Drug Abuse and Doping in Sport

thing in the games is not winning but taking part“
1. Almost every professional sport has been affected
by claims of doping.
2. The World Anti-doping Authority (WADA) has
banned over 192 performance-enhancing
substances and methods.
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Performance enhancement in professional sport has
now become a big problem for athletic
organizations. This is due to the amount of money
associated with winning in today's sports industry.
Athletic life may lead to drug abuse for a number of
reasons, including for performance enhancement, to
self-treat otherwise untreated mental illness, and to
deal with stressors, such as pressure to perform,
injuries, physical pain and retirement from sport.
When Sports Illustrated interviewed a poll of elite
olympic athletes, one of the questions was: "If you
were given a performance enhancing substance and
you would not be caught and win, would you take
it?". 98% of the athletes responded "Yes". The more
chilling question was: "If you were given a
performance enhancing substance and you would
not be caught, win all competitions for 5 years, then
die, would you take it?". More than 50% said "Yes".
Short history of doping in athletes
Performance-enhancing drugs are not unique to
modern athletic competition. Mushrooms, plants and
mixtures of wine and herbs were used by ancient
Greek olympic athletes and Roman gladiators.
Various plants were used for their stimulant effects
in speed and endurance events as well as to mask
pain, allowing injured athletes to continue
competing.
Types of performance enhancing drugs:
Anabolic steroids are drugs derived from
testosterone, a hormone which is produced in the
testes of males. Anabolic steroids can be taken in
tablet form or injected directly in to the muscle.
Athletes who use anabolic steroids claim that as
well as increasing muscle mass, they reduce body
fat and recovery time after injury.
Stimulants
Stimulants
Stimulants are drugs that directly affect the central
nervous system. They work to speed...

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