List of Players on Steroids

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by Bababooyee

I know for a fact that steroids were not banned by MLB until 2002 or 2003 (I used to be an acquaintance of the fellow who actually provided certain substances to Conte). And, fwiw, some anabolic steroids are actually still legal and readily available OTC.

WRT amphetamines, quite a few players have said they are a much bigger problem than steroids ever were (Tony Gwynn has said that on Baseball Tonight, for example).

The testing was done in 2003. If the ban started in 2003, then the players that tested positive violated the rules.