"Amphetamines have also been abused by athletes such as gymnasts, wrestlers and ballet dancers to decrease appetite so as to reduce body weight", says Wadler. "Regardless of the sport, the use of ...

On Speed is as attention grabbing as any contemporary thriller: greed, politics, drugs and addiction fill the pages of Nicolas Rasmussen's historical account of the rise of amphetamine use in the ...

"Designer drugs came into vogue to get around the Controlled Substances Act," says Wadler, "a federal law that banned the routine sale of drugs such as amphetamine and methamphetamine." Prepared ...

Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that Welker has been handed a four-game suspension due to the use of amphetamines. Welker, who has suffered three concussions in the past 10 months, had been cleared ...