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Please stop it.

Steroids are regulated under Schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act and have been since 1991.
http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/concern/steroids.html

http://www.steroidsinbaseball.net/commish/vincent.html
http://news.findlaw.com/legalnews/sports.../baseball/

"The possession, sale or use of any illegal drug or controlled substance by Major League players and personnel is strictly prohibited. Major League players or personnel involved in the possession, sale or use of any illegal drug or controlled substance are subject to discipline by the Commissioner and risk permanent expulsion from the game. In addition to any discipline this office may impose, a Club also may take action under applicable provisions of and special covenants to the Uniform Player's Contract."

The policy is there and has been there for a long time. Even though the union dragged its feet on agreeing to testing, it is a fact that A-Rod, the other 103 players on that list and an unknown number of other players violated federal drug-trafficking laws and MLB policy.

If there was no steroid tests in the MLB before 2003. The league couldn't do **** to players before 2006, when the MLB's drug policy was adopted. He cannot get in trouble for something which there were no rules against. I provided you all with the link to the wikipedia article. What Fay Vincent sent to the teams in 1991 was a memo saying the individual teams should "get tough" on suspected steroids users. It was as worthless as the piece of paper it was on until 2006 when the anti-steroid policy was actually adopted. Face it, A-Rod is not going to be getting in any trouble for using steroids before they were banned by the MLB.