Contains fifteen articles, including both primary and secondary sources, that provide diverse perspectives on steroids, their use by high school and professional athletes, their effect on sports, and their regulation.
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"Steroids are Harmful" / West -- "Steroids Can Provide Medical Benefits" /Hall -- "Steroids Are Destroying Baseball" / Will -- "The Steroid Scandal in Baseball Has Been Overblown" / Yuhas -- "Steroid Use Does Not Account for the Increase in Home Runs Hit by Professional Baseball Players" / Perry -- Steroid Use Among High School Athletes is a Growing Problem" / Schwab -- "Professional Athletes Are Not to Blame for Adolescent Steroid Use" / Cook --"Testing for Steroids has Been Effective at the College Level" / Copeland -- "The National Football League's Steroid Policy Has Been Successful" / Cafardo -- "Major League Baseball's Steroid Policy Is Effective" / Selig -- "Major League Baseball's Steroid Policy Is Ineffective" / Rosenthal -- "Congress Must Legislate Against Steroid Precursors" / Hale -- "Congress Should Not Regulate Steroids" / Bandow -- "Professional Sports Leagues Should Adopt Olympics-Style Anti-Doping Policies" / Pound / CBS Sports Online -- "Non-Steroid Users Should Be Barred from Athletic Competition" / Gendin.