Executive Summary

Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, on March 5 reintroduces a bill to list dehydroepiandrosterone as an anabolic steroid under the Controlled Substances Act. Co-sponsored by Sens. Dick Durbin, D-Ill. and John McCain, R-Ariz., S. 762 has been referred to the Judiciary Committee. In a same day release, Grassley says DHEA has "a number of potential long-term physical and psychological effects" including heart disease, cancer, stroke and liver damage. Industry groups maintain DHEA has little to no potential for abuse. Grassley previously introduced the measure in 2005 (1"The Tan Sheet" June 6, 2005, p. 11)...