Contains fifteen essays that offer varying perspectives on issues related to performance enhancing drugs, including their physiological effects, antidoping policies, drug testing, the use of performance enhancing drugs among teens, and other topics; and provides contact information for organizations and a bibliography.
Explores the history of doping in professional sports examining the effects of performance enhancing drugs, major sports personalities who have taken them, and the laws against their use.
An examination of drugs in sports that provides an overview of the issue, explanations of relevant laws, chronology of events, and a biographical listing. Includes glossary, annotated bibliography, contact information for organizations and agencies, and information on researching the topic.
Argues that in order to determine whether or not steroid use has a negative impact on sports, there must be a scientific, reasoned approach to the problem that focuses on how the drugs work, how they are being used, what the testing procedures are, and how other performance enhancers are viewed.
Discusses steroids' harmful effects on the body, the reasons people turn to steroids, the use of steroids by athletes, and proposed solutions to the problem of steroid use.
An overview of performance enhancing drugs that discusses the history of their use, steroids, hormones, stimulants, drug testing, and other related topics; and includes a time line, additional resources, and a glossary.
Presents a concise overview on issues associated with performance-enhancing drugs; and contains primary source quotes and statistics on topics including their use in organized sports and the effectiveness of drug testing.
Provides facts about steroids for young athletes, looking at who takes them and why, examining the short and long-term risks of steroid use, and discussing treatments for steroid abuse, legal consequences, and alternate paths to fitness.
