The Drug Enforcement Agency continued its stretch of crackdowns on the underground steriod industry according to this article in the NY Times. Long Island proved to be a successful stop in the DEA's tour across the country in an attempt to shut down the underground steriod ring that has been supplying users for some time. Agents reported finding over $6.5 million worth of steriods in Long Island alone.
So what does this have to do with political communication? Well it's funny how these crackdowns are taking place after all the steriod allegations that are occuring in the athletic field. Where did these allegations come from? Bingo: The media.
The Feds have recently taken steriod testing among professional athletes into their own hands and have called many alleged steriod users to the stand to testify. Various reporters of the media are responsible for these allegations and this is a great example of how the media can induce federal action. Apparently it took these allegations from reporters to warrant any kind of governmental action, but seriously was there any kind of doubt that this stuff was going on for a while. Apparently we're supposed to be shocked that this type of thing has been going on among professional athletes.
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I am glad they are cracking down on that... those types of drugs can mess a person up...
Besides it is unfair to all the regular people whom do things the right way...
Maybe the media needed to step-in. Is it such a bad thing that the media brought this subject to light? The rest of the world has always had a tough steroid policy. Even the NBA and NFL have....MLB is catching up. You make it sound as if it is a bad thing that the media started all of this, but someone needed to say something.
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