Books with title Performance-Enhancing Drugs

How Dangerous Are Performance-Enhancing Drugs? Over the past decade, the use of steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs by professional and amateur athletes at elite levels has made headlines in newspapers across the country—and beyond. Through objective discussion, numerous direct quotes, and full-color illustrations this title examines What Are the Origins of the Performance-Enhancing Drugs Controversy?; Do Performance-Enhancing Drugs Put One’s Health at Risk?; Do Performance-Enhancing Drugs Harm the Integrity of Sports? Should Sports Organizations Take Stronger Measures To Stop Performance-Enhancing Drugs?; How Can the Use of Performance Enhancing Drugs Be Prevented?

While steroids are medically useful in small, prescribed doses, they are too often abused in sports alongside other performance-enhancing drugs. Young athletes may feel their natural performance is not good enough, so they may turn to these drugs to get ahead. Young athletes are informed about the risky effects of abusing these drugs to combat the allure of being perceived as a better player. Sidebars and full-color photographs help portray the dangerous consequences of this type of drug abuse.