Story from CNN.com about high school steroid use...

[The Celt]

http://www.cnn.com/2004/EDUCATION/03/26/steroids.high.schools.ap/index.html

This article didn't bother me too much... it wasn't the ignorant one sided attack on AAS that we usually see but, wasn't there an article a few months back about how "juice" started to creep from pro sports in to the business world (i.e.: CEOs, politicians, everyday people)?

This particular paragraph caught my attention:
Those figures do not include users of over-the-counter supplements such as andro or the more popular creatine, which are much cheaper than steroids. The Food and Drug Administration launched a crackdown on andro last month, saying the health risks from the supplement and steroids were the same.

I've never known anyone who has died of a heart attack, stroke, liver or any organ failure because of andro... hell... real AAS isn't nearly as dangerous as they want us to believe (if done properly). But to lump creatine in the same category as steroids? That's just outrageous and terribly unforsightful. Categorically, it's not even friggin' close!

Have you ever heard anyone dying from a creatine related stroke...

don't think so....

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[Rock]

creatine is supposed to be good for the heart.

[Xg74]

Hell, if they want to crack down on creatine, they better ban red meat.

[Holto]

not to mention all those pesky humans quietly synthesizing it in their own bodies

[Budiak]

Shhhhhhh! tuttut

[JD77]

I have to admit, I've never understood all of the bitching in here about the government passing laws, but lately some of the things going on are finally making me understand. We've had some ridiculous stuff come down from Washington.