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GAO-06-243R 1 (2005-11-03)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptashy0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Sai Accountability * Integrity * Reliability United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 November 3, 2005 The Honorable Tom Davis Chairman The Honorable Henry Waxman Ranking Minority Member Committee on Government Reform House of Representatives Subject: Anabolic Steroids Are Easily Purchased Without a Prescription and Present Significant Challenges to Law Enforcement Officials This report responds to your request that we investigate whether anabolic steroids can be purchased without a prescription and test whether such purchases are easily made. You also asked us to identify common sources of illegal anabolic steroids, and significant challenges law enforcement officials encounter in investigating, prosecuting, and deterring criminal anabolic steroid traffickers. To complete this work, we made purchases through the Internet of anabolic steroids commonly used by athletes and bodybuilders, and had tests performed on the products purchased by the National Medical Services, a commercial laboratory, and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). To identify significant challenges law enforcement officials encounter in the investigation and prosecution of illegal anabolic steroid traffickers, we interviewed officials of federal agencies that have responsibility for enforcement of laws relating to anabolic steroids--FDA, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the Department of Justice (DOJ), and the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Agency (CBP)--- and we visited CBP international mail facilities at two airports that receive significant quantities of mail containing anabolic steroids, New York's Kennedy Airport and at the Miami International Airport. Additionally, to obtain the perspective of state and local officials on enforcement issues, we interviewed officials of New York's Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor, the only prosecutorial agency in the country that is exclusively dedicated to the investigation and prosecution of felony drug offenses. We also spoke with officials of the United States Sentencing Commission and researched current and proposed legislation relating to illegal anabolic steroid activity. Summary Our investigators easily obtained anabolic steroids without a prescription through the Internet. After conducting Internet searches, they found hundreds of Web sites offering anabolic steroids commonly used by athletes and bodybuilders for sale. The GAO-06-243R Anabolic Steroids

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