drugs

• Stimulants


  Make athletes more alert
• Anabolic steroids


  Enhance brain function and build muscle
• Diuretics


  Remove fluid from body
• Narcotic analgesics


  Main pain cause by injury
• Ergogenic aids


  Increase strength, endurance, and bodybuilding
• Doping


  Severe health risks - Addiction, organ damage, increased risk of stroke or heart attacks
• Nicotine


  Passes into bloodstream, increases blood pressure and heart rate
• NRT (Nicotine Replacement Therapy)


  Used to treat nicotine addiction
• Antibiotics


  Used for treating bacterial infections
• Addiction withdrawal


  Occurs when you cannot get a drug and get symptoms
• Stimulants


  Speed up body systems (e.g. caffeine, cocaine)
• Carcinogens


  Chemicals in tobacco that can cause cancer
• Hallucinogens


  Interfere with nerve impulses (e.g. LSD, cannabis)
• Alcohol units


  • Small glass of wine = 1 unit
  • Half pint of beer = 1 unit
  • Spirits = 1 unit
  • Alcopop = 1.2 units
  • Pint of cider = 2.3 units
  • Pint of beer = 2 units
  • Quarter bottle of wine = 1.8 units