Human enhancement drugs. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Katinka van de Ven, Kyle J.D. Mulrooney and Jim McVeigh.
• Editors: Ven, Katinka van de, 1987-; Mulrooney, Kyle J. D, 1988-; McVeigh, Jim, 1963-
• Contents: 1. An introduction to human enhancement drugs; Katinka van de Ven, Kyle J. D. Mulrooney and Jim McVeigh Part I: Understanding the use of human enhancement drugs in society 2. More than unnatural masculinity: gendered and queer perspectives on human enhancement drugs; Kathryn (Kate) Henne and Bridget Livingstone 3. The anti-doping industry coming of age: in search of new markets; Bengt Kayser and Verner Møller 4. The social construction of human enhancement: implications for sports; Jay Coakley 5. Steroid madness: has the dark side of anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS) been over-stated?; Kyle J. D. Mulrooney, Katinka van de Ven, Jim McVeigh and Rick Collins 6. Licit forms of performance enhancement and possible links with IPED use: current knowledge and future directions; Ian Boardley Part II: Human enhancement drugs, harms and public health 7. Infections and risk among people who use image and performance enhancing drugs; Vivian Hope and Jenny Iversen 8. “Objects in the mirror are larger than they appear”: steroids and body image disorders; Scott Griffiths 9. Estimated prevalence, effects and potential risks of substances used for cognitive enhancement; Jamie Tully, Catharine Montgomery, Larissa J. Maier and Harry R. Sumnall 10. “Beauty through the eye of a needle”: an online study of the practices and beliefs of people who inject performance and image enhancing drugs (PIEDs); Rebekah Brennan, John S. G. Wells and Marie Claire Van Hout 11. The use of sunless synthetic tanning products; Marie Claire Van Hout and Jim McVeigh 12. The non-medical uses of prescription stimulants in the Australian context; Matthew Dunn and Cynthia Forlini Part III: Illicit human enhancement drug markets and their suppliers 13. The (online) supply of illicit lifestyle medicines: a criminological study; Alexandra Hall and Georgios A. Antonopoulos 14. A preliminary attempt to scope the market for doping products in Italy; Letizia Paoli and Alessandro Donati 15. Trust, risk and deceit in the illicit medicines market: an analysis of the on- and offline trust relations between sellers and buyers of illicit medicines; Rosa Koenraadt 16. The open bar has closed: changes in the patterns of doping supply in elite cycling; Bertrand Fincoeur 17. The supply of Image and Performance Enhancing Drugs (IPED) to local non-elite users in England: resilient traditional and newly emergent methods; Ross Coomber and Mike Salinas Part IV: Responding to human enhancement drugs 18. Different users, different interventions: on the ideal typology of anabolic-androgenic steroid use and its implications for prevention, harm reduction and treatment; Anders Schmidt Vinther and Ask Vest Christiansen 19. The war on anabolic-androgenic steroids: an examination of U.S. legislative and enforcement efforts; Rick Collins 20. Preventing image and performance enhancing drug use: it's not all chalk and talk; Geoff Bates and Susan Backhouse 21. How to respond to the increasing use of cognitive enhancers in academia?; Jason Mazanov 22. One size does not fit all: tackling the issue of weight-loss drug use; Jennifer Germain, Charlotte McLean and Conan Leavey
• Publisher Details: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon New York, NY : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 362.29; Drugs of abuse; Drugs -- Social aspects; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Security; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare; Drugs of abuse; Drugs -- Social aspects; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology; SPORTS & RECREATION / Sociology of Sports; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781315148328; 1315148323; 9781351373821; 9781351373845; 1351373846; 9781351373838; 1351373838
• Related ISBNs: 135137382X; 9781138552791; 1138552798
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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