Drugs in sport

• Doping definition

  Athletes taking illegal substances to improve their physical and mental performance
• If a substance is 2/3 of these it is illegal

  • Enhance sporting performance
  • Threat to athlete's health
  • Violate the spirit of sport
• UKAD

  • Organisation to protect sport from doping
  • Plans and implements anti-doping programmes
  • Ensures all sport bodies in the UK comply with WADA
• Why drugs should be used in sport

  • Some drugs are allowed so why not them all
  • Some drugs propose minimal risk to health
  • Media pressure is to significant
  • Increase power, fame + success
  • Increase countries reputation
  • Masking injuries allow athletes to perform longer
  • Accusations made, won't take place
  • Hard to monitor drugs
• Why drugs shouldn't be used in sport

  • Unfair advantage
  • Tarnishes the sport/reputation
  • Drug taking is morally wrong
  • fans can loose interest
  • Health risks
  • Unnatural drugs have known long term effects
  • High income countries can invest more into drugs compared to low income countries
  • Ingenuine world records