Your steroids legally available over the counter in your country are legal steroids. Actually, the steroids approved by the drug regulating authority of your country are legal steroids. However, it does not mean that legal steroids in your country are legal all over the world.
So, it means that legal steroids in one country may not be legal in all other countries of the world, and it also means that illegal steroids may not be illegal in all other countries of the world. Hence, the legality of steroids varies from country to country.
In the United States, steroids stand in the list of controlled substances and drugs. The steroids that are approved by the US FDA for various medical uses are legal steroids in U.S. However, you can buy legal steroids only with a prescription from a doctor. The USE/POSSESSION/DISTRIBUTION of steroids without a prescription from a doctor is illegal and punishable federal crime in the United States.
However, before the passage of the Anabolic Steroid Control Act of 2004, which took effect on January 20, 2005, many of the anabolic steroids were legal steroids and were freely available over-the-counter (OTC) in the United...