Former T-Wolve Arrested

Micahel Beasley was arrested for possessing and using pot when he was in Miami. He was arrested on the same charges while in Minnesota so the Wolves dumped him. He said his pot smoking days were over when he signed with Phoenix last year.

Except he was caught again last night by Scottsdale police while driving. I'm not sure how many chances the NBA gives in cases like this, but I think it's too many. He always gets caught doing this when he's driving. You know, when he's a real danger to OTHERS.

If it was a performance enhancing drug, one that may only be a danger to himself, he would be gone already. The NBA (and all other major sports) just don't take impaired driving seriously enough.

For me it's hard to be mad at a guy who is only trying to be as good as he can get, so that he can perform as well as he is able. That's why PED use doesn't bother me like it does some. I've documented in this blog in the past that the possible side-effects of these drugs has been greatly exaggerated and possibly downright FABRICATED just to get the general public to be against them.

As an example: How many athletes have died from steroid use in the last 5 years according to all medical studies available? ZERO. How many other deaths have been directly related to steroid use over the last 5 years. Again, the answer is ZERO.

Another example? "Roid Rage hasn't even been  PROVEN as a side-effect of steroid use. The term was coined in a criminal trial when criminals used steroids as their reason for going nuts while committing a crime. Never mind the fact that they were hyped on all sorts of drugs at the time. It was used as an excuse for their horrible behavior.

Is is possible that people who use tremendous amounts of ANY drug could become aggressive? Sure. But nearly everyone who has had documented steroid use does not experience anything like 'roid rage. What's amazing is those who were given PLACEBOS thinking they were given steroids, experienced 'roid rage on a regular basis when they were told that this might be one of the most noticeable side-effects.

In other words people WHO DO experience it, do so because they THINK they are supposed to. IF the term was never coined, it's possible very few, if any would ever have thought they had it.

I would love to document all of this for you, but this information comes from years of reading about the subject. If you want to find out more for yourself, just start looking online for serious studies about steroid use. You may be surprised by what you learn.

I'm not even going to get into HGH use, other than to say if we were ALL on it, there's a good chance medical expenses in America would drop significantly, especially among the elderly. It's a miracle cure for just about everything, including old age, and we treat it like its worse than crack cocaine.

Again look for the studies yourself.

Back to Beasly. He puts OTHERS at risk with his behavior. That makes me angry. That is the greater crime that needs to punished appropriately. And sports organizations need to start seeing that. Actually we ALL need to start seeing that.