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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? This book examines drug use in sport and attempts to explain why athletes have over the years used performance-enhancing drugs.

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.

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? This book examines drug use in sport and attempts to explain why athletes have, over the years, used performance-enhancing drugs.