Despite what the article says, using steroids without a prescription is indeed illegal. If they paid doctor's to write legit prescriptions it might be considered legal, yet unethical, but since these were designer steroids I would tend to doubt a legitimate medical necessity for them.
As I am neither a lawyer or a physician I can not speak to all the legal nuances, but as a layperson these are my views.
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