drug use

"Examines issues related to performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) in sports"--Provided by publisher.

"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.

"Provides consumer health information for teens about drug use, abuse, and addiction, including facts about illegal drugs and the abuse of legally available substances found in over-the-counter medications; describes drug-related health risks and treatment for addiction. Includes index, resource information and online access"-- Provided by publisher.

Compiles first-person accounts of young adults discussing their experiences with drugs and alcohol or as children of alcoholics and drug addicts.

Argues that the United States armed forces, in its struggle to recruit troops, lowered its standards and allowed in neo-Nazis, white supremacists, gang members, criminals, the mentally ill, and others; and that the military training they have received makes them a threat to the American public upon their return from war.

Cyndy Ehler recounts her sixteen months living in a drug rehabilitation facility, after having run away at the age of fourteen.

"The story of two girls and the feral year that will cost one her life, and define the other's for decades..."--Front flap.

On January 29th, 2013, an expos? by Miami New Times reporter Tim Elfrink set the sports world on fire. Elfrink revealed that a Miami clinic, Biogenesis, had been supplying illegal performance enhancing drugs ? PEDs ? to many of the nation?s top baseball stars. One name stood out among all the others: Alex Rodriguez, the highest-earning player in the game. Over the next year and more the story would unravel with incredible details about tanning salon robberies, coded text messages, and furtive steroid injections in the men?s room. Both news-breaking sports journalism and wild South Florida noir, Blood Sport is simultaneously a revelatory record of the steroid and PED era?s continuing evolution and a call to arms for how to end it ? this time, for good.

Dr. Peter Grinspoon seemed to be a total success: a Harvard-educated M.D. with a thriving practice; married with two great kids and a gorgeous wife; a pillar of his community. But lurking beneath the thin veneer of having it all was an addict fueled on a daily boatload of prescription meds. When the police finally came calling--after a tip from a sharp-eyed pharmacist--Grinspoon's house of cards came tumbling down fast. His professional ego turned out to be an impediment to getting clean as he cycled through recovery to relapse, his reputation, family life, and lifestyle in ruins. Finally what moves him to recover and reclaim life, is working with other physicians who themselves are addicts.

"Provides basic consumer health information for teens about drug use, abuse, and addiction, including facts about illegal drugs and the abuse of legally available substances found in over-the-counter medications; describes drug-related health risks and treatment for addiction. Includes index and resource information"--.