Purchase of anabolic steroids at online pharmacies is illegal in UK

British people are not allowed to order steroids online. Importation of steroids into the UK is considered to be illicit under a new amendment to the steroid law. Those that live in the UK and import steroids into the country are punished. But British people may freely get, possess and administer steroids.
According to the “personal custody”, those that arrived to London for the 2012 Olympics were allowed to import steroids for personal use. It was not claimed to be illegal under British laws. Nonetheless, those who live inside the UK don’t have any right to purchase steroids via internet and import them from other countries to the UK.
Earlier British people 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 those that use steroids. But is the amendment able to do it?
Many underground labs manufacture anabolic steroids inside the UK. They prosper because of the amendment. But it is necessary to consider that a lot of underground labs produce steroids of low quality. So, British people have to acquire steroids of low quality because it is forbidden to import steroids that are manufactured outside the country by trustworthy pharmaceutical companies.
The government warned 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 athletes and bodybuilders may get serious negative consequences because they switch from quality steroids manufactured by trustworthy pharmaceutical companies to worse medications produced by underground labs located in the UK.