Chapter 1 -- Performance-enhancing drugs and anti-doping; Chapter 2 -- Ethics of drugs in sports; Exploring issues -- worksheets and activities; Index.
Summary
The use of illegal performance-enhancing drugs in elite sport, known as doping, is hidden in nature and increasingly widespread. Recent local and international doping scandals involving professional cyclists and football players have brought the issue of drugs in sport under greater scrutiny. Catching drug cheats is essential if sports are to be conducted fairly and if harmful health effects from drug abuse are to be avoided. A number of sports are plagued by suspicions that many top athletes resort to drug-taking to enhance their performance through the use of such substances as anabolic ster.
