A vital issue in both amateur and professional sports is debated in this unique volume. Topics include the prevention and prevalence of drug use and abuse and the legitimacy of drug testing. A background essay containing up-to-date facts and figures is also included.
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Gr. 7^-10. This recent addition to the Opposing Viewpoints Digest series gives a compact and accessible source of information about drug use in athletics, with particular emphasis on the use of steroids by professional athletes. A brief historical overview describes the long tradition of athletic drug use, which dates back to the days of ancient Egypt and the Greek Olympic games. Four lively chapters, each subdivided, note the great extent of drug abuse among athletes; reasons why athletes turn to drugs; pros and cons of drug bans in sports; and the accuracy of drug testing. The author's breezy but informative style will attract younger teens as well as reluctant readers. Black-and-white photographs and editorial cartoons are also used to good effect. Chapter footnotes document all quotations, and there is a four-page list of study questions; names and addresses of athletic organizations are also included. Unfortunately, there are no references to electronic or Internet sources of information. Still, this is a brief, lively, and informative examination of the basic issues involving drugs and sports. It should be especially useful to young writers of term papers. Jean Franklin
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