Athletes use drugs for many reasons. Some use drugs for medical need. Some use proscribed drugs inadvertently, while others use drugs deliberately - either on their own initiative or at the behest of coaches or officials - to cheat, to try to improve their performance artificially and to improve their chances of winning. Finally, some sports people use drugs, including illegal drugs, recreationally.
It is possible to take a different view of each of these forms of drug use. For athletes taking a drug for medicinal purposes, it may be important for them to make the medical condition known to testing authorities well in advance of any test being performed. For the inadvertent user, there is a need for more education so that the rules of competition,
It is possible to take a different view of each of these forms of drug use. For athletes taking a drug for medicinal purposes, it may be important for them to make the medical condition known to testing authorities well in advance of any test being performed. For the inadvertent user, there is a need for more education so that the rules of competition,