Pot. Kettle. Black.

Roid rage is no myth, except if you think it means people become raging killers upon taking steroids. But that is not what the term originally meant. Yes, steroids simply intensify the aggressive tendencies that already exist. Thus it makes mildy aggressive guys aggressive. And aggressive guys tend to become raging @ssholes. And the latter group become nearly psychotic. Everyone who takes the stuff says they suddenly see an uptick in the instances where their tempers get the best of them. Guys who never threw tantrums before find themselves yelling at people. And people who had mild tempers now start swinging at people where they never did before. “Roid rage” refers to these incidents where you find yourself acting out of character. The media later turned that phrase into meaning “psycho-killers wielding chainsaws after taking juice.”

The juice also seems to serve as a general mood elevator to everyone. They feel 18 again, ready for anything and anyone. People say going off the stuff feels like depression. I can believe it. Feelings are often hormonally driven, and increasing testosterone levels likely takes you back to the grand feelings of 18 (without the social awkwarness). And who would want to stop juicing and go from feeling 18 to feeling 35 in a few weeks? Not so bad when you have almost two decades to do it, I know. But in a few weeks?

2) “Roid rage” is a myth. There is no substantial evidence that steroid use routinely turns men into hyper-violent goons. There is some slight evidence of violent behavior among heavy steroid users – but most of them had previous history of combative and aggressive tendencies.

It is an illegal substance unless prescribed because of the Ben Johnson flap and Lyle Alzado (who tried to blame steroid use on his development of cancer, but his own doctor said it was brain cancer and nothing else).

Roid rage is a myth, all male hormones do is intensify a personality – if some jerk takes roids it’ll be more prevalent.

Do some research on them, like any medicine (male hormones are incredibly helpful to fight aging in men) used without guidance of a doctor isn’t advised.

Only six of the cops were found to have bought steroids and tested positive for the substance.”

In this rush to judgment, let’s not forget that there *are* legitimate uses for steroids and steroid based treatments. I would need to have a lot more information besides “cropped up on the client lists” before I would summarily convict anyone – cop or baseball player – of illegal drug use.

Also, “recreational use” generally means use that does not carry over or affect one’s job performance. I talk to my boss about my recreational alchol use (which is legal of course) all the time, but she’d probably fire my ass if I showed up drunk to work. I don’t think libertarians would disagree with that idea.

Cops work for the public, and if they are using drugs that may affect their performance (of an incredibly important and potentially violent job), then the government should be concerned and interested. Besides, i think libertarians agree that taking on government jobs like police work, means being held to a higher standard and a certain loss of privacy.

i think the problem here is that people like shays are all bent out of shape about a bunch of roided up ball players when, if one believes roids to be an issue, cops would seem to pose a larger public problem.

shay’s quote is ludicrous (or seems so to me).

el s (libertarian sympathizer)

“Only six of the cops were found to have bought steroids and tested positive for the substance.”

I too am more concerned about drug use in law enforcement than in baseball. I think cops should be tested for all illegal susbstances and dealt with as per procedure.

Let’s remember that the NYPD has 20,000 cops, not including supervisors. “Six” tested positive out of “27″ that were on this list.

It’s a problem that needs to be dealt with and I bet will be dealt with.