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Effective January 4, 2010, boldione, desoxymethyltestosterone, and 19-nor-4,9(10)-androstadienedione are subject to CSA regulatory controls and administrative, civil, and criminal sanctions applicable
to the manufacture, distribution, dispensing, importation, and exportation of a schedule III controlled substance
Classification of Three Steroids as Schedule III Anabolic Steroids Under the Controlled Substances Act AGENCY: Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Department of Justice.
ACTION: Final rule
SUMMARY: With the issuance of this final rule, the Deputy Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) classifies the following three steroids as ‘‘anabolic steroids’’ under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA): Boldione, desoxymethyltestosterone, and 19-nor-4,9(10)-androstadienedione. These steroids and their salts, esters, and ethers are schedule III controlled substances subject to the regulatory control provisions of the CSA.
DATES: Effective Date: January 4, 2010.