators and congressmen and urge them not to support this needless and intrusive bill that if passed into law would limit your right to use sports supplements.

 

[Canuck4]

I knew it
The way things are going Creatine wont last for too long either

 

[Frackal]

Pharma Lobby cocksucker


Pharmaceutical companies are the biggest $$ lobby in the US. This is the result... there will be alot of pissed off old people who cant get DHEA

 

[Juice Authority]

What good were they anyway?

 

[Frackal]

Not the point.... its the govt making inroads into everything we fucking do. Plus it's counterproductive to the steroid illegality problem

 

[RussianBro]

What good were they anyway?

You stole my quote!!! Mostly because I didn't know any better, I had nothing, but trouble with them... Some results, but mostly trouble...
Next will be weight loss drugs... Then Aspirin will diappear from shelves... I probably should immigrate to Canada...

 

[pharmguy]

I'm surprised it took them THIS long.............

 

[RADAR]

Keep this up and Canada here i come............Its getting to the point that this country sucks!!!!!



RADAR

 

[Frackal]

I hear you radar... this place is supposed to stand for freedom and rights of an individual

 

[Ironhorse_m87]

that sucks balls, i dont bother using prohormones but still if i wanted to id like to have the fucking chance to do so.

 

[geoboy]

everybody is focusing on prohormone aspect of bill, the ephedrine/etc portion is more insideous. That's the real intent of the legislation, to protect the pharm's with the weight loss drugs (fat is big biz). Lobby money drives legislation, and there's little money to push for the prohrmone ban, since no one benefits competitively (que benefice, or just follow the money)

imagine all those fatso's with no more access to ephedrine/xenadrine/ripped fuel/etc. what are they goingto do? run to their doctor and get a script for very expensive (and less effective and less safe) prescription drug.

 

[danger_dj]

Keep this up and Canada here i come............Its getting to the point that this country sucks!!!!!



RADAR

Hey ya! Free healthcare, and you don't go to jail for possessing juice!

 

[Singleton]

Just because the consumer doesn't directly pay, does not mean it's free. Taxpayers pay for healthcare, drug treatment, educational institutions, and other social services that are often ineffective.

Troundabout way of money redistribution requires money. Nothing is 100% efficient.

But Canada is nice. Nice people. Just wish it wasn't so cold.

 

[Lift Chief]

When will the gov learn that criminalizing drugs causes more problems than it solves...

 

[javaguru]

The bill will also allocate millions of your tax dollars for "steroid educational campaigns" or more precisely anti-steroid propaganda. This alone should be enough for you to take action to get this bill defeated.

 

[manny78]

honestly it has been this way for a long time in Canada and we just rely on the real "deal".

 

[ROID WARRIOR]

Radar:

Canada is worse than the US in this regard.

This recent fascist bent in the US reagrding dietary supplements is such a fallacy. An infinitessimal number of "eggshell skull" individuals, who are highly sensitive to ephedra, have had an adverse reaction. Could you imagine the hue and cry if the number of deaths were comparable to those caused by aspirin and alcohol. If there were no alcohol, it staggers the imagination as to how much physical pain, suffering and emotional heartache could have been avoided from all the DWIs that wouldn't occur. Ephedra and 1-test haven't caused some gym rat to plow his SUV into a crowd of pedestrians.


RW

 

[manny78]

Radar:

Canada is worse than the US in this regard.

but hey, weed, insulin, pins, B-12 injectable.... are legal and in some cases OTC.

 

[bds20002002]

I wont be able to but 1 test anymore!!!!!!!!!!! They are leading people to take the plunge!!!!

 

[manny78]

I wont be able to but 1 test anymore!!!!!!!!!!! They are leading people to take the plunge!!!!

say thanks. You wont be scammed anymore

 

[bds20002002]

i know. im learning

 

[Singleton]

Tell me more.

Is this HR 207? When will it take effect?

 

[little chris]

The land of the free... as long as we say its ok.

A few quotes from one of our greatest presidents.

Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add 'within the limits of the law' because law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the rights of the individual.
Thomas Jefferson


That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves.
Thomas Jefferson

One Smart Man, ashame they don't make them like this anymore. Apparenty to be in politics nowadays you need to check your testicles at the door.

 

[collegiateLifter]

That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves.
Thomas Jefferson

hmmmm.... i thought that one was Patrick Henry's.

 

[little chris]

nope, got it online it was T.J.

 

[Rick Collins]

The sports anti-doping lobby, now incarnated as "CASPER" for this issue (see www.casper207.com), has done a very effective job at demonizing the supplement industry, particularly the so-called "sports supplements industry." The mainstream media has followed suit, printing articles about prohormones, ephedra and even creatine that seem clearly intended to bash the industry and spread fear, outrage and confusion (check out the current issue of espn.com). The public -- even folks who like vitamins -- has been convinced by years of propaganda that any supplements designed or marketed to build muscle (even in mature adults) are inherently evil (the pending bill by Senator Durbin, S. 722, actually makes ADVERTISING a basis for criminalizing prohormone products!).

The level of understanding of the issues varies greatly on Capitol Hill. Some legislators don't have any understanding of the issues, others seem only to have heard of "andro" and want it banned, while others are aware of the availability of "pro-steroids" like 1-testosterone. One staffer asked if creatine was a pro-steroid or prohormone and wanted to know how it too could be banned. About building muscle, another staffer said, "If it works, we'll ban it!" While this may be appropriate for competitive athletes, it certainly seems like "the tail wagging the dog" when the rest of mature, adult America is bound by the same standards.

Can prohormones be saved? Maybe. The USFA (www.usfa.biz) is convinced that industry companies must re-label prohormone products to be sold to adults only. Next, pro-steroids are already so notorious on Capitol Hill that efforts to save them would appear to be not only futile, but counter-productive to salvaging the portion of the safe and beneficial prohormone market that absolutely should be saved! Frankly, any pro-steroid not protected by the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act is not being lawfully sold. Lastly, the industry must develop and implement appropriate advertising guidelines.

Whatever you think of prohormones for adults doesn't matter. We simply don't need further oppressive laws to "save us from ourselves."

 

[ROID WARRIOR]

Amen to that.

I was watching a few minutes Sen Robert Byrd of W VA. on CSPAN tremble and mumble his way through some incoherent bipartisan diatribe. He would have been laughable as a sideshow act, along the lines of Larry "Bud" Mellman, if it weren't for the fact that this feeble, old fart is enacting legislation that affects our lives.

RW