Performance Enhancing Drugs

How harmful are performance-enhancing drugs to health? Does federal involvement in policing athletes entitle those accused to due process? To what degree should athletic governing bodies administer drug testing? Supporting key Social Studies standards, this edition tackles the ongoing debates and issues surrounding performance enhancing drugs. Readers are presented with a series of diverse viewpoints on the many facets of this debate through a collection of resources, essays, and articles.

* Reviews *

Review: Performance Enhancing DrugsEach well-chosen selection raises fascinating questions about the legal and ethical aspects of each issue, inviting teens' empathy with personal histories as well as facts. With up-to-date, relevant resource lists and expertly edited selections, these volumes, like others in the venerable series, are natural choices to support high-school debates and classroom discussion.Booklist, March 2011
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Grades
10-12+
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Grades
9-12+
Details:
Product type: Paperback Book
ISBN: 978-0-7377-3694-6
Author: Louise I. Gerdes
Copyright: 2008
Reading Level: Grades 10-12+
Interest Level: Grades 9-12+
Dimensions: 6" x 9"