drug use

The only player to be banned for life from the NHL describes playing for seven different teams while descending to the depths of addiction, the failed efforts at rehab, and the final successful effort to turn his life around at the time of his daughter's birth.

"A fast-paced, highly original history that uncovers the full extent of drug use in Nazi Germany-from Hitler's all-consuming reliance on a slew of substances, to the drugs that permeated the regime and played an integral role in Germany's military performance and ultimate downfall in World War II."--OCLC.

A neuroscientist tells the story of his youth spent as a drug addict, while using the specific example of his own story to help explain drug use and addiction in general from a scientific standpoint.

The first in-depth look at Lance Armstrong's doping scandal, the phenomenal business success built on the back of fraud, and the greatest conspiracy in the history of sports. Lance Armstrong won a record-smashing seven Tours de France after staring down cancer. In January 2013 he admitted doping during the Tours. Wall Street Journal reporters Reed Albergotti and Vanessa O'Connell broke the news and in Wheelmen they reveal the broader story of how Armstrong and his supporters used money, power, and cutting-edge science to conquer the world's most diffcult race. Wheelmen introduces U.S. Postal Service Team owner Thom Weisel, who in a brazen power play ousted USA Cycling's top leadership and gained control of the sport in the United States, ensuring Armstrong's dominance.

Chronicles fourteen years in Lance Armstrong's career, from his cancer recovery to his fall after revelations about his systemic doping became public.

Martha Morrison tells about her seventeen-year addiction to drugs and alcohol and her recovery.

Carl Hart, a neuroscientist, recalls his journey of self-discovery, examining the relationship among drugs, pleasure, choice, and motivation, both in the brain and in society.

Traces the journalist's efforts to uncover the truth behind cycling's biggest star.