History of Steroids in Sports

By bspear20
  • 776 BCE

    Greek olympians used steroids

    Used special herbal juices.
  • 100

    Roman gladiators used steroids

  • First association to ban use of steroids

    International Association of Athletics Federation became the first association to ban steroid use

  • Germans tested steroids in WWII

    Hitler tested steroids on his soldier, prisoners, and himself.

  • First drug test at the olympic games

  • Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988

    Ronald Reagan signed this act which made sales of nonmedical steroids illegal

  • Nonmedical steroids became totally illegal

    Congress passed Anabolic Steroids Control Act

  • Steroid use becomes illegal in MLB