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.
Presents a study of the history and use of steroids and other drugs by high school, college, and professional athletes and discusses how they are produced and sold, their effects on the body and mind, and treatment for abuse.
Examines the reasons why athletes and others use steroids, discusses the origin of anabolic steroids, looks at how they affect the body and mind, and offers advice on fighting steroid abuse.
Explains the negative effects steroid use has on muscles, describes the drug's other side effects, and discusses alternatives and what to do about a steroid problem. Also includes a glossary and list of further resources.
This book discusses anabolic steroids, a synthetic form of the male hormone testosterone, and explains that abuse of steroids ravages the mind and the body.
