Congress Wants to Add Growth Hormone and DHEA to Controlled Substance Act
December 20, 2007 by Millard Baker
As expected, Congress’ kneejerk reaction to the spectacle of drugs in sports is to have more hearings, introduce more legislation, spend more money enforcing additional civil and criminal penalties for sale and possession of performance-enhancing drugs.
The reliable anti-steroid warriors Sen. Charles Grassley [R, IA] and Sen. Charles Schumer [D, NY] have introduced bills to amend the Controlled Substances Act that will make growth hormone (GH) a Scheduled III Controlled Substance and add civil penalties for sale of DHEA to minors.
