A moral man that works hardly for his family and other people is sentenced to imprisonment for selling about $2000 worth of steroids

The laws which criminalize intake of anabolic steroids have appeared due to certain conditions. They turned out to be responses to widespread intake of steroids in competitive sports. Anti-Doping Agencies hoped that ban of steroids would keep professional athletes far from intake of illegal medications. But criminalization of steroids influenced on administration of steroids by competitive athletes insignificantly.
The steroid laws usually do not prosecute sportspersons who use illegal medicines. On the contrary, non-competitive sportspeople and recreational bodybuilders are usually targets of the steroid laws. They suffer due to consequences of violation of these laws.
This is not only one’s opinion. This is reality. Let realize: who is sentenced to jail because of selling steroids? For example, Ashley Dewayne Rivers of Alabama was sentenced to 5 months in jail because he had sold about $2000 worth of steroids to a health care provider. In fact, this person 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 informed federal investigators that her husband was involved in operations of black steroid market. So, the affirmation of this woman led to the situation, when the doctor was investigated.
Actually, Ashley Rivers was a supplier of steroids for short period of time. This person supplied his friends of his gym with these medicines. James Robinson, the defense attorney for Ashley Rivers, claimed that his client had recognized his guilty completely and taken the whole responsibility for his illegal actions.  The attorney confirmed that Rivers was a moral man. Although he broke the steroid laws, he recognized the dangers and admitted to his guilty.
James Robinson asked the judge to sentence Rivers Ashley only to probation.  Rivers cared about his wheelchair-bound wife, 2 adopted children  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 this man were sentenced to probation. Rivers Ashley would continue to work for his family and other individuals.
But Christopher Brinson, the Assistant U. S. Attorney, rejected the request of James Robinson. He stated that this person committed a serious crime and he should serve time in jail. Although the judge was inclined to agree with the request of the defense attorney  at the beginning, finally he decided to agree with the Assistant U.S. Attorney and sentenced Rivers to 5 months in jail.
You may see that steroid laws don’t influence on professional athletes.