Drugs and the Athlete is an exceptionally well-researched book, written by an eminently qualified internist-neurologist team with backgrounds both in competitive athletics and in treatment of substance abuse. This is a unique combining in a single, coherent source, and it is so well written that individuals with little specialized training will easily be able to understand the knowledge and techniques presented. The subject is important. Drugs are taking an enormous toll on society, the full impact of which is yet to be felt. Abuse of drugs, particularly addictive ones, undermines all traditional values and even instinctive self-preservation behavior. Wholesale drug abuse has now invaded the previously purist realm of athletics. Athletes of both sexes, at all levels, and in virtually every sport abuse all the drugs nonathletes do and many that they don't. As incredible as it may seem, participation in athletics has itself apparently become a significant risk factor