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Originally Posted by habernac
McGwire was using androstenedione, not HGH.
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Good point. Still, andro wasn't included in the definition of an anabolic steroid until 2004. During the 1998 season, they were still considered supplements and legal to purchase over the counter.
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Originally Posted by Mitchell Report at page 24
In October 2004, Congress passed the Anabolic Steroid Control Act of 2004, which amended the definition of “anabolic steroid” under the Controlled Substances Act to include a number of supplements considered to be steroid precursors, including androstenedione, but not DHEA (dehydroepiandrosterone) – another steroid precursor that is closely related to androstenedione – and granted authority to the Drug Enforcement Administration to add other steroid precursors to that definition in the future.
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