A man that has donated 40, 000 dollars for persons that have suffered due to tornadoes and who cares about 5 children is sentenced to imprisonment

The laws that ban intake of anabolic steroids have appeared not without any reason. They turned out to be responses to widespread administration of steroids in competitive sports. Anti-Doping Agencies thought that ban of steroids would keep professional sportspeople far from administration of illegal drugs. But criminalization of steroids influenced on administration of steroids by competitive sportspersons slightly.
The steroid laws usually do not prosecute athletes who use illegal products. On the contrary, non-competitive athletes and recreational bodybuilders are usually targets of the steroid laws. They suffer due to results of breaking these laws.
This is not only one’s point of view. This is reality. Let realize: who is sentenced to imprisonment because of distributing steroids? For example, Ashley Dewayne Rivers of Alabama was sentenced to 5-month imprisonment because he had sold about $2000 worth of steroids to a physician. Actually, this individual wasn’t the target of a steroid investigation. He only turned out to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. The estranged wife of this doctor informed federal investigators that her husband was involved in operations of black steroid market. Thus, the statement of this lady led to the situation, when the physician was investigated.
In fact, Ashley Rivers was a supplier of steroids for short period of time. This man sold these medicines to his friends. James Robinson, the defense attorney for Ashley Rivers, noted that his client had understood his guilty wholly and taken the whole responsibility for his illegal operations.  The attorney noticed that Rivers was a good person. Although he broke the steroid laws, he recognized the risks and admitted to his guilty.
James Robinson asked the judge to sentence his client only to probation.  Rivers cared about his physically impaired wife, 2 children that were adopted by him  and 3 children of his disabled brother. In addition to these conditions, Rivers sacrificed about 40, 000 dollars for persons that lost their homes due to tornadoes. It would be better, if he were sentenced to probation. He would continue his work for his family and other individuals.
But Christopher Brinson, the Assistant U. S. Attorney, refused the request of the defense attorney for River. He confirmed that Rivers committed a serious crime and he must serve time in jail. Although the judge was inclined to agree with the request of the defense attorney  at the beginning, finally he made the decision to agree with the Assistant U.S. Attorney and sentenced Ashley Rivers to 5 months in prison.
You can see that steroid laws have just a slight influence on professional sportspersons.