The Muscle Trade: The Use and Supply of Image and Performance Enhancing Drugs

By Nick Gibbs

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The health and fitness industry has experienced a meteoric rise over the past two decades, yet its slick exterior conceals a darker side. Using ethnographic data from gyms, interviews, and social media platforms, this book investigates the growing consumption of image and performance enhancing drugs (IPEDs), the motivations behind their use, and their role in masculine body image. Addressing a gap in the literature, Nick Gibbs also interrogates both the offline and digital drug supply chains with important insights for IPED harm reduction practitioners, law makers and policy advisors.

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:1529227941

ISBN13:9781529227949

Release Date:December 2023

Publisher:Bristol University Press

Length:202 Pages

Weight:1.02 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"

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