The court decided to sentence to imprisonment a steroid dealer that cares about 5 children and his wheelchair-bound wife

The laws which ban intake of anabolic steroids have appeared not without any reason. They turned out to be responses to widespread usage of steroids in competitive sports. Anti-Doping Agencies thought that ban of steroids would keep professional sportspeople far from intake of illegal drugs. But criminalization of steroids influenced on intake of steroids by competitive sportspeople insignificantly.
The steroid laws commonly don’t prosecute sportspeople who use illegal products. On the contrary, non-competitive athletes and recreational bodybuilders are usually targets of the steroid laws. They suffer due to consequences of breaking these laws.
This is not only one’s point of view. This is reality. Let realize: who is sentenced to jail because of distributing steroids? For example, Ashley Dewayne Rivers of Alabama received 5 months in jail because he had sold about $2000 worth of steroids to a physician. Actually, this individual was not the target of a steroid investigation. He only turned out to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. The estranged wife of this physician said to federal investigators that her husband was implicated in operations of black steroid market. So, the statement of this lady led to the situation, when the physician was investigated.
Actually, Rivers was a supplier of steroids for short period of time. He provided these medicines to his friends of his gym. James Robinson, the defense attorney for Ashley Rivers, confirmed that his client had understood his guilty wholly and taken the total responsibility for his illegal actions.  The attorney stated that Rivers was a good individual. Although he broke the steroid laws, he realized the risks and acknowledged his guilty.
James Robinson asked the judge to sentence Rivers Ashley just to probation.  Rivers cared about his physically impaired wife, 2 children that were adopted by him  and 3 children of his disabled brother. Moreover, this man gave about 40, 000 dollars for persons that lost their homes because of tornadoes. It would be better, if he were sentenced to probation. He would continue to work for his family and other persons.
But Christopher Brinson, the Assistant U. S. Attorney, rejected the request of the defense attorney James Robinson. He claimed that Rivers committed a serious crime and he must serve time in prison. However the judge was inclined to agree with the request of the defense attorney  at the beginning, finally he made the decision to agree with the Assistant U.S. Attorney and sentenced Ashley Rivers to 5 months in jail.
You can realize that steroid laws have just a slight influence on professional sportspeople.