Any Olympic athlete that arrives to London may possess steroids for self-administration

Officers of the British government will be not able to stop athletes importing steroids to the UK, when they come to take part in the 2012 Olympics. Although usage of steroids is forbidden in sports, self-administration of these preparations is not criminal in the UK. Just distribution of steroids is considered to be illegal in this country. So, if one wants to import quantity of anabolic steroids which is obviously large, he/she will not be permitted to do it.
Before Olympics took place in Australia, Canada and China, governments of these countries modified legislation connected with import and application of steroids at least temporally. But the British government refuses to modify steroid legislation for the 2012 Olympics.
Ironically, although the British government refuses to make personal administration of steroids illegal, Britain athletes are banned for lifetime, if they take anabolic steroids. When it comes to the WADA Code, sportspersons that use forbidden products are banned for two years.
Hugh Robertson, the Olympic minister, confirms that it is necessary to have a universal policy linked with sentencing. He insists on at least four years or even longer.  Although this minister is supported by the British Olympic Association, the UK Anti-Doping Agency doesn’t agree with such harsh sanction. The CEO of the UK Anti-Doping Agency Andi Parkinson thinks that certain sanctions should be milder.
The Olympic minister admits that there are various points of view in sports and it’s not well but he doesn’t ask the CEO of the UKAD to resign.
The spokesperson for Hugh Robertson has stated that any sportsperson can have steroids in his/her luggage, when he/she arrives to London. But the amount of steroids must demonstrate that he/she has them only for self-administration. The spokesperson has noticed that it is not criminal for a sportsperson to administer steroids under laws of the UK but if any athlete is caught using forbidden medicines, he/she will be punished under anti-doping laws.
The UKAD claimed that they would cooperate with border control officers. Information about sportspersons will be used by anti-doping officials.
5, 000 drug test, including 1, 000 blood tests will be conducted by the International Olympic Committee.