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I am not aware of anything that has been made illegal to the general public because it was used to gain an advantage in professional sports.

IIRC, steroids became a controlled substance in the US in response to steroid use in the Olympics.

But you can still get a prescription for them.

I guess maybe "forbidden" or "restricted" might be a better term than "illegal," but that also applies to other schedule III drugs.