"Perfectly safe" is a big stretch for just about any drug. The can of Pandora's boxes you want to open just isn't worth it. First how would you be able to tell a person using it under relatively safe protocols vs one who is pushing things to get any sort of edge possible? Second since they do provide an advantage, if you allow them you essentially make them mandatory. Banning them completely may not be the perfect solution, but it is the best and safest option there is right now. No, it's not really a stretch. You're putting words into my mouth. A-I didn't say I advocated it, I simply said that under doctor supervision they are perfectly save. B-How would you tell what a player is using them for? Because they'd be under doctors supervision. C-I never said I was in favor. So please don't say the "Pandora's box YOU want to open." D-Making them acceptable in certain situations, the way they grant some waivers for some drugs would not make them "Mandatory," It's a complex debate and I simply relayed what those smarter than myself had said. Steroids, even when prescribed by a doctor, aren't "perfectly safe". I am prescribed steroid cycles 3 times a year for a medical condition, and each time, my doctor goes over the pros and cons and possible side effects, both short and long term that I could possibly experience. When you say "perfectly safe" you make it sound like there's nothing that could go wrong, ever, if done properly, and that is not true.