Examines the history of the use of performance enhancing drugs by professional wrestlers, discusses attempts to control it, explores the effects of steroid abuse, and describes related scandals.
Examines the history of the use of performance enhancing drugs by college athletes, describes steroid and supplemental abuse scandals in the NCAA, and discusses testing policies.
Contains fifteen articles, including both primary and secondary sources, that provide diverse perspectives on steroids, their use by high school and professional athletes, their effect on sports, and their regulation.
Presents information on the history and use of steriods, nutritional supplements, and other body and performance enhancing drugs and products, and explores the effects of these substances on the human brain and body. Includes resources for further study.
During the past two decades major American sports leagues have implemented tough anti-drug policies, more than half of Americans believe baseball players are better home run hitters now because they take performance-enhancing drugs. Through objective discussion, numerous direct quotes, and full-color illustrations this title examines the issue.
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.
