The individuals participating in Olympics can buy steroids either from black market or from a physician. At one time a sympathetic doctor was sufficient to prescribe anabolic steroids to athletes. Now the anabolic steroids are controlled substances therefore doctors avoid prescribing them. The use of unauthorized steroids attracts heavy penalties. Now the bodybuilders prefer to buy steroids from the black market.
The most of the steroids available in the black market are manufactured in Mexico. These are firstly smuggled into United States. From there they are supplied throughout the world, through smugglers network.
Then they are sold in black market at very high rates. With the existence of the black market, the criminal activities are growing very fast. With the implementation of the strict laws in early 1990’s and imposing of heavy penalties for keeping these drugs small time suppliers of them have fled from the market .
On account of these developments the market prices of these drugs have increased many fold. Due to the reduced supply and increased demand involving high risk in trading these items, the black marketers have become more active. The bodybuilders and athletes participating in Olympics are being attracted more and more. Now the users have started dealing directly with hardcore dealers.