Drugs and doping

Question 1

Legal supplements

Answer 1

Vitamins
Minerals
Creatine
Improve health and well being
Muscle mass, stamina, recovery

Question 2

Legal supplement disadvantages

Answer 2

Could contain banned substances
Can be contaminated
Creatine can cause long term health problems
High sugar levels in energy drinks

Question 3

Illegal supplements

Answer 3

Anabolic steroids
Beta blockers
Masking agents
Narcotic analgesics
EPO

Question 4

Blood doping

Answer 4

Remove blood for 2 weeks, freeze, re-enter 1-2 days before
EPO stimulates proteins to produce more rbc
Can lead to heart failure
Allergic reactions

Question 5

Reasons why athletes take drugs

Answer 5

Nerves, aggression, motivation - psychological
Muscle, energy, o2, weight, recovery, mask injuries - physiological
Pressure to win from others/ coaches, money, win at all costs, belief that others do it - social

Question 6

Consequences

Answer 6

Unfair, no sportsmanship, reflects badly - sport
Addictive, life expectancy lowered, death, organ failure - performer
Against the law, prison, sporting bans - performer
Bad image, impressionable, young person role model - society
Lance Armstrong

Question 7

Solutions

Answer 7

Stricter and more rigorous testing
Stricter punishments
Education programmes
More funding for testing
Role models to re-enforce a no drug policy
WADA:
-promotes and co-ordinates fight against doping