Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 102 Part 5.djvu/224

 102 STAT. 4230

42 USC 11710.

PUBLIC LAW 100-690—NOV. 18, 1988

only to such extent or in such amounts as are provided in appropriation Acts. SEC. 2312. SEVERABILITY. If any provision of this subtitle, or the application of any such provision to any person or circumstances is held to be invalid, the remainder of this subtitle, and the application of such provision or amendment to persons or circumstances other than those to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby.

Subtitle E—Provisions Relating to Certain Drugs 21 USC 333a.

SEC. 2401. FORFEITURE AND ILLEGAL TRAFFICKING IN STEROIDS.

Any conviction for a violation of section 303(e) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 333(e)), or any other provision of that Act, involving an anabolic steroid or a human growth hormone shall be considered, for purposes of section 413 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 853), a conviction for a violation of title II of the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970, if such violation of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act is punishable by imprisonment for more than one year. SEC. 2402. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT ON USE OF ANABOLIC STEROIDS AND HUMAN GROWTH HORMONES.

Reports.

The Comptroller General shall conduct a study on the extent of anabolic steroid and human growth hormone use among high school students, college students and other adults. Such study shall include— (1) the best available estimates for licit and illicit use of anabolic steroids and human growth hormones; (2) the amount and type of legal production of anabolic steroids and human growth hormones, both domestically and internationaly; and (3) a full and complete summary of the best available medical analyses that explore the health consequences resulting from anabolic steroid and human growth hormone use. The Food and Drug Administration shall cooperate with the Comptroller General in conducting such study. The Comptroller General shall report to the Congress the results of the study not later than June 1, 1989. SEC. 2403. PROHIBITED DISTRIBUTION OF ANABOLIC STEROIDS.

Children and youth.

Section 303 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 333) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: "(e)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), any person who distributes or possesses with the intent to distribute any anabolic steroid for any use in humans other than the treatment of disease pursuant to the order of a physician shall be imprisoned for not more than three years or fined under title 18, United States Code, or both. "(2) Any person who distributes or possesses with the intent to distribute to an individual under 18 years of age, any anabolic steroid for any use in humans other than the treatment of disease pursuant to the order of a physician shall be imprisoned for not

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