CODE OF VIRGINIA

ILLEGAL STIMULANTS AND STEROIDS; PENALTY (§ 18.2-248.5)

A. Except as authorized in the Drug Control Act (§ 54.1-3400 et seq.), Chapter
34 of Title 54.1, it shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly manufacture,
sell, give, distribute or possess with intent to manufacture, sell, give or
distribute any anabolic steroid.A violation of subsection A shall be punishable
by a term of imprisonment of not less than one year nor more than 10 years or,
in the discretion of the jury or the court trying the case without a jury,
confinement in jail for not more than 12 months or a fine of not more than $
20,000, either or both. Any person violating the provisions of this subsection
shall, upon conviction, be incarcerated for a mandatory minimum term of six
months to be served consecutively with any other sentence.

B. It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly sell or otherwise
distribute, without prescription, to a minor any pill, capsule or tablet
containing any combination of caffeine and ephedrine sulfate.A violation of this
subsection B shall be punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor.

HISTORY: 1984, c. 620; 1988, c. 428; 1989, c. 567; 2000, cc. 1020, 1041; 2004,
c. 461.