Importation of steroids into UK is criminal

British citizens are not allowed to purchase steroids online. Importation of steroids into the UK is considered to be illegal under a new amendment to the steroid law. Those that live in the UK and import steroids into the country are sanctioned by authorities. But Britons may freely buy, possess and use steroids.
According to the “personal custody”, those that arrived to London for the 2012 Olympics were allowed to import steroids for self-administration. It was not considered to be criminal under British laws. Nonetheless, those who live inside the UK don’t have any right to purchase steroids via internet and import them from other countries to the UK.
Earlier British citizens were allowed to obtain steroids from outside the country. The amendment was recommended by the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) in order to protect health of those that use steroids. But could the amendment do it?
A lot of underground labs produce anabolic steroids inside the UK. They prosper because of the amendment. But it is important to take into account that numerous underground labs manufacture counterfeit steroids. Thus, British citizens have to buy steroids of low quality because it is banned to import steroids which are produced outside the country by trustworthy pharmaceutical companies.
Authorities warned Needle-Syringe Program (NSP) workers that they would have to work more. It was confirmed that the amendment would raise the number of steroid users.
In fact, the amendment is likely to influence on health of steroid users negatively. Steroid-using sportspersons and bodybuilders may get dangerous undesirable consequences because they switch from quality steroids manufactured by safe pharmaceutical companies to worse medicines manufactured by underground labs located in the UK.