British steroid law may influence on health of steroid users negatively

British people are not allowed to order steroids online. Importation of steroids into the UK is claimed to be illicit under a new amendment to the steroid law. Those who live in the UK and import steroids into the country are sanctioned by authorities. But Britons may freely get, possess and use steroids.
According to the “personal custody”, those that arrived to London for the Olympics were allowed to import steroids for personal usage. It was not considered to be illegal under British laws. Nevertheless, those that live inside the UK don’t have any right to buy steroids at online drug stores and import them from other countries to the UK.
Earlier British citizens were allowed to acquire steroids from outside the country. The amendment was provided by the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) in order to protect health of steroid users. But is the amendment able to do it?
A lot of underground labs produce anabolic steroids inside the UK. They prosper because of the amendment. But it is necessary to consider that a lot of underground labs produce fake steroids. So, British citizens have to obtain steroids of low quality because it is forbidden to import steroids which are produced outside the country by trustworthy pharmaceutical companies.
The government informed Needle-Syringe Program (NSP) workers that they would have to work more. It was confirmed that the amendment would increase the number of steroid users.
In fact, the amendment is likely to have negative influence on health of steroid users. Steroid-using sportspeople and bodybuilders may get dangerous undesirable results because they switch from quality steroids manufactured by safe pharmaceutical companies to worse preparations manufactured by underground labs located in the UK.