Growth Hormone Will Not Be Added to Controlled Substances List

Senators Charles Schumer D NY and Chuck Grassley R IA have modified a bill that would have added human growth hormone HGH to the Controlled Substances List. The bill was introduced as a kneejerk reaction to revelations of widespread HGH use in professional baseball . But in the end legislators avoided making the same mistake with HGH as they did with anabolic androgenic steroids AAS with the Anabolic Steroid Control Act of . HGH bill altered to help children April Senators Charles Schumer D N.Y. and Chuck Grassley R Iowa have dropped language in the bill that would have put HGH on the same legal plane as anabolic steroids a move that would have severely limited access to the synthetic hormone. For example under the bill s original language HGH would not have been widely available through the mail and would not have been available in longer than six month supplies. Because doctors specializing in childhood growth disorders often are far from patients such controls could have ! caused hardship for families with children using the drug. The atmosphere of steroid hysteria resulted in overwhelming bipartisan support for the original HGH bill practically guaranteeing passage of the legislation. When it comes to steroids and performance enhancing drugs it appears that emotional arguments generally trump intellectual arguments . But fortunately and surprisingly the Sen. Schumer and Sen. Grassley rationally examined the evidence of the adverse consequences particularly for children of making HGH a Scheduled III controlled substance. We ve ran into some things that we didn t anticipate. We were enlightened by the parents whose children legitimately need HGH Grassley told USA TODAY on Tuesday. Making it a more tightly controlled substance would have created a lot of red tape for them. Sadly Sen. Schumer and Sen. Grassley are not students of history when it comes to the Controlled Substances Act otherwise they would already known how political misuse of the! Controlled Substances Act especially involving doping in sports can adversely affect availability of pharmaceuticals for patients who needs these therapies for health wellness and survival. The addition of anabolic steroids to the Controlled Substances List with the Anabolic Steroids Control Act of had adverse unintended consequences for untold numbers of patients who had legitimate medical indications requiring anabolic steroid treatment. We can thank Sen. Mike Enzi R WY and Sen. Richard Burr R NC who were widely criticized for doing so at the time for placing a temporary hold on the original HGH legislation thereby allowing reason to prevail over emotion in the Senate. But most credit should go to the MAGIC Foundation a non profit organization dedicated to providing support services to the families of children afflicted with chronic and critical disorders syndromes and diseases that affect their growth for their activism in the matter. Related Posts Cyclist Tammy Thomas Will Likely Be Acquitted HGH Bill Would Increase Costs and Limited Avai! lability of Medical Treatment for Children Cyclist Tammy Thomas Awaits Jury Verdict Human Growth Hormone Legislation Could Harm Children More Important Things for Congress to Do Than Investigate Steroids in Baseball Leave a Reply Name required Mail will not be published required Website RSS Entries RSS Comments Recent Posts Growth Hormone Will Not Be Added to Controlled Substances List Cyclist Jan Ullrich Pays Fine for Defrauding Public by Doping Steroid Source for Elite Track Athletes Working with Federal Investigators Anonymous Hotline to Uncover Steroid Users in Baseball Analysis of Tammy Thomas Verdict Categories Steroid Commentary Steroid Health Steroid History Steroid Law Steroids and Baseball Steroids and Bodybuilding Steroids and Cycling Steroids and Football Steroids and Track Steroids in Society Steroids in Sports Archives April March February January December November Steroid Blogs MESO Rx Steroid Blog Rant Your Head Off Steroid Nation Steroids Drug Law Blog Trus! t But Verify Tags anabolicsteroids anti doping balco barrybonds baseball baseballplayers blooddoping bodybuilding brianmcnamee congressionalhearings cycling davidsoares dickpound doping drugtesting ethics floydlandis football growthhormone HGH jeffnovitsky kirkradomski majorleaguebaseball marionjones mitchellreport patrickarnold performanceenhancingdrugs perjury professionalathletes radleybalko rogerclemens steroidnation steroids steroidscandal steroidsinbaseball steroidtesting steroiduse supplements tammythomas testosterone therapeuticuseexemptions tourdefrance usada victorconte wada Steroid Report is powered by Steroid Media

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