> Well, the pros historically tend to leave out the, ah, pharmaceutical side of the equation when they write about "what they do".

There are tested competitions.

I'll admit that that doesn't guarantee that no one uses banned substances there, but the finalists are generally quite a bit smaller than those in the untested competitions, so at the very least they're substantially cutting back.

That's changing quite a bit, but agreed.

the sentiment regarding steroid use is becoming less negative and stigmatic. A lot of older pros talk about it openly now (ex Dorian Yates) and a lot of current modern pros are openly disclosing their routines. Sponsors are becoming more tolerant of this as it's now as the honesty is now seen as cool and attracts an audience.

worse than that the stuff in magazines and such is often entirely fabricated