WADA and British government can’t achieve agreement related to import and usage of steroids

Officials of the British government will be not able to stop sportspeople importing steroids to the UK, when they come to take part in the 2012 London Olympics. However intake of steroids is prohibited in sports, personal usage of these drugs is not illegal in the UK. Just sale of steroids is considered to be illegal in this country. So, if someone desires to import amount of anabolic steroids that is significantly large, he/she will not be permitted to do it.
Before Olympic Games took place in Australia, Canada and China, governments of these countries modified legislation linked with import and administration of steroids at least temporally. But the British government doesn’t want to change steroid legislation for the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Ironically, however the government of the UK doesn’t want to make personal administration of steroids criminal, Britain sportspeople are banned for lifetime, if they utilize anabolic steroids. As for the WADA Code, sportspersons who use forbidden products are banned for two years.
Hugh Robertson, the Olympic minister, confirms that it is important to have a universal law related to sentencing. He insists on at least four years or even longer.  However this minister is supported by the British Olympic Association, the UK Anti-Doping Agency doesn’t agree with such harsh punishment. The CEO of the UK Anti-Doping Agency Andi Parkinson believes that certain sanctions must be softened.
The Olympic minister realizes that there are different opinions in sports and it’s not well but he doesn’t ask the CEO of the UKAD to resign.
The spokesman for the minister has claimed that any athlete can have steroids in his/her luggage, when he/she arrives to London. But the amount of steroids must confirm that he/she possesses them just for personal intake. The spokesperson has noted that it is not criminal for an athlete to administer steroids under laws of the UK but if any athlete is caught using prohibited preparations, he/she will be punished under anti-doping laws.
The UKAD noticed that they would cooperate with border control officers. Information about sportspersons will be utilized by anti-doping officials.
5, 000 drug test, including 1, 000 blood tests will be conducted by the International Olympic Committee.