A Sporting Chance?

Book excerpt: Chapter 1: Drug use in sport - Drug use in sport - Why do athletes use drugs? - Pressures on athletes to win can kill - Drugs used in sport - what they are and why they are banned - Drug testing - Events which led to the banning of drugs in sport - Anabolic steroids - let's get the facts right - Studies on adolescent athletes - Arguing the toss on drugs - Survey on elite athletes, 1994 - Games will increase pressure to take drugs: athletes - Swimmer welcomes Chinese pact to fight drugs - Drugs in sport - Softer-line league tops sport's drug offenders - This hGH thing ... it's a lurking menace - New weapon to fight dope cheats Chapter 2: Violence in sport - Sport in Australian society - Strategies to reduce violence - Doctors seek harsh penalties for dangerous football play - Case study: an illustration of head and neck injuries in a country area - Survey of injuries in school rugby union.