A quick technical bulletin from Dan D on the matter:
Technically it's not legal - you still need a prescription.
Wrong.
In the UK, anabolic steroids are a designated "class C" controlled substance; however, despite being a class C controlled substance, they are afforded an "exemption status" for personal use WITHOUT prescription.
As said, anabolic steroids are class controlled, so you cannot sell them (nor can you buy them WITHIN the UK from an unlicensed person) but because they are afforded exemption status for personal use, it is however fully legal to import them from abroad.
In the UK, controlled drugs are listed under Classes and "schedules"; to give you an idea of how exemptions work, both Anabolic steroids and benzodiazepines are both Class C, schedule 4. Now, benzodiazepines are a schedule 4 pt 1 product whereas Anabolic steroids are Schedule 4 pt 2, the distinction being that while they are both "class C" controlled substances, they each have different exemptions governing what/how a person can do with them.
To wit:
Schedule 4
Are exempt from safe custody requirements, with destruction requirements only applying to importers, exporters and manufacturers.
- Specific CD prescription-writing requirements do not apply.
- CD registers do not need to be kept, although records should be kept if such CDs are produced, or if a licensed person imports or exports such drugs.
Part 1: benzodiazepines (except temazepam and midazolam, which are in Schedule 3) and zolpidem, which are subject to minimal control:
- Includes most of the benzodiazepines, plus eight other substances including fencamfamin and mesocarb.
- Possession of is an offence without an appropriate prescription. Possession by practitioners and pharmacists acting in their professional capacities is authorised.
- Are subject to full import and export control.
Part 2: includes androgenic and anabolic steroids, clenbuterol, human chorionic gonadotrophin (hCG), non-human chorionic gonadotrophin, somatotropin, somatrem, and somatropin:
- Includes most of the anabolic and androgenic steroids such as testosterone, together with clenbuterol (adrenoreceptor stimulant) and growth hormones.
- There is no restriction on the possession when it is part of a medicinal product.
- A Home Office licence is required for the importation and exportation of substances unless the substance is in the form of a medicinal product and is for self-administration by a person.
http://www.patient.co.uk/doctor/Controlled-Drugs.htm
To wit:
Anabolic steroids are Class C drugs to be sold only by pharmacists with a doctor's prescription. It's legal to possess or import steroids as long as they're in the form of a medicinal product for personal use. But possession or importing with intent to supply (which includes giving them to friends) is illegal and could lead to 14 years in prison and an unlimited fine.
http://www.talktofrank.com/drugs.aspx?id=170
So, in the UK, you are permitted to:
- import into the UK from an international source whilst you are located within the UK (ie: you can order yourself some goodies via the internet)
- import into the UK when returning from a foreign country (ie: if you are returning from a holiday to India, Turkey, Thailand etc and have bought some anabolics back in a suitcase)
Both of the above are limited to amounts defined as "personal use" ONLY.Thus far, "personal use" has been established as being APPROX "three months" worth ie: if pushed, you could claim - AT MOST - 500 [FIVE HUNDRED] 250mg amps ie: 10g [TEN GRAMS] per week.
As Pillowtalk has correctly mentioned, dealing is not permitted, which is why anabolic steroids are a class controlled substance, with the attendant "personal use" exemption.
Also of note, whilst UK law permits one to obtain [and use] pharma grade gear, it does however PROHIBIT possession of UG gear (ie: re-read the above quote and note its reference to "medicinal product")
If caught with UG gear, you should expect to lose your juice, although saying that, many caught with UG gear have had it returned by virtue that many police don't know the difference.
As well as any other prescription only medicine (whether that be antibiotics, NSAIDS or whatever else tickles ya fancy) a UK national is fully permitted to obtain pharmaceutical grade T3, Clenbuterol, Viagra, HGH and Anabolic Steroids! It is, in short, a fucking shangri-la over here!!
To concur with Pillowtalks assertion, it beats me why anyone in the UK bothers with UG at all? It seems that many steroid users in the UK are fuckwits, quite incapable of contacting an overseas pharma wholesaler and asking "how much are 200 amps of Testoviron or Deca, and do you ship to the UK?".
UG gear is generally for wankers living in tyranical shitholes such as the United States, Canada and other countries big on talk of "personal freedom" but short on delivering it... oh and, have we said, that along with steroids, the UK also has far better hardcore pornography available than that found in the US? Fisting, Pissing and even bondage... the fucking lot! Only the Germans have us beat by way of a penchant for scat.
Oh and, the same goes for the crappy, cheapy GH made by the slopes that is so popular these days; Pepsitropin, Tomytropin, stupidfuckngnamechinkcra
ptropin... all utter bollocks.
I appreciate that is all you sad bastards can get over there (and yes the lower class morons love it over here) but no (and as PT doth opine) what is suitable for the scum downstairs, does not find its way upstairs; what what!
Pillowtalk, flash these useless feeders a glimpse of your Schering-Bayer toy box, stick a gun or knife on top, I know they enjoy that
