British citizens have to obtain steroids from underground labs

British people are not allowed to order steroids online. Importation of steroids into the UK is considered to be illicit under a new amendment to the steroid law. Those that live in the UK and import steroids into the country are punished. But British people may freely get, possess and administer steroids.
According to the “personal custody”, those who arrived to London for the 2012 Olympic Games were allowed to import steroids for personal use. It was not considered to be illegal under British laws. Nevertheless, those that live inside the UK don’t have any right to purchase steroids at online pharmacies 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 on account of the amendment. But it is necessary to consider that a lot of underground labs manufacture fake steroids. Thus, British citizens have to acquire steroids of low quality because it is forbidden to import steroids which are produced outside the country by safe pharmaceutical companies.
The government informed Needle-Syringe Program (NSP) workers that they would have to work more. It was noted that the amendment would increase the number of steroid users.
Actually, the amendment is likely to influence on health of steroid users negatively. Steroid-using sportspersons and bodybuilders may get grave undesirable results because they switch from quality steroids manufactured by trustworthy pharmaceutical companies to worse products produced by underground labs located in the UK.