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Negatives for drug taking
Threatens spirit and integrity in sport as it is cheating
Damages reputation of sport and decreases interest in it
Lance Armstrong (cycling)
Can lead to pressure of taking them
Health problems
Positive impacts of drug taking
Bring fame and fortune
Positively impact performance
Strategies for eliminating PEDs in sport
UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) - protects UK sport from threat of drug taking and doping through administering testing programmes over 40 sports & works with athletes to increase knowledge and understanding of damage caused
World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)
WADA
A foundation created in 1999 through a collective initiative led by IOC to promote, co-ordinate and monitor the fight against drugs in sport
Whereabouts system
A system designed out of competition testing which requires athletes to supply details of their whereabouts so that they can be located at anytime and anywhere for testing, without advance notice
Strategies used to decrease drug usage (DOPING)
Drug free culture created via education programmes (100%me)
Organisations involved in drug detection need to work together
Punishments need to be harsher
Investment is required into new testing programmes/technology
Name and shame negative role models
Guilty lose funding and sponsorship deals
Arguments for drug testing and against drug taking
Can be health risks and dangerous side effects
Creates negative role models and sets poor examples to young
Gives sport negative image
Pressure to take drugs increases from coach and peers who take them
Success in sport should be about natural talent
It is cheating and gives unfair advantages
Only richer countries can afford them
It’s illegal
Arguments for trig taking and against testing
Battle against drugs is expensive and time consuming
Drugs are easy to access and difficult to eliminate
Detection isn’t always effective
Sacrifices made by a performer are personal choices
If drug taking is monitored health risks may be lessened
Athletes don’t ask to be role models and individuals have right to choose as its their body
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