zeek,
I understand you argument about drug versus steroid and the classifications involved. It's funny as I sort of agree with you in that when I say drug dealer- i am referring to people that sell coke, Heroin, E, special K , meth and whatever else. If I want to refer to a guy who deals in steroids- i simply say the steroid dealer. or something like that.
Unfortunately, for the people in charge, little distinction is made between the two and in all likelihood, the line separating these two events is becoming blurred: In order to meet the demand of their customers- steroid dealers are jumping into the other areas. And usually with disastrous results as the rec/street drug dealers are almost always more ruthless than the steroid dealers.
Anyway, my comment was specifically directed to your post where you sort of said to ignore the side effects, that your body would get used to it. This could be true yet it seemed a bit premature. I wouldn't have told him to keep going with it.
ciao!