Anti Doping In The 1960's

The six scholarly sources examined for this paper mainly discuss and argue reasons for policy, how the anti-doping movement and sentiments evolved over the twentieth and early twenty-first century, as well as major events that changed the rules. In addition, most sources look at the time frame of anti-doping policy as a key issue that focuses the given research. While all the topics of the sources are similar, the scholars disagree about why policy was enacted, and also about how it evolved. In addition, most agree regarding specific turning points, but the time frame is different for a few. The scholars tend to argue whether anti-doping policy evolved out of tragedy or advances in science, and also question whether the policies are a moral or public health issue. The six sources addressed in the paper are as follows. A History of Drug Use in Sport 1876-1976, written by Paul Dimeo, is arguably the most important source for the paper as a few of the other sources reference his work. This book, although short, is helpful to get an …show more content…
He provides details that there was anti-doping sentiment at Olympics as early as 1938, and anti-doping in horse racing prior to that. Gleaves wants the reader to look to rules and sentiments prior to 1960 in order to have a better foundation for how larger policies were influenced. Houlihan states a similar belief regarding the time frame. In his book, Houlihan also acknowledges the presence of anti-doping sentiment prior to 1960, but says it was somewhat limited. Based on the primary sources, it is clear that Gleaves, and to a lesser extent Houlihan are right to look at anti-doping earlier than 1960 as there is evidence to back this belief. Looking anti-doping with this broader lens will help structure the argument and show the change in trends over a longer period of