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Part of a series which looks at the medical and social problems that stem from drug abuse this book concentrates on drugs in sport. It looks at the nature of drugs, why people wish to take them, the effects on the body, mind and behaviour and society's attempts to combat drug use and distribution. ... Read more

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For the first time, a sociological perspective is brought to bear on a topic that has received much previous attention, largely from a medical or physiological perspective. Sport, Health and Drugs is a very valuable and unique addition to the existing literature. Interview transripts, case studies and press cuttings are used to ground theory in reality. ... Read more

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(BMJ Books) British Medical Association report explores the factors combining to increase the pressures faced by sports people and members of their entourage. Discusses the physician's role and responsibilities, consequences and adverse effects of drug use, and policy instruments to prevent the use of drugs in sport. Softcover. ... Read more

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Chapters: Barry Bonds. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 496. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: MLB Records Barry Lamar Bonds (born July 24, 1964) is a Major League Baseball player who is currently a free agent. Bonds played from 1986 to 2007, for the Pittsburgh Pirates and San Francisco Giants. He is the son of former major league All-Star Bobby Bonds. He debuted in the Major Leagues with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1986 and joined the San Francisco Giants in 1993, where he stayed through 2007. Bonds' accomplishments during his baseball career place him among the greatest baseball players of all-time. He has a record-setting seven Most Valuable Player awards, including a record-setting four consecutive MVPs. He is a 14-time All-Star and 8-time Gold Glove-winner. He holds numerous Major League Baseball records, including the all-time Major League Baseball home run record with 762 and the single-season Major League record for home runs with 73 (set in 2001), and is also the all-time career leader in both walks (2,558) and intentional walks (688). Bonds has led a controversial career, notably as a central figure in baseball's steroids scandal. In 2007, he was indicted for perjury and obstruction of justice concerning the government investigation of BALCO, a case which is still ongoing as of January 2010. Born in Riverside, California, Bonds grew up in San Carlos, California and attended Junípero Serra High School in San Mateo, California and excelled in baseball, basketball and football. As a freshman, he spent the baseball season on the JV team. The next three years1980 to 1982he starred on the varsity team. He batted for a .467 batting average his senior year, and was honored as a prep All-American. The Giants drafted Bonds in the second round of the 1982 MLB draft as a high school senio...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=4375 ... Read more

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Why do many athletes risk their careers by taking performance-enhancing drugs? Do the highly competitive pressures of elite sports teach athletes to win at any cost?

An Introduction to Drugs in Sport provides a detailed and systematic examination of drug use in sport and attempts to explain why athletes have, over the last four decades, increasingly used performance-enhancing drugs. It offers a critical overview of the major theories of drug use in sport, and provides a detailed analysis of the involvement of sports physicians in the development and use of performance-enhancing drugs. Focusing on drug use within elite sport, the book offers an in-depth examination of important contemporary themes and issues, including:

• the history of drugs in sport and changing patterns of use
• fair play, cheating and the ‘spirit of sport’
• WADA and the future of anti-doping policy
• drug use in professional football and cycling
• sociological enquiry and the problems of researching drugs in sport.

Designed to help students explore and understand this problematic area of research in sport studies, and richly illustrated throughout with case studies and empirical data, An Introduction to Drugs in Sport is an invaluable addition to the literature. It is essential reading for anybody with an interest in the relationship between drugs, sport and society.

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This is a unique guide to drugs restricted in sport. This is an A-Z guide by drug name (INN) of over 450 drugs restricted in sport. Each drug monograph has a regular structure containing a list of synonyms, drug profile (medical use), World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) classification; restriction in sport (in and out of competition); and a list of single and multi-ingredient proprietary preparations containing the drug from 40 countries worldwide (Martindale data). ... Read more