Steroid bill gains strength
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Senate passes Anabolic Steroid Control Act of 2004 (S 2195) by unanimous consent Oct. 6. The bill, which makes a number of steroid precursors controlled substances, will now head to conference; the House passed a similar measure in June (1"The Tan Sheet" June 7, 2004, p. 13). The bill was stripped of a provision sought by Sen. Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) in September that would have required mandatory adverse event reporting in the Senate judiciary committee (2"The Tan Sheet" Oct. 4, 2004, In Brief)...