Sam Wright

TL;DR: In this article, the authors interviewed an opportunity sample of seven women body builders, who all compete (or have competed in the past) in Physique-level body building competitions, and they were asked about training details, and motivations for body building including social pressures to become more muscular (and not to becoming more muscular), while emphasising freedom to choose to be muscular within a cultural context where slimness is the norm, they stressed the importance of aspects of traditional femininity.

TL;DR: It is concluded that intervention programmes need the support of the body building community in order to be effective and Steroid Use vs Abuse; Side-effects; Trusted Information Sources; and Social Pressure emerged.

TL;DR: In this paper, a study of the effectiveness of treatment services for amphetamine users, describing profiles for those reporting violent and aggressive behaviour and documenting their experiences, was conducted, with a sample (n = 86) comprised two groups: amphetamine using users seeking drug treatment and a matched case control group of users who were not receiving treatment.

TL;DR: The fact that steroid users in the sample were ‘stacking’ dangerously high levels of steroids reveals the need for a detailed understanding of the motivations for steroid use in order to inform the development of effective harm minimization messages.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe the practical problems involved in undertaking such a project, and details some of the issues that arose in conducting in-depth longitudinal interviews with illicit drug users.