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Title:
Performance-enhancing drugs / Roman Espejo, book editor.
Author:
Espejo, Roman, 1977- editor.
Publication Information:
Farmington Hills, Mich. : Greenhaven Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, [2015]
Call Number:
RC1230 .P4762 2015
Abstract:
"Opposing Viewpoints: Performance-Enhancing Drugs: Opposing Viewpoints is the leading source for libraries and classrooms in need of current-issue materials. The viewpoints are selected from a wide range of highly respected sources and publications"-- Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
9780737772807

9780737772814
Series:
Opposing viewpoints series

Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered)
Physical Description:
206 pages : color illustration ; 24 cm.
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Contents:
Should the use of performance-enhancing drugs be accepted? The use of performance-enhancing drugs is cheating / Performance-enhancing drugs should be legalized / Performance-enhancing drugs should not be legalized / Genetics gives athletes an unfair advantage / Using genetic advantages for athletes to justify performance-enhancing drugs is flawed / How dangerous are performance-enhancing drugs? Performance-enhancing drugs are dangerous / The dangers of professional sports are comparable to that of performance-enhancing drugs / Performance-enhancing drugs are dangerous to nonathletes / Survey finds sharp increase in teen HGH use / Is HGH, allegedly Alex Rodriguez's drug of choice, really so bad? / How effective is testing to detect performance-enhancing drugs? How performance-enhancing drug testing works, or doesn't: Olympic edition / The ineffectiveness of testing for performance-enhancing drugs is due to inefficient support / Urine testing: the focal point for all performance-enhancing drug testing / The biological passport / Biological passports may not be effective in detecting performance-enhancing drugs / In defense of the rights of sportsmen / What is the future of performance-enhancing drugs? New muscle drugs could be the next big thing in sports doping / The future of sport: catching drug cheats / The dangers for students addicted to brain Viagra / The use of cognitive-enhancing drugs is cheating and problematic
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Uniform Title:
Performance-enhancing drugs (2015)
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