How dangerous are performance-enhancing drugs? / Bjornlund, Lydia

Addresses questions related to performance-enhancing drugs, discussing the origins of the controversy over the drugs, whether they pose a health risk, and their impact on the integrity of sports, and considering whether stronger measure should be taken to stop performance-enhancing drugs, and how their use can be prevented.

Through objective discussion see how over the past decade, the use of steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs by professional and amateur athletes at elite levels have made headlines in newspapers across the country and beyond.