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Cnn heres a look at the use of performanceenhancing drugs in sports. Tennis star andre agassi, who failed an amphetamine drug test in 1997 and claimed his drug usage was the result of drinking a spiked soda, later revealed he had done crystal meth frequently during his career. Fiction and nonfiction books about addiction and alcoholism. This book examines antidoping regulation in australia and globally, and. Learn more about those affected by substance abuse, drug policies and. Crank by ellen hopkins, the goldfinch by donna tartt, go ask alice by beatrice sparks, glass by ellen hopkins, and fallout b. Doping by professional athletes has been acknowledged as. Drug addiction is a chronic disease characterized by drug seeking and use that is compulsive, or difficult to control, despite harmful consequences.
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