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n2doc

(47,953 posts)
Mon Dec 15, 2014, 01:30 PM Dec 2014

Senate makes designer steroids a controlled substance

The Senate passed a bill Thursday to prohibit the use of designer steroids.

H.R. 4771, the Designer Anabolic Steroid Control Act, adds "anabolic steroids" to the list on substances included in the Controlled Substances Act.

Use of the steroids have been linked to deaths.
The House passed the bill in September, meaning it now heads to President Obama’s desk to be signed into law.

The Senate also passed S. 2338, the United States Anti-Doping Agency Reauthorization Act, which authorizes appropriations for the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency through 2020. The agency ensures U.S. athletes don’t use performance-enhancing drugs. The measure now heads to the House for further action.

http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/226909-senate-makes-designer-steroids-a-controlled-substance

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Senate makes designer steroids a controlled substance (Original Post) n2doc Dec 2014 OP
Oh noes! TexasProgresive Dec 2014 #1
More grist for the WoD Cayenne Dec 2014 #2
Does this mean doctors won't be able to prescribe it for indicated conditions? Trillo Dec 2014 #3
They remain schedule 3, but any new drug forms can be immediately added to the list NutmegYankee Dec 2014 #5
good job aziherbal Dec 2014 #4
I thought Anabolic Steroids were made illegal a few years ago. I saw Dwayne 'the Rock' Johnson on Bill USA Dec 2014 #6

Cayenne

(480 posts)
2. More grist for the WoD
Mon Dec 15, 2014, 03:26 PM
Dec 2014

The hysteria surrounding anabolic steroids is preventing good research and medicines.

Trillo

(9,154 posts)
3. Does this mean doctors won't be able to prescribe it for indicated conditions?
Mon Dec 15, 2014, 04:01 PM
Dec 2014

Schedule 1? Like the ever-so-dangerous marijuana?

NutmegYankee

(16,199 posts)
5. They remain schedule 3, but any new drug forms can be immediately added to the list
Sat Dec 20, 2014, 07:33 PM
Dec 2014

That is, any new "designed" drug previously unknown that works the same way can be scheduled.

Bill USA

(6,436 posts)
6. I thought Anabolic Steroids were made illegal a few years ago. I saw Dwayne 'the Rock' Johnson on
Mon Dec 29, 2014, 06:55 PM
Dec 2014

a talk show a few years back (soon after they made steroids illegal) and he didn't even look like the same person. He looked like..... well, like a normal human. Even his head was narrower. But then, maybe a year or so later, he was back to his same monstrous proportions.   Guess he found an out-of-U.S. supplier of "the clear", thus saving his movie career as an androgenic monster.

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