Thursday, May 27, 2010



What Sports are doing about the issue...




Many sports organizations have banned the use of "performance enhancing drugs" and have established very strict rules and consequences for people who are caught with them. The International Association of Athletics Federations was the first international governing body of sport to take a stance on this serious situation. In 1928 they banned participants from doping but with they little testing available they had to trust the word of the athletes


In 1966 FIFA and Union Cyclists International joined IAAF in fighting against drugs, both were followed by the International Olympic Committee




World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). WADA was established to harmonize and coordinate an effective international program to detect, deter, and prevent doping. The United States plays a leadership role in WADA, the United States is the largest funder of the organization and was also recently elected to represent the entire 41-nation region of the Americas on WADA’s Executive Committee
Often in sports random drug testing is conducted, in the Olympics each athlete is tested prior to their event.

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