Steroid History

By Laurschiappa

  • Discovery of steroids

    In the early 1930s, German scientists accidentally discovered steroids in modern pharmaceutical form.
  • Period: to

    Steroid use

  • Anabolic steroids discovered

  • FDA approve anabolic steroids

    The Food and Drug Administration saw that anabolic steroids had success in other countries, so it was approved in the U.S.

  • Study proves steroids inefficient

    A study that evaluated people who had taken steroids and people who were given a placebo was done, ultimately showing that there was no significant difference between the two groups.

  • Anabolic Steroid Control Act of 1990 passed

    The U.S. Congress approved the Anabolic Steroid Control Act which states that anabolic steroids can only be obtained through a medical prescription.

  • 2.7% of students had taken steroids

    2.7% of students from 9-12 grade had ever taken steroids withough a doctor's prescription.

  • NIH conducts study revealing muscle mass increase

    The National Institutes of Health examined steroids by injecting testosterone in extreme amounts for 10 weeks. The data collected indicated that there was a clear increase in muscle mass and decrease in fat mass among those that took the steroids.

  • 6.1% of students had taken steroids

    6.1% of students from 9-12 grade had ever taken steroids without a doctor's prescription.

  • 3.3.% of students had taken steroids

    3.3% of students from 9-12 grade had ever taken steroids without a doctor's prescription.