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I picked this up for those that keep asking where are the international safehavens. Well here is where it started in the world anabolic consortium in 1994. Michael S. Bahrke wrote this essay on it. Notice that the US is "recommending" what the rest of the world should do.
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ABUSE AND TRAFFICKING OF ANABOLIC STEROIDS
> Discussion of the problem of anabolic-androgenic steroid abuse has been generally limited to the context of professional sports and major international sporting events such as the Olympics. Anabolic-androgenic steroid abuse is not, however, limited to professional and 61ite athletes, nor to athletes only, but it has now spread to amateur and lower level athletes as well as to the general public. It is now an issue of great concern because of the significant and increasing percentage of young people involved in steroid abuse. In dealing with this issue, similarities and differences between the trafficking and abuse of steroids and other controlled substances need to be considered. Additionally, it is apparent that the problem of steroid abuse is international in scope and that the control actions that have been taken by only a relatively few nations are insufficient to deal with the problem.
Aware of the growing steroid abuse problem, the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) arranged for an International Conference on the Abuse and Trafficking of Anabolic Steroids which was held 7-10 December, 1993 in Prague, Czech Republic. The purposes of the conference, the first of its kind, were to develop recognition of the consequences of steroid abuse, to examine steroid trafficking at the national and international levels, and to explore appropriate responses to the steroid abuse problem. Approximately 19 countrieswere represented at this conference as well as several international organisations. Countries participating included: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Norway, Peoples Republic of China, Poland, Russia, Slovak Republic, Sweden, the UK and the USA. Representatives from the International Criminal Police Organization (ICPO)/Interpol, the International Olympic Committee, the International Narcotics Control Board, the World Health Organization, the US Department of State, the US Food and Drug Administration, and the US Drug Enforcement Administration were also in attendance. Those invited to participate included representatives from law enforcement, regulatory and health agencies, and other non-governmental scientific and medical experts. To underscore the importance of this conference in creating a unified effort against steroid trafficking and abuse, Prague - at the centre of Europe - was selected as the site, and funding for the meeting was underwritten by the DEA
'We need to be concerned now with the full range of issues - education, prevention, illicit drug traffic, and health consequences - before the problem gets out of control,'saidMr. Haislip. Conference participants claimed that steroid - related problems are already being experience,.6 in a wide variety of countries. Steroids are legitimately manufactured primarily in the USA and western and eastern Europe where they are sometimes misprescribed or diverted into illicit traffic. 'We have to be concerned about Eastern Europe as a source of drugs and chemi. cals for the illicit traffie,'said Haislip, 'because of the switch to privatization and the inadequacy of previously existing laws applied to the new situation.'Haislip emphasised that a strong professional police and firm legal controls should be considered by these governments.
Mr Haislip went on to emphasise that steroids, as a class of drugs, do not fit the conventional frame of reference of other drugs of abuse. They are not narcotics, stimulants, depressants or hallucinogens. Unfortunately, governments and their societies tend towards rigid and familiar patterns and responses, and are reluctant to modify their conceptions. This has been a definite problem in the USA in dealing with the steroid issue. No US agency wished to step forward and claim the problem as its own and no agency had sufficient authority to do so. In reality, all US government agencies were already busy with established priorities and had no desire for new and unfamiliar responsibilities.
There is increasing evidence of adverse physical and psychological side effects, including increased levels of violence and the development of dependency on steroids. Existing studiespoint to a wide variety of damage involving the cardiovascular, reproductive and renal systems, and aggressive behaviour, Moreover, many steroid abusers administer the drugs by injection, thus creating an additional risk for the spread of AIDS.
The DEA also reported that many steroid traffickers are involved withdrugsother than steroids, especially cocaine, and that traffickers are well organised at the highest level, never coming in contact with the drugs. Traffickers also have been found to use electronic data transfer equipment, such as facsimile machines, to place orders. Mail service agencies, including Federal Express, frequently have been used to ship steroids.
European and South American countries continue to be the primary source areas for steroids entering the USA. Since Europe is one of the source areas for steroids, traffickers have used various European countries for the trafficking in steroids. In addition, eastern European, produced steroids are frequently trafficked through bases in western Europe to the USA.......Governments should examine their national legislation with a view to strengthening controls over anabolic agents so as to curb their diversion into illicit traffic and also to identify manufacturers, quantities produced, imported and exported.
National regulatory authorities and sports organisations should cooperate in the development of a joint strategy regarding efforts to combat the abuse of anabolic agents consistent with the principles expressed in the Anti-Doping Convention of Europe, Code of Conduct, etc.
National authorities, consistent with their national legislation, should increase their cooperation concerning the international commerce and movement of anabolic agents with a view to combating the diversion of these substances.
Active cooperation and involvement of the pharmaceutical industry should be encouraged to discourage and combat the diversion of anabolic agents.
Police and customs authorities should provide operational assistance to each other in the investigation of trafficking in anabolic agents to the extent possible within legal and resource restraints. The 1CP0/Interpol and the Customs Cooperation Council should continue to collect, review and analyse existing information in order to assist the international community in develop, ing sound policies and programmes regarding anabolic agent abuse and trafficking.
The World Health Organization should continue its analysis of global trends regarding the use and abuse of anabolic agents and the assessment of current educational, prevention, and regulatory activities with these substances and resources should be made available to continue these efforts.
The meeting was brought to a close by Mr Haislip, the conference organiser and director, who thanked participants for their input and assistance in making the meeting a success. He urged those in attendance, members of the law enforcement and scientific communities, to continue their cooperation in order to control steroid abuse.
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Isnt that something.. THey have helped change the international opinion on anabolics....
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ABUSE AND TRAFFICKING OF ANABOLIC STEROIDS
> Discussion of the problem of anabolic-androgenic steroid abuse has been generally limited to the context of professional sports and major international sporting events such as the Olympics. Anabolic-androgenic steroid abuse is not, however, limited to professional and 61ite athletes, nor to athletes only, but it has now spread to amateur and lower level athletes as well as to the general public. It is now an issue of great concern because of the significant and increasing percentage of young people involved in steroid abuse. In dealing with this issue, similarities and differences between the trafficking and abuse of steroids and other controlled substances need to be considered. Additionally, it is apparent that the problem of steroid abuse is international in scope and that the control actions that have been taken by only a relatively few nations are insufficient to deal with the problem.
Aware of the growing steroid abuse problem, the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) arranged for an International Conference on the Abuse and Trafficking of Anabolic Steroids which was held 7-10 December, 1993 in Prague, Czech Republic. The purposes of the conference, the first of its kind, were to develop recognition of the consequences of steroid abuse, to examine steroid trafficking at the national and international levels, and to explore appropriate responses to the steroid abuse problem. Approximately 19 countrieswere represented at this conference as well as several international organisations. Countries participating included: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Norway, Peoples Republic of China, Poland, Russia, Slovak Republic, Sweden, the UK and the USA. Representatives from the International Criminal Police Organization (ICPO)/Interpol, the International Olympic Committee, the International Narcotics Control Board, the World Health Organization, the US Department of State, the US Food and Drug Administration, and the US Drug Enforcement Administration were also in attendance. Those invited to participate included representatives from law enforcement, regulatory and health agencies, and other non-governmental scientific and medical experts. To underscore the importance of this conference in creating a unified effort against steroid trafficking and abuse, Prague - at the centre of Europe - was selected as the site, and funding for the meeting was underwritten by the DEA
'We need to be concerned now with the full range of issues - education, prevention, illicit drug traffic, and health consequences - before the problem gets out of control,'saidMr. Haislip. Conference participants claimed that steroid - related problems are already being experience,.6 in a wide variety of countries. Steroids are legitimately manufactured primarily in the USA and western and eastern Europe where they are sometimes misprescribed or diverted into illicit traffic. 'We have to be concerned about Eastern Europe as a source of drugs and chemi. cals for the illicit traffie,'said Haislip, 'because of the switch to privatization and the inadequacy of previously existing laws applied to the new situation.'Haislip emphasised that a strong professional police and firm legal controls should be considered by these governments.
Mr Haislip went on to emphasise that steroids, as a class of drugs, do not fit the conventional frame of reference of other drugs of abuse. They are not narcotics, stimulants, depressants or hallucinogens. Unfortunately, governments and their societies tend towards rigid and familiar patterns and responses, and are reluctant to modify their conceptions. This has been a definite problem in the USA in dealing with the steroid issue. No US agency wished to step forward and claim the problem as its own and no agency had sufficient authority to do so. In reality, all US government agencies were already busy with established priorities and had no desire for new and unfamiliar responsibilities.
There is increasing evidence of adverse physical and psychological side effects, including increased levels of violence and the development of dependency on steroids. Existing studiespoint to a wide variety of damage involving the cardiovascular, reproductive and renal systems, and aggressive behaviour, Moreover, many steroid abusers administer the drugs by injection, thus creating an additional risk for the spread of AIDS.
The DEA also reported that many steroid traffickers are involved withdrugsother than steroids, especially cocaine, and that traffickers are well organised at the highest level, never coming in contact with the drugs. Traffickers also have been found to use electronic data transfer equipment, such as facsimile machines, to place orders. Mail service agencies, including Federal Express, frequently have been used to ship steroids.
European and South American countries continue to be the primary source areas for steroids entering the USA. Since Europe is one of the source areas for steroids, traffickers have used various European countries for the trafficking in steroids. In addition, eastern European, produced steroids are frequently trafficked through bases in western Europe to the USA.......Governments should examine their national legislation with a view to strengthening controls over anabolic agents so as to curb their diversion into illicit traffic and also to identify manufacturers, quantities produced, imported and exported.
National regulatory authorities and sports organisations should cooperate in the development of a joint strategy regarding efforts to combat the abuse of anabolic agents consistent with the principles expressed in the Anti-Doping Convention of Europe, Code of Conduct, etc.
National authorities, consistent with their national legislation, should increase their cooperation concerning the international commerce and movement of anabolic agents with a view to combating the diversion of these substances.
Active cooperation and involvement of the pharmaceutical industry should be encouraged to discourage and combat the diversion of anabolic agents.
Police and customs authorities should provide operational assistance to each other in the investigation of trafficking in anabolic agents to the extent possible within legal and resource restraints. The 1CP0/Interpol and the Customs Cooperation Council should continue to collect, review and analyse existing information in order to assist the international community in develop, ing sound policies and programmes regarding anabolic agent abuse and trafficking.
The World Health Organization should continue its analysis of global trends regarding the use and abuse of anabolic agents and the assessment of current educational, prevention, and regulatory activities with these substances and resources should be made available to continue these efforts.
The meeting was brought to a close by Mr Haislip, the conference organiser and director, who thanked participants for their input and assistance in making the meeting a success. He urged those in attendance, members of the law enforcement and scientific communities, to continue their cooperation in order to control steroid abuse.
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Isnt that something.. THey have helped change the international opinion on anabolics....
