After two years of Congressional hearings and debates, a decision was made in 1990 to formally end the legal use of steroids in the United States.

After two years of deliberations, Congress passed the Anabolic Steroid Control Act of 1990, thereby criminalising possession of anabolic steroids without a valid prescription.

The Federal Anabolic Steroid Act of 1990 mandates the Drug Enforcement Administration to halt steroid trafficking and abuse. The statute added anabolic steroids to the list of substance classified as Schedule III drugs under the Federal Controlled Substance Act.

1990 The Anabolic Steroids Control Act is introduced by Congress. It classifies steroids as a schedule III controlled substance, for which trafficking is now a felony, not a misdemeanor.