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Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: Ron on September 16, 2014, 10:50:33 PM
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Monday, the house passed this bill...
Designer Anabolic Steroid Control Act of 2014 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to: (1) expand the list of substances defined as "anabolic steroids"; (2) authorize the Attorney General to issue a temporary order adding a drug or other substance to the list of anabolic steroids; (3) impose enhanced criminal and civil penalties for possessing or trafficking in any anabolic steroid, or product containing an anabolic steroid, unless it bears a label clearly identifying the anabolic steroid by the nomenclature used by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; and (4) authorize the Attorney General to collect data and analyze products to determine whether they contain anabolic steroids and are properly labeled.
Specifies that a substance shall not be considered to be a drug or hormonal substance that is considered to be an anaboloic steroid if it is: (1) an herb or other botanical; (2) a concentrate, metabolite, or extract of, or a constituent isolated directly from, an herb or other botanical; (3) a combination of two or more such substances (i.e., botanical or concentrate, metabolite, or extract); or (4) a dietary ingredient for purposes of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. Provides that any person claiming the benefit of an exemption or exception from being considered a drug or hormonal substance shall bear the burden of providing the appropriate evidence.
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SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT.
(a) Definitions.--Section 102(41) of the Controlled Substances Act
(21 U.S.C. 802(41)) is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (A)--
(A) in clause (xlix), by striking ``and'' at the
end;
(B) by redesignating clause (xlx) as clause (lxxv);
and
(C) by inserting after clause (xlix) the following:
``(l) 5a-Androstan-3,6,17-trione;
``(li) 6-bromo-androstan-3,17-dione;
``(lii) 6-bromo-androsta-1,4-diene-3,17-dione;
``(liii) 4-chloro-17a-methyl-androsta-1,4-diene-3,17b-diol;
``(liv) 4-chloro-17a-methyl-androst-4-ene-3b,17b-diol;
``(lv) 4-chloro-17a-methyl-17b-hydroxy-androst-4-en-3-one;
``(lvi) 4-chloro-17a-methyl-17b-hydroxy-androst-4-ene-3,11-
dione;
``(lvii) 4-chloro-17a-methyl-androsta-1,4-diene-3,17b-diol;
``(lviii) 2a,17a-dimethyl-17b-hydroxy-5a-androstan-3-one;
``(lix) 2a,17a-dimethyl-17b-hydroxy-5b-androstan-3-one;
``(lx) 2a,3a-epithio-17a-methyl-5a-androstan-17b-ol;
``(lxi) [3,2-c]-furazan-5a-androstan-17b-ol;
``(lxii) 3b-hydroxy-estra-4,9,11-trien-17-one;
``(lxiii) 17a-methyl-androst-2-ene-3,17b-diol;
``(lxiv) 17a-methyl-androsta-1,4-diene-3,17b-diol;
``(lxv) Estra-4,9,11-triene-3,17-dione;
``(lxvi) 18a-Homo-3-hydroxy-estra-2,5(10)-dien-17-one;
``(lxvii) 6a-Methyl-androst-4-ene-3,17-dione;
``(lxviii) 17a-Methyl-androstan-3-hydroxyimine-17b-ol;
``(lxix) 17a-Methyl-5a-androstan-17b-ol;
``(lxx) 17b-Hydroxy-androstano[2,3-d]isoxazole;
``(lxxi) 17b-Hydroxy-androstano[3,2-c]isoxazole;
``(lxxii) 4-Hydroxy-androst-4-ene-3,17-dione[3,2-
c]pyrazole-5a-androstan-17b-ol;
``(lxxiii) [3,2-c]pyrazole-androst-4-en-17b-ol;
``(lxxiv) [3,2-c]pyrazole-5a-androstan-17b-ol; and''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(C)(i) Subject to clause (ii), a drug or hormonal
substance (other than estrogens, progestins, corticosteroids,
and dehydroepiandrosterone) that is not listed in subparagraph
(A) and is derived from, or has a chemical structure
substantially similar to, 1 or more anabolic steroids listed in
subparagraph (A) shall be considered to be an anabolic steroid
for purposes of this Act if--
``(I) the drug or substance has been created or
manufactured with the intent of producing a drug or
other substance that either--
``(aa) promotes muscle growth; or
``(bb) otherwise causes a pharmacological
effect similar to that of testosterone; or
``(II) the drug or substance has been, or is
intended to be, marketed or otherwise promoted in any
manner suggesting that consuming it will promote muscle
growth or any other pharmacological effect similar to
that of testosterone.
``(ii) A substance shall not be considered to be a drug or
hormonal substance for purposes of this subparagraph if it--
``(I) is--
``(aa) an herb or other botanical;
``(bb) a concentrate, metabolite, or
extract of, or a constituent isolated directly
from, an herb or other botanical; or
``(cc) a combination of 2 or more
substances described in item (aa) or (bb);
``(II) is a dietary ingredient for purposes of the
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 301 et
seq.); and
``(III) is not anabolic or androgenic.
``(iii) In accordance with section 515(a), any person
claiming the benefit of an exemption or exception under clause
(ii) shall bear the burden of going forward with the evidence
with respect to such exemption or exception.''.
(b) Classification Authority.--Section 201 of the Controlled
Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 811) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
``(i) Temporary and Permanent Scheduling of Recently Emerged
Anabolic Steroids.--
``(1) The Attorney General may issue a temporary order
adding a drug or other substance to the definition of anabolic
steroids if the Attorney General finds that--
``(A) the drug or other substance satisfies the
criteria for being considered an anabolic steroid under
section 102(41) but is not listed in that section or by
regulation of the Attorney General as being an anabolic
steroid; and
``(B) adding such drug or other substance to the
definition of anabolic steroids will assist in
preventing abuse or misuse of the drug or other
substance.
``(2) An order issued under paragraph (1) shall not take
effect until 30 days after the date of the publication by the
Attorney General of a notice in the Federal Register of the
intention to issue such order and the grounds upon which such
order is to be issued. The order shall expire not later than 24
months after the date it becomes effective, except that the
Attorney General may, during the pendency of proceedings under
paragraph (6), extend the temporary scheduling order for up to
6 months.
``(3) The Attorney General shall transmit notice of an
order proposed to be issued under paragraph (1) to the
Secretary of Health and Human Services. In issuing an order
under paragraph (1), the Attorney General shall take into
consideration any comments submitted by the Secretary in
response to a notice transmitted pursuant to this paragraph.
``(4) A temporary scheduling order issued under paragraph
(1) shall be vacated upon the issuance of a permanent
scheduling order under paragraph (6).
``(5) An order issued under paragraph (1) is not subject to
judicial review.
``(6) The Attorney General may, by rule, issue a permanent
order adding a drug or other substance to the definition of
anabolic steroids if such drug or other substance satisfies the
criteria for being considered an anabolic steroid under section
102(41). Such rulemaking may be commenced simultaneously with
the issuance of the temporary order issued under paragraph
(1).''.
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So the government can sell automatic weapons to drug cartels and harvest all our e-mails in perpetuity, but using small amounts of testosterone derivatives for personal use is schedule III.
Um...OK
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The prohormone industry wept. Pretty soon all they'll have left is quasi-legal energy potions.
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In Bulgaria you walk to the pharmacy buy whatever you want :)
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Says it has a 2% chance of being enacted (signed by President Loser), and only 3% were enacted in the last few years.
Of course this is an important one ::) and I'm sure he'll sign it.
They have before in the past, while real life problems were ignored.
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4051/4426711637_dd5c02d4aa.jpg)
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Unfortunately, this has a "bipartisan" feel, where both parties hate juicers equally. Facts and science be damned.
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I believe similar legislation has passed the House before but died in the Senate. If the Senate does take it up (unlikely as it's getting late in the year for these types of bills) it will sail through without opposition. Think about it, the pharmaceutical companies want this kind of legislation and the people opposing it are Aaron Singerman and PJ Braun, which means nobody. It's not exactly a fair fight.
If the supps companies are against it, it might not move. According to "Bigger, Stronger, Faster", the "supplement industry" is largely based out of Nevada, the home state of the Senate majority leader who schedules bills for debate. No debate, no vote. Poof.
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man this has been going on for YEARS! they already had the ban of 2005 where the made a shit-load of andros and other pro-hormones and designer steroids and made them schedule 3 drugs but that didn't solve shit! then the supplement companys hired gurus who had julias vidas book and all they did was dig to the bottom and brought out the designer hormones they hadn't brought out yet and those were some of the strongest ones like superdrol, DMT(Ergomax), Ergomax LMG, Methyl-P, Methyl 1AD, Pheraplex, and my favorite the original Halodrol-50 with the DMT,the Tbol clone and the masking agent, Orastan-E,Orastan-A wich was just like furazabol a steroid almost identical to winstrol. Then the FDA/government stepped in again and pulled this same shit and guess what they found more designer shit to bring out to the market all the epistane and trenabol as well as the al the DMZ and super DMZ, they can get rid of these products too but there will always be more to come with small tweaks of the formula or altogether finding new designer steroids.
all this is going to do is cause more of a blackmarket for full blow AAS and it will be these highschool kids who use them when they are not really mentally ready or really even need steroids yet and I bet you there will be way more problems then if they just let these products stay on the shelfs.
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Unfortunately, this has a "bipartisan" feel, where both parties hate juicers equally. Facts and science be damned.
Right, because they can make some busts, and point to them and tell joe public "were protecting you from the big bad drug addicts!"
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Right, because they can make some busts, and point to them and tell joe public "were protecting you from the big bad drug addicts!"
Yep, they'll dust off the b-roll of Valvolino doing the perp walk with his 32" synthol biceps and the world will collectively vomit on their TV.
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So the government can sell automatic weapons to drug cartels and harvest all our e-mails in perpetuity, but using small amounts of testosterone derivatives for personal use is schedule III.
Um...OK
Yes MB, it may come as a shock that our gov is hypocritical and biased. Not a surprise to see this bill passed unfortunately.