Anabolic Steroid Law and Legal Definition
According to 21 USCS § 802 (41) (A), the term anabolic steroid means “any drug or hormonal substance, chemically and pharmacologically related to testosterone (other than estrogens, progestins, corticosteroids, and dehydroepiandrosterone), and includes--
(i) androstanediol--
(I) 3β,17β-dihydroxy-5α-androstane; and
(II) 3α,17β-dihydroxy-5α-androstane;
(ii) androstanedione (5α-androstan-3,17-dione);
(iii) androstenediol--
(I) 1-androstenediol (3β,17β-dihydroxy-5α-androst-1-ene);
(II) 1-androstenediol (3α,17β-dihydroxy-5α-androst-1-ene);
(III) 4-androstenediol (3β,17β-dihydroxy-androst-4-ene); and
(IV) 5-androstenediol (3β,17β-dihydroxy-androst-5-ene);
(iv) androstenedione--
(I) 1-androstenedione ([5a]-androst-1-en-3,17-dione);
(II) 4-androstenedione (androst-4-en-3,17-dione); and
(III) 5-androstenedione (androst-5-en-3,17-dione);
(v) bolasterone (7α,17α -dimethyl-17β -hydroxyandrost-4-en-3-one);
(vi) boldenone (17β-hydroxyandrost-1,4,-diene-3-one);
(vii) calusterone (7β,17α-dimethyl-17β -hydroxyandrost-4-en-3-one);
(viii) clostebol (4-chloro-17β-hydroxyandrost-4-en-3-one);
(ix) dehydrochloromethyltestosterone (4-chloro-17β -hydroxy-17α-methyl-androst-1, 4-dien-3-one);
(x) Δ 1-dihydrotestosterone (a.k.a. "1-testosterone") (17β-hydroxy-5α-androst-1-en-3-one);
(xi) 4-dihydrotestosterone (17β-hydroxy-androstan-3-one);
(xii) drostanolone (17β-hydroxy-2α -methyl-5α-androstan-3-one);
(xiii) ethylestrenol (17α-ethyl-17β-hydroxyestr-4-ene);
(xiv) fluoxymesterone (9-fluoro-17α-methyl-11β, 17β-dihydroxyandrost-4-en-3-one);
(xv) formebolone (2-formyl-17α-methyl-11α, 17β-dihydroxyandrost-1,4-dien-3-one);
(xvi) furazabol (17α-methyl-17β -hydroxyandrostano[2,3-c]-furazan);
(xvii) 13β-ethyl-17β-hydroxygon-4-en-3-one;
(xviii) 4-hydroxytestosterone (4,17β-dihydroxy-androst-4-en-3-one);
(xix) 4-hydroxy-19-nortestosterone (4,17β-dihydroxy-estr-4-en-3-one);
(xx) mestanolone (17α-methyl-17β -hydroxy-5α-androstan-3-one);
(xxi) mesterolone (1α-methyl-17β -hydroxy-[5a]-androstan-3-one);
(xxii) methandienone (17α-methyl-17β -hydroxyandrost-1,4-dien-3-one);
(xxiii) methandriol (17α-methyl-3β,17β -dihydroxyandrost-5-ene);
(xxiv) methenolone (1-methyl-17β-hydroxy-5α -androst-1-en-3-one);
(xxv) 17α-methyl-3β, 17β-dihydroxy-5α-androstane;
(xxvi) 17α-methyl-3α, 17β-dihydroxy-5α-androstane;
(xxvii) 17α-methyl-3β, 17β-dihydroxyandrost-4-ene.
(xxviii) 17α-methyl-4-hydroxynandrolone (17α-methyl-4-hydroxy-17β -hydroxyestr-4-en-3-one);
(xxix) methyldienolone (17α-methyl-17β -hydroxyestra-4,9(10)-dien-3-one);
(xxx) methyltrienolone (17α-methyl-17β -hydroxyestra-4,9-11-trien-3-one);
(xxxi) methyltestosterone (17α-methyl-17β -hydroxyandrost-4-en-3-one);
(xxxii) mibolerone (7α,17α-dimethyl-17β -hydroxyestr-4-en-3-one);
(xxxiii) 17α-methyl-Δ 1-dihydrotestosterone (17β-hydroxy-17α-methyl-5α -androst-1-en-3-one) (a.k.a. "17-α-methyl-1-testosterone");
(xxxiv) nandrolone (17β-hydroxyestr-4-en-3-one);
(xxxv) norandrostenediol--
(I) 19-nor-4-androstenediol (3β, 17β-dihydroxyestr-4-ene);
(II) 19-nor-4-androstenediol (3α, 17β-dihydroxyestr-4-ene);
(III) 19-nor-5-androstenediol (3β, 17β-dihydroxyestr-5-ene); and
(IV) 19-nor-5-androstenediol (3α, 17β-dihydroxyestr-5-ene);
(xxxvi) norandrostenedione--
(I) 19-nor-4-androstenedione (estr-4-en-3,17-dione); and
(II) 19-nor-5-androstenedione (estr-5-en-3,17-dione;
(xxxvii) norbolethone (13β,17α-diethyl-17β -hydroxygon-4-en-3-one);
(xxxviii) norclostebol (4-chloro-17β-hydroxyestr-4-en-3-one);
(xxxix) norethandrolone (17α-ethyl-17β-hydroxyestr-4-en-3-one);
(xl) normethandrolone (17α-methyl-17β-hydroxyestr-4-en-3-one);
(xli) oxandrolone (17α-methyl-17β -hydroxy-2-oxa-[5α] -androstan-3-one);
(xlii) oxymesterone (17α-methyl-4,17β-dihydroxyandrost-4-en-3-one);
(xliii) oxymetholone (17α-methyl-2-hydroxymethylene-17β -hydroxy-[5α] -androstan-3-one);
(xliv) stanozolol (17α-methyl-17β-hydroxy-[5α]-androst-2-eno[3, 2-c]-pyrazole);
(xlv) stenbolone (17β-hydroxy-2-methyl-[5α]-androst-1-en-3-one);
(xlvi) testolactone (13-hydroxy-3-oxo-13,17-secoandrosta-1,4-dien-17-oic acid lactone);
(xlvii) testosterone (17β-hydroxyandrost-4-en-3-one);
(xlviii) tetrahydrogestrinone (13β,17α -diethyl-17β-hydroxygon-4,9, 11-trien-3-one);
(xlix) trenbolone (17β-hydroxyestr-4,9,11-trien-3-one); and
(xlx) any salt, ester, or ether of a drug or substance described in this paragraph.
The substances excluded under this subparagraph may at any time be scheduled by the Attorney General in accordance with the authority and requirements of subsections (a) through (c) of section 201 [21 USCS § 811].
(B)
(i) Except as provided in clause (ii), such term does not include an anabolic steroid which is expressly intended for administration through implants to cattle or other nonhuman species and which has been approved by the Secretary of Health and Human Services for such administration.
(ii) If any person prescribes, dispenses, or distributes such steroid for human use, such person shall be considered to have prescribed, dispensed, or distributed an anabolic steroid within the meaning of subparagraph (A).”
