Who is punished for violation of steroid laws?

The laws which criminalize administration of anabolic steroids have appeared not without any reason. They turned out to be responses to widespread usage of steroids in competitive sports. Anti-Doping Agencies thought that ban of steroids would keep professional athletes far from administration of illegal drugs. But criminalization of steroids influenced on administration of steroids by competitive sportspersons insignificantly.
The steroid laws commonly don’t prosecute sportspeople that administrate illegal preparations. On the contrary, non-competitive sportspersons and recreational bodybuilders are usually targets of the steroid laws. They suffer due to consequences of violation of these laws.
This is not only one’s opinion. This is reality. Let think: who is sentenced to jail because of selling steroids? For example, Ashley Dewayne Rivers of Alabama received 5 months in jail because he had sold about $2000 worth of steroids to a health care provider. In fact, this person wasn’t the target of a steroid investigation. He only turned out to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. The estranged wife of this doctor informed federal investigators that her husband was implicated in operations of black steroid market. So, the statement of this woman led to the situation, when the doctor was investigated.
In fact, Rivers was a supplier of steroids for short period of time. This man sold these medicines to his friends. James Robinson, the defense attorney for Ashley Rivers, noted that his client had recognized his guilty totally and taken the whole responsibility for his illegal operations.  The attorney claimed that Rivers was a good man. However he violated the steroid laws, he recognized the risks and admitted to his guilty.
The attorney for Rivers Ashley asked the judge to sentence Rivers Ashley just to probation.  Rivers cared about his physically impaired wife, 2 children that were adopted by him  and 3 children of his disabled brother. Moreover, Ashley Rivers gave about 40, 000 dollars for people that lost their homes due to tornadoes. It would be better, if he were sentenced to probation. This person would continue his work for his family and other persons.
But Christopher Brinson, the Assistant U. S. Attorney, refused the request of the defense attorney for River. He claimed that this person committed a serious crime and he must serve time in jail. Although the judge was inclined to agree with the request of the defense attorney  at the beginning, finally he made the decision to agree with the Assistant U.S. Attorney and sentenced Rivers to 5-month imprisonment.
You may recognize that steroid laws don’t influence on professional athletes.