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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>61670</law_id><section_number>18.2-248.5</section_number><catch_line>Illegal stimulants and steroids; penalty</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>16.1-269.1</reference><reference>18.2-248</reference><reference>19.2-303.01</reference><reference>19.2-392.02</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="18.2">Crimes and Offenses Generally</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="7">Crimes Involving Health and Safety</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">Drugs</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Except as authorized in the Drug Control Act (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Citation" href="/54.1-3400/">54.1-3400</a> et seq.), Chapter 34 of Title 54.1, it shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly manufacture, sell, give, distribute or possess with <span class="dictionary">intent</span> 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 <span class="dictionary">jury</span> or the <span class="dictionary">court</span> trying the case without a <span class="dictionary">jury</span>, 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 <span class="dictionary">conviction</span>, be incarcerated for a mandatory minimum term of six months to be served consecutively with any other sentence. <a id="paragraph-225159" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/18.2-248.5/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly sell or otherwise distribute, without prescription, to a <span class="dictionary">minor</span> 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 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span>. <a id="paragraph-225160" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/18.2-248.5/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1984, c. 620; 1988, c. 428; 1989, c. 567; 2000, cc. 1020, 1041; 2004, c. 461.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
