Steroid Nation: Juiced Home Run Totals, Anti-aging Miracles,

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
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When science lets us fulfill our greatest desires, where do we stop? Should Barry Bondsâ€™s startling achievements be listed in the record book with an asterisk because he has been accused of using steroids? Did performance-enhancing drugs play a role in Lance Armstrongâ€™s seven Tour de France victories? And what does Arnold Schwarzeneggerâ€™s continued success say about the appeal of his steroid-fueled bodybuilding persona?In the tradition ofÂ And the Band Played On, award-winning journalist Shaun Assael looks at Americaâ€™s complicated love affair with steroids and how it has grown into the countryâ€™sâ€”and perhaps the worldâ€™sâ€”most insidious drug addiction.

Steroid NationÂ presents a chilling portrait of a nation enamored of artificially pumped-up success. Chronicling steroid use far beyond the headlines, it begins with the bodybuilders of Venice Beach in the 1970s and continues through to the NFLâ€™s Raiders of the â€™80s and â€™90s and the baseball scandals of today. Assael also reveals the dramatic story of the godfather of the steroid movement: Dan Duchaine, who wroteÂ The Original Underground Steroid HandbookÂ in 1981.

Part detective story, part medical investigation, and part sociological examination,Â Steroid NationÂ is a groundbreaking work on the most compelling story in the sports world today.
Country USA
Brand ESPN Books
Manufacturer ESPN
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2007-10-23
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781933060378

Country	USA
Brand	ESPN Books
Manufacturer	ESPN
Binding	Hardcover
ReleaseDate	2007-10-23
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781933060378

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

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