Only an average of 3 people die a year from steroid abuse,3 People, more people die a day from alcohol and tobacco than that(both being legal), no bodybuilders who have done steroids moderately have experienced any adverse health affects from them so why are they unlawful? Birth control is legal for women to take and that is a steroid, but instead of being synthetic testosterone it is synthetic estrogen and progesterone and has much worse side affects than Aas. I want this prohibition to end on steroids because they are a legitiment supplement to take as long as your not taking it to gain an edge in sports. They can help improve overalll health, as long as they are taken in moderation and not by women and children
straight from wikipedia(i know its not entirely dependable but sounds pretty well informed in this case)
United States
The history of the U.S. legislation on anabolic steroids goes back to the late 1980s, when the U.S. Congress considered placing anabolic steroids under the Controlled Substances Act following the controversy over Ben Johnson's victory at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. During deliberations, the American Medical Organization (ama), Drug Enforcement Administration (dea), Food and Drug Administration (fda) as well as the National Institute on Drug Abuse (nida) all opposed listing anabolic steroids as controlled substances, citing the fact that use of these hormones does not lead to the physical or psychological dependence required for such scheduling under the Controlled Substance Behave. Nevertheless, anabolic steroids were added to Schedule Iii of the Controlled Substances Behave in the Anabolic Steroid Control Behave of 1990. The same behave also introduced more stringent controls with higher criminal penalties for offenses involving the illegal distribution of anabolic steroids and human growth hormone. By the early 1990s, after anabolic steroids were scheduled in the U.S., several pharmaceutical companies stopped manufacturing or marketing the products in the U.S., including Ciba, Searle, Syntex and others. In the Controlled Substances Act, anabolic steroids are defined to be any drug or hormonal substance chemically and pharmacologically related to testosterone (other than estrogens, progestins, and corticosteroids) that promote muscle growth. The behave was amended by the Anabolic Steroid Control Act of 2004, which added prohormones to the list of controlled substances, with effect from January 20, 2005.
goverment does not want to deal with super humans
Because they are dangerous.