Drugs in sport

Question 1

What drugs do some athletes take to enhance their performance?

Answer 1

Anabolic steroids. beta-blockers, EPO

Question 2

What are anabolic steroids?

Answer 2

Artificially produced hormones used mainly by power athletes such as sprinters

Question 3

What are the benefits of this anabolic steroids?

Answer 3

Aids storage of protein and promotes muscle growth and to increase strength and power.

Question 4

What are the side effects of anabolic steroids?

Answer 4

Liver, heart and immune system problems.Behavioral changes such as aggression and paranoia.

Question 5

What are Beta-blockers?

Answer 5

A substance that counteract the adrenaline by preventing it binding to nerve receptors. Used by athletes in high precision sports such as archery.

Question 6

What are the benefits of this beta blockers?

Answer 6

Calms and decreases anxiety of an individual. Improves accuracy in precision sports. Keeps heart rate low.

Question 7

What are the side effects of beta blockers?

Answer 7

Tiredness due to low blood pressure and slower heart rate.

Question 8

What is EPO?

Answer 8

Natural hormone produced by the kidneys to increase red blood cells but can be enhanced artificially. Mainly used by endurance athletes such as cyclists.

Question 9

Why is EPO used?

Answer 9

To increase oxygen carrying capacity of the body. An athlete can keep going for longer and has a shorter recovery time.

Question 10

What are the side effects of EPO?

Answer 10

Blood clotting, stroke

Question 11

What is doping?

Answer 11

The use of banned performance enhancing drugs.

Question 12

What are the four main categories of the positive and negative implications of doping?

Answer 12

Moral, health, role modelling and socially

Question 13

What are the moral positive and negative implications of doping?

Answer 13

. Cheating-unfair advantage

. Ruins reputation of the sport

Question 14

What are the health positive and negative implications of doping?

Answer 14

The negative health side effects of drugs

Question 15

What are the role modelling negative implications of doping?

Answer 15

Bad example to others and the sport

Question 16

What are the social positive and negative implications of doping

Answer 16

. Lost reputation
. Legal action
. Loss or earnings

Question 17

What strategies are in place to decrease drug use? (DOPING)

Answer 17

. Drug- free culture through education programmes
. Organisations who do drug testing must cooperate
. Punishments must be harsher
. Investment into testing facilities
. Name and shame negative role models
. Guilty lose funding and sponsorship deals

Question 18

What problems exist to try and decrease drug us?

Answer 18

. Difficult to access athletes training abroad
. Constant development of new drugs
. Drugs can be taken accidentally
. Different countries have different regulaltions and testing procedures

Question 19

What are the arguments for legalising drugs in sport?

Answer 19

. Battle against drugs is expensive and time consuming
. Drugs are easy to access so they are fighting a losing battle
. Detection is not always effective
. Drugs are sometimes taken accidently
. If everyone takes it, it levels the playing field
. Athletes don’t choose to be role models and its their body

Question 20

What are the arguments against legalising drugs in sport?

Answer 20

. Health risks and dangerous side effects
. Creates negative role models
. Creates negative image to certain sports
. Success in sport should be about hard work and natural talent
. Gives an unfair advantage and is immoral
. Illegal