Argues that in order to determine whether or not steroid use has a negative impact on sports, there must be a scientific, reasoned approach to the problem that focuses on how the drugs work, how they are being used, what the testing procedures are, and how other performance enhancers are viewed.

Includes index.

Foreword by Alan Schwarz -- Introduction -- Defining the issue -- Profile: the player -- A brief history of performance-enhancing drugs -- How steroids work, and what they do to the body -- The original juice: amphetamines and uppers -- Supplements, a grey area -- Profile: the tester -- A comparison: football's steroids policy -- Pre-trial commotion: the legal issues of steroids and sports -- Profile: the student -- On the horizon: genetic performance enhancement -- Profile: the creator -- Those in favor raise their hands -- Do steroids rewrite the record books? -- What lies ahead -- How to save the game -- A note on the authors and the text -- Index.