About | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline

LOG IN
LOG IN


63 Syracuse L. Rev. 437 (2012-2013)
From Rats to Riches: How the Anabolic Steroid Control Act of 2004 Unjustly Punished the Gym Rat and How a New Prescription Is the Road to Salvation

handle is hein.journals/syrlr63 and id is 475 raw text is: FROM RATS TO RICHES: HOW THE ANABOLIC STEROID CONTROL ACT OF 2004 UNJUSTLY PUNISHED THE GYM RAT AND HOW A NEW PRESCRIPTION IS THE ROAD TO SALVATION Adam Herschthalt CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................... 438 I. THE ANABOLIC STEROID CONTROL ACT OF 1990 ....................... 440 II. WHAT'S IN A NAME? PRO-HORMONES ARE ALL THE RAGE ..... 441 III. THERE Is No SUCH THING AS BAD PUBLICITY-WELL, SORT O F ............................................................................................... 44 4 IV. THE ANABOLIC STEROID CONTROL ACT OF 2004 ....................... 446 A. Backlash from Adult Non-Athletes ..................................... 448 V. ACTUAL USER DEMOGRAPHICS .................................................. 450 A. Age, Race, and Marital Status ............................................ 450 B. Education, Employment, and Income ................................. 450 C. Why Are Anabolic Steroids Being Used? ........................... 451 D. Do Most Adult Users Initiate Anabolic Steroids as Adolescents? ....................................................................... 451 E. M edical Supervision ........................................................... 451 F. Teenage Anabolic Steroid Use ........................................... 452 1. Are Adolescent Girls Using Anabolic Steroids? ........... 453 2. What Sport Supplements Are Teens Using? ................. 454 A. Not So Fast My Friend-Pre- Workout Drinks, Next to Be Banned? ................................................ 455 VI. THE ANABOLIC STEROID AND PRO-HORMONE MARKET T ODAY ....................................................................................... 457 A. The Underground Anabolic Steroid Market ....................... 459 VII. MEDICALLY PRESCRIBED PRO-HORMONES-THE iPLEDGE B LUEPRINT ................................................................................. 460 A. Testosterone Replacement Therapy-A Step in the Right Direction or Glaring Hypocrisy? ....................................... 462 C ONCLUSION ......................................................................................... 464 t J.D. Candidate, Syracuse University College of Law, 2013; B.A. Political Science, James Madison University, 2006. Special thanks to my parents, Ray and Julie Herschthal, and my sister, Alexis Herschthal, for their love and support throughout my legal education. Additionally, I would like to thank the Syracuse Law Review staff for all of their hard work in helping me prepare this Note.