• Drug Enforcement Administration, Office of Diversion Control, Anabolic Steroids: Hidden Dangers
• National Institute on Drug Abuse, Research Report: Anabolic Steroid Abuse
• National Institute on Drug Abuse, Infofax: Steroids (Anabolic-Androgenic)
• National Institute on Drug Abuse, Research Report: Anabolic Steroid Abuse
• Drug Enforcement Administration, Drugs of Abuse 2005

• Federal law placed anabolic steroids in Schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) as of February 27, 1991.

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• National Institute on Drug Abuse, Research Report: Anabolic Steroid Abuse

• National Institute on Drug Abuse, Research Report: Anabolic Steroid Abuse

• Drug Enforcement Administration, Office of Diversion Control, Anabolic Steroids: Hidden Dangers

• National Institute on Drug Abuse, Monitoring the Future national results on adolescent drug use: Overview of key findings, 2005 (PDF)
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance—United States

• In December 2005, DEA led the largest steroid bust in history. Operation Gear Grinder was a 21-month investigation that targeted eight major steroid manufacturing companies, their owners, and their trafficking associates. To learn more about the operation, click here.

• Drug Enforcement Administration, Office of Diversion Control, Anabolic Steroids: Hidden Dangers

• Treatment Publications and Research
• Treatment and Patient Education
• Treatment Facility Locator

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Last updated: March 2010