Steroids

by Laura K. Egendorf

Book Overview

Performance-enhancing drugs have cast a cloud over many of the world's most popular sports, from baseball to swimming to track and field. The contributors to this anthology examine why some athletes use drugs and how sports and society can respond to the problem. It explains what steroids are and how they came to be an answer for many athletes, even if outlawed in their sport.

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0737721820
• ISBN13: 9780737721829
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: Greenhaven Publishing
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 14 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 9 to 12