Performance-enhancing drugs are a topic in today’s society which is currently under hot debate. Performance-enhancing drugs are substances which are used to stimulate certain areas of the body to make an athlete excel in a certain event. The most common form of performance-enhancing drugs are called steroids. According to Hank Nuwer in his book Steroids, steroids are “...compounds that are necessary for the well-being of many living creatures, including human beings. These include sex …showed first 75 words of 2643 total…

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