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The legal status of anabolic steroids varies from country to country. In the U.S., anabolic steroids are listed as Schedule III controlled substances under the Controlled Substances Act, which makes the possession of such substances without a prescription a federal crime punishable by up to seven years in prison. [40]
Anabolic steroids, including testosterone and human chorionic gonadotropin are Schedule 3 on the California Uniform Controlled Substances Act. [6] On August 31, 2011, California Legislature passed SB 514, which banned the sale of dextromethorphan (DXM), the active ingredient in most over-the-counter cough medicines, to minors. [46]
[2] However, although the Act contains the phrase "designer steroid" in the title, the text omits the phrase entirely and fails to provide a legal definition. [12] Delegate Donna Christensen (D-VI) was also in favor of the bill, arguing that it "will go a long way to removing dangerous steroids from the market." [2]
Its introduction into commerce may have represented an attempted circumvention of the U.S. Anabolic Steroids Control Act of 1990 (along with its 2004 revision), since the law is, in part, drug-specific; [3] methasterone, as is the case with many designer steroids, was not declared a Schedule III class anabolic steroid in that act because it was ...
As such, the distinction between the terms anabolic steroid and androgen is questionable, and this is the basis for the revised and more recent term anabolic–androgenic steroid (AAS). [70] [75] [218] David Handelsman has criticized terminology and understanding surrounding AAS in many publications.
But as excuses for steroid use go, copping to a negligent use of medicine is a fairly straightforward one. ... it wouldn’t make much sense to use it if you were really trying to build muscle as ...
According to the Mayo Clinic, performancing-enhacing drugs, like anabolic steroids “are drugs that athletes take to boost their strength and add muscle”. They are also “made to work like a ...
The classifications of substances as performance-enhancing substances are not entirely clear-cut and objective. As in other types of categorization, certain prototype performance enhancers are universally classified as such (like anabolic steroids), whereas other substances (like vitamins and protein supplements) are virtually never classified as performance enhancers despite their effects on ...