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I have considerable respect for Dr Bhasin, he was publishing cutting edge research on T in dosing up to 600 mg/wk when I was still in grad school. He is very conservative, a little surprising considering the work he has done in the field. The point he makes about the majority of users and cosmetic use is very true. Yet their use for actual performance enhancement is the primary reason they were made CIII against the recommendation of the AMA and DEA. It all started with Ben Johnson in 1988 and save all the young athletes. Go to http://www.monitoringthefuture.org/pubs/monographs/mtf-vol2_2019.pdf to get an overview of steroid use in young people, it has been and remains to be very small, and infinitesimal relative to other drugs of abuse. The reality is, young or old, we want to be what we want to be. To suggest that we should just be happy with who we are is not realistic, it will never be realistic. The issue is not black and white. I would imagine that many on this board would not qualify for HRT under Dr Bhasin's 2018 Clinical Practice Guidelines Testosterone Therapy in Men With Hypogonadism: An Endocrine Society   *  Clinical Practice Guideline and would not enjoy the QOL they do without it. There is a middle road, one where medical oversight and harm reduction would better serve everyone. However I never see that ever happening in America. Yet, we want to legalize pot for recreational use. I'll take 100 bodybuilders on steroids or guys on HRT around me during morning rush hour on the freeway or flying the commercial jet I'm on vs the same folks that just spent a night getting high.


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