Anabolic Steroids Control Act of 1990

During the early 1980s, concerns about systemic drug use in athletics, particularly within the Olympics, prompted heightened anti-doping efforts. However, these concerns did not immediately lead to legislative actions addressing the broader availability and misuse of steroids. Throughout the decade, reports of health risks associated with steroid use and ethical issues surrounding their impact on fair competition in sports began to garner public and political attention. Representative William J. Hughes of New Jersey introduced the Anabolic Steroids Control Act of 1990 as H.R. 5269 on April 26, 1990, which sought to expand control of anabolic steroids by classifying them as controlled substances. The law was again amended by the Designer Anabolic Steroid Control Act of 2014, which expanded the list of anabolic steroids regulated by the DEA to include about two dozen new substances and established new crimes relating to false labeling of steroids. The law established a penalty of up to $500,000 against those found to be falsely labeling their anabolic steroid products. ==References==