With all the recent press concerning steroids, etc. I decided to track down a copy of a book that Charlie Francis wrote shortly after the Ben Johnson bust in Seoul in 1988.
The name of the book is "Speed Play - A track coach's explosive account of how the world's greatest athletes win-with drugs". It was written by Charlie Francis with Jeff Coplon (ISBN 0-312-04877-7). The US edition was published by St. Martin's Press in 1990. You can probably find a copy of it at your local library.
After reading this book I have a very different option of Francis. This guy has been made out to be the devil in T&F circles, but in my opinion, at least this guy had/has the balls to tell the real story of how T&F athletes (namely sprinters and throwers) have been using steroids for DECADES! He does not make excuses for what he did and I find that to be refereshing. If nothing else, I now feel better informed about this mess than I ever was.
If you want to get some perspective on the drug problems that are being "uncovered" this year, go out and read this book. I have to warn you that may end up feeling worse about T&F rather than better.
Enjoy.