Performance Enhancing Drugs
Performance Enhancing Drugs | Teen Steroid Abuse Is a Growing Problem
Steven Ungerleider is a clinical psychologist and an adjunct professor at the University of Oregon. He regularly consults with the U.S. Olympic Committee.
Source: In response to social and athletic pressures to build greater strength and muscle, middle school and high school students are increasingly taking anabolic steroids. Steroids allow young athletes to train harder and recover more quickly from long workouts, but they pose numerous health risks to users. Side effects may include heart and liver damage and the premature cessation of bone growth in...
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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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