Synthetic Anabolic-Androgenic Steroids: A Plea for Controlled Substance Status
- 1 May 1987
- journal article
- editorial
- Published by Taylor & Francis in The Physician and Sportsmedicine
- Vol. 15 (5) , 140-150
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00913847.1987.11709356
Abstract
One way to combat the abuse of anabolic-androgenic steroids is to reclassify them as controlled substances under federal law. The author contends that the widespread abuse of steroids, their habit-forming properties, and their other adverse effects are good reasons for reclassification.Keywords
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