Steroids use and laws in the UK

The United Kingdom and USA have various laws. As for steroids use, it has been always legal in the United Kingdom.
Laws connected with anabolic steroids are going to be modified in the UK. The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) offered some recommendations to the government of the UK. According to them, possession and intake of these drugs remain to be legal as earlier. But the amendments refer to importation of anabolic steroids and orders via internet. This activity is going to be banned.
The government supported almost all new amendments of the ACMD. Here we observe the way of influences of the government upon mentality of steroids consumers. The faculty chairman of the Royal General Practitioners is sure that the recommendations connected with importation of anabolic steroids are good ways in order to change attitudes of consumers to these preparations. He says that if the new law forbade anabolic steroids completely, it could cause only opposition of consumers. According to his words, it is an effective way to influence upon sportsmen that use anabolic steroids and to give them important information about connections between these preparations and their health. The new law can make them to care about their real purposes to do something for prevention of undesirable results related to application of these drugs.
The government of the UK realizes that these preparations can influence on users’ health negatively that’s why it wants to adopt possible laws which may help consumers to see the reality.
But it is necessary to note that the faculty chairman of the Royal General Practitioners, Dr. Lawson, had to consider the all nuances connected with the new law. There is a risk that the law will not benefit. You could ask: “Where is the risk?” Let analyze the situation which was earlier. Sportsmen could purchase anabolic steroids per internet. Importation of these products was legal. So, they purchased steroids of good quality.
According to the new law, athletes must not purchase steroids per internet. How will they purchase these preparations? There is another way of getting anabolic steroids. But this way is not safe. As you know, there are underground labs which produce anabolic steroids. Unluckily, they manufacture fake anabolic steroids. As a result of this new law, persons will administrate counterfeit steroids which may harm very much. Will the new law benefit?