Anabolic steroids are categorized under which schedule?

• A. Schedule II
• B. Schedule I
• C. Schedule III
• D. Schedule IV

Answer: (C)

Understanding how drugs are scheduled hinges on two factors: medical use and potential for abuse. Anabolic steroids do have legitimate medical uses, but they carry a real potential for abuse and dependence, especially with nonmedical use. That combination puts them in Schedule III, which covers substances with accepted medical use and a moderate to low potential for abuse compared with Schedule II. Schedule II drugs have a higher abuse potential with accepted medical use, Schedule I has no accepted medical use, and Schedule IV has a lower abuse potential with medical use. So anabolic steroids sit in Schedule III.