UKAD doesn’t support the Olympic minister, when it comes to sentencing policy

Officers of the British government will be not capable to stop sportspeople importing steroids to the UK, when they come to take part in the 2012 Olympics. However administration of steroids is forbidden in sports, self-administration of these medicines is not criminal in the UK. Just distribution of steroids is claimed to be criminal in this country. So, if one wants to import quantity of anabolic steroids which is essentially large, he/she will not be allowed to do it.
Before Olympic Games took place in Australia, Canada and China, governments of these countries changed legislation linked with import and administration of steroids at least temporally. But the British government doesn’t agree to change steroid laws for the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Ironically, while the British government doesn’t desire to make personal intake of steroids illegal, Britain sportspersons are banned for lifetime, if they apply anabolic steroids. When it comes to the WADA Code, sportspersons who use banned drugs are banned for 2 years.
The Olympic minister Hugh Robertson claims that it is necessary to have a universal law linked with sentencing. He insists on at least four years or even longer.  Although he is supported by the British Olympic Association, the UK Anti-Doping Agency doesn’t agree with such harsh sanction. Andy Parkinson, the CEO of the UK Anti-Doping Agency, considers that some sanctions must be milder.
The Olympic minister realizes 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 the minister has noticed that any sportsperson can have steroids in his/her luggage, when he/she comes to London. But the amount of steroids must demonstrate that he/she has them only for personal administration. The spokesperson has added that it is not illegal for an athlete to use steroids under laws of the UK but if any sportsperson is caught administering forbidden products, he/she will be punished under anti-doping laws.
The UKAD stated that they would cooperate with border control officers. Information about athletes will be utilized by anti-doping officers.
5, 000 drug tests will be conducted by the International Olympic Committee. 1, 000 of these tests will be blood tests.