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Steroid nation : juiced home run totals, anti-aging miracles, and a Hercules in every high school : the secret history of America's true drug addiction /

An investigative journalist looks at America's complex relationship with steroids and how it has become the country's most dangerous and pervasive drug addiction, examining the high incidence of steroid use throughout the world of sports.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Assael, Shaun
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, N.Y. : ESPN Books, [2007]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Doping in sports > United States.
Athletes > Drug use > United States.
Anabolic steroids.
Doping in Sports > history.
United States.
Description
Summary:An investigative journalist looks at America's complex relationship with steroids and how it has become the country's most dangerous and pervasive drug addiction, examining the high incidence of steroid use throughout the world of sports.
Physical Description:xvii, 349 pages ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages [303]-305) and index.
ISBN:1933060379
9781933060378