Wonder what the death toll would be like if PED's were legal? Athletes will go pretty far when a gold medal is worth $20 mill in endorsements, sponsorship etc.
There's never been a recorded death linked directly to steroid or growth hormone use....not even one. If the main PED's were such a death threat you'd think there'd be at least a few directly linked deaths. And no, if someone dies and had steroids in their blood but rec drugs as well (this includes alcohol) you cannot point to steroids and say "that's the cause."
On another note, one of my old college roommates played for the Rockies for 4 years, blew out his knee and became an athletic trainer for the team for a few years. I asked him how many MLB players supplemented, half? He said no, pretty much all of them. Further, I can speak and state with direct first hand knowledge that the amount of anabolic steroids NFL players supplement with is mind-blowing, especially regarding Nandrolone-Decanoate.