doping in sports

Discusses why athletes use different drugs, how they become addicted, the consequences of drug abuse, and how to get help.

Discusses why athletes use different drugs, how they become addicted, the consequences of drug abuse, and how to get help.

Discusses whether performance-enhancing drugs should be tolerated, how testing of professional athletes should be handled, and whether testing student athletes is effective and necessary.

Examines the issue of drug use by athletes, both to enhance performance and as an escape, and includes a discussion on drug testing.

Examines the dangers of drug use in sports, discussing such substances as prescription drugs, alcohol, cocaine, pain relievers, steroids, and tobacco.

Examines steroids, with an emphasis on anabolic steroids, discussing their effects on the body, dangers, and use in sports.

Reveals steroids' dangerous side effects, provides suggested treatments, the legal consequences of using illegal steroids, and safer ways to achieve the same results.

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.

Investigates the allegations of doping against cyclists Lance Armstrong and Floyd Landis, interviewing cycling insiders and discussing Armstrong's intense ambition, the pair's years of competition, and the reasons athletes fall to the pressure to use performance-enhancing drugs.

Presents sixteen essays on performance-enhancing drugs, presenting background information and opposing viewpoints on such issues as the degree of health risk, regulation versus prohibition, and the effectiveness of drug testing.