Sports and Physical Education


Drugs in Sports: A Big Issue

Article Number: PIE334527 Volume 01 | Issue 01 | January - 2019 ISSN: UA
19th Aug, 2018
03rd Oct, 2018
05th Dec, 2018
25th Jan, 2019

Authors

Varsha Singh

Abstract

A substance that alters the physiological and psychological process of the person is referred to as Drug. When drug is taken in an optimum amount after the prescription, it works as a medicine because these drugs are used for the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of disease. But when the quantity of the drug increase with in short period of time have adverse effect on health. Now these days, these drugs are used by athletes in sports because the performance of athletes can be improved and enhanced is termed as doping and they are ready to face challenges during sports. But performance enhancing drugs in sport has been made a major problem. According to rules of sports, no player can take unfair advantages over other players by the mean of any method. This paper represent the role of drugs in the life of athletes. It also discuss about the organization The Olympic Movement Anti-Doping Code (OMADC) and The World Anti-Doping Authority (WADA) which have code for the sport athletes and some prohibited drug and their derivatives, and prohibited methods. The most prohibited drug is anabolic steroids and followed by the stimulants and diuretics. Keywords: Drug, Doping, World Anti-Doping Authority, Olympic Movement Anti-Doping Code

All athletes compete on the level playing field is assumed by the integrity of the sport. For governing bodies of individual sports, the use and abuse of performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) have become a universal that creates complex challenges. Because of their adverse effects and performance actions, drugs are the unacceptable and illegal part of sports. The prohibited drugs are very helpful in muscle mass increment, strength and resistance to fatigue and the most important advantage is the central nervous system impact by which athletes make more aggressive during training and competition period. Many factors contribute to the athletes in which psychological and social support factors play a vital role to engage in drug abuse. The factors may be desired to enhance performance, ego high perception, the concern of athletes on their own mistakes, the lake of self-confidence, low social support and so on. Many athletes believe that they can enhance their performance by the use of the drug in a short period of time in spite of adapting advanced techniques. Athlete’s general psychology say that performance matters in their sports, it does not matter how they achieve it (Kaur, Masaun and Bhatia, 2014).

It has been observed for thousands of years that the physical performance and development of muscles are enhanced by the use of drugs. Today, different types of drugs are employed by an individual for improving their athletic performance and physical appearance. The fixation of society on winning race and better physical looks increase the demand for performance-enhancing drugs. According to Cireli et al report in 1992, 60% of athletes use the doping. Laure in 1997 stated that the children or sports teenagers approximately 3-5% and 5 to 15% adult sportsmen take doping drugs.

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