Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-188) and index.

ch. 1. Should the use of performance-enhancing drugs be accepted? The use of performance-enhancing drugs is cheating / Stephen Mumford -- Performance-enhancing drugs should be legalized / Stephen Wang -- Performance-enhancing drugs should not be legalized / Michael Rosenberg -- Genetics gives athletes an unfair advantage / Malcolm Gladwell -- Using genetic advantages for athletes to justify performance-enhancing drugs is flawed / Leigh Cowart -- ch. 2. How dangerous are performance-enhancing drugs? Performance-enhancing drugs are dangerous / Chris Doorley -- The dangers of professional sports are comparable to that of performance-enhancing drugs / Michael Lavin -- Performance-enhancing drugs are dangerous to nonathletes / Marifel Mitzi F. Fernandez and Robert G. Hosey -- Survey finds sharp increase in teen HGH use / David Crary -- Is HGH, allegedly Alex Rodriguez's drug of choice, really so bad? / Kent Sepkowitz -- ch. 3. How effective is testing to detect performance-enhancing drugs? How performance-enhancing drug testing works, or doesn't: Olympic edition / John J. Ross -- The ineffectiveness of testing for performance-enhancing drugs is due to inefficient support / World Anti-Doping Agency Working Group -- Urine testing: the focal point for all performance-enhancing drug testing / American Swimming Magazine -- The biological passport / Susan Gilbert -- Biological passports may not be effective in detecting performance-enhancing drugs / Blair Henley -- In defense of the rights of sportsmen / Klaus Wivel -- ch. 4. What is the future of performance-enhancing drugs? New muscle drugs could be the next big thing in sports doping / Jon Hamilton -- The future of sport: catching drug cheats / Justin Robertson -- The dangers for students addicted to brain Viagra / Steve Bird -- The use of cognitive-enhancing drugs is cheating and problematic / George Dawson.

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