Performance Enhancing Drugs
Performance Enhancing Drugs | Performance-Enhancing Dietary Supplements Are Dangerous
Gwen Knapp is a sports journalist for the San Francisco Chronicle.
Source: Athletes are using dietary supplements purchased from health-food stores to boost their athletic performance. Many of these products are advertised as having the same effects on muscle development as prescription-only performance-enhancing drugs, and studies have shown that some supplements convert to illicit steroids once ingested. Supplement use has been linked to the deaths of several athletes, who exceeded the recommended dosages or mixed their intake of supplements...
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Table of Contents
- Performance-Enhancing Drugs: An Overview
- Athletes Will Never Stop Using Performance- Enhancing Drugs
- Athletes Must Stop Using Performance- Enhancing Drugs
- Performance-Enhancing Drugs Tarnish Athletics
- The Ban on Performance-Enhancing Drugs Should Continue
- Teen Steroid Abuse Is a Growing Problem
- Performance-Enhancing Drugs Compromise Medical Ethics
- Performance-Enhancing Drugs Should Be Regulated, Not Prohibited
- Ban Athletes Who Don’t Use Steroids
- Coming Soon: Open Olympics!
- The Health Risks of Steroid Use Have Been Exaggerated
- One Strike, You’re Out
- Performance-Enhancing Drug Testing Is Ineffective
- Performance-Enhancing Dietary Supplements Are Dangerous
- Performance-Enhancing Dietary Supplements Are Safe
- Genetic Engineering May One Day Replace Performance- Enhancing Drugs
- Organizations to Contact
- Bibliography
- Copyright
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