D RUGS I N S PORT. W HAT I W ANT Y OU T O L EARN TODAY Understand socially acceptable and unacceptable drugs Recognise banned performance enhancing.

DRUGS IN SPORT

WHAT I WANT YOU TO LEARN TODAY

Understand socially acceptable and unacceptable drugs

Recognise banned performance enhancing drugs (SNAPD)

Understand the performance effects of such drugs and the side effects.

STARTER TASK

In the back of your books, write down as many drugs that you have heard of that have been used in sport.

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Success

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Improve performance.

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ACCEPTABLE OR NOT?

Socially Acceptable Drugs1. Alcohol

2. Tobacco

What it does?

1.Affects your coordination, speech and judgement2.Slows your reactions.3.Makes your muscles get tired more quickly.4.Damages internal organs

What it does?

1.Causes nose, throat and chest irritations.2.Makes you short of breath.3.Increases your risk of developing heart disease, lung cancer, bronchitis and other diseases.

Other drugs:Caffeine, paracetamol and aspirin

….OR NOT!!! Sociably Unacceptable Drugs:

Heroin

Ecstasy

Cocaine

LSD

Amphetamines

Barbiturates

Cannabis

As an athlete use of the above drugs would obviously be highly detrimental to

performance.

PERFORMANCE ENHANCING DRUGS-SNAPD Stimulants

Effect- Speed up your reactions Make you feel LESS pain

Overcome tirednessExamples Cocaine, amphetamines, ephedrine and caffeine.

Side EffectsOver-training.High blood pressure, heart and liver problems and strokes.Extremely addictive

Who would use them?

Sprinters, or other power athletes (anybody needing alertness)

PERFORMANCE ENHANCING DRUGS Narcotic Analgesics

Effect - KILL pain by suppressing the CNS. Injuries and fatigue don’t affect performance.ExamplesMorphine, heroin and methadone.Side effects:Addictive Feeling less pain can cause long term injuriesLead to constipation andlow blood pressure.

Who would use them?

Any athlete who needs to suppress pain (from injury)

PERFORMANCE ENHANCING DRUGS Anabolic Steroids

Effect- Increase your muscle size. Allow athletes to train harder

Examples

Testosterone, nandrolone and bodlenone

Side Effects

High blood pressure, heart disease, infertility and cancer.

Women may grow facial and body hair.

Mood swings, aggression and anxiety.Who would use them?

Sprinters, or other power athletes (anybody wanting muscle bulk and increased strength)

PERFORMANCE ENHANCING DRUGS

Peptide hormones

Effect- Most have same effect as steroids.

Increase the number of red blood cells. (EPO)

Examples

Human growth hormone (hGH) and

Erythropoietin (EPO)

Side Effects

hGH – same as steroids

EPO- thickens blood therefore greater risk of heart attack and stroke. Who would use them?

HGH – sprinters/power athletes

EPO – Endurance athletes – marathon, Tour de France

PERFORMANCE ENHANCING DRUGSDiuretics

Effect- Make you urinate, causing weight loss. Can mask traces of other drugs in the body.

Examples Bumetanide, amiloride and canrenone.

Side EffectsCramp, dehydration and dizziness.Kidney problems.

Who would use them?

Boxers, jockeys – athletes needing to lose weight.

Athletes using other banned drugs

STUFF!

Some athletes want to increase the immediate effect of oxygen

transport in the blood even more by using a process called BLOOD

DOPING.

What is blood doping?

What sports does it occur in?

The rewards for winning can be great in sport. Some athletes are tempted to cheat in order to win. This undermines the integrity of the sport and so the Governing Bodies have drug testing policies to try to keep their sport ‘clean’

PERFORMANCE ENHANCING DRUGS

WHO IS THIS?WHY IS HE SIGNIFICANT TO THIS TOPIC?

LANCE ARMSTRONG

1996 – diagnosed with testicular cancer Winner of the Tour de France – 1999, 2000,

2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005. 2013 – Found guilty of blood doping and

stripped of all Tour de France titles.

Diego Maradona (Argentinian Footballer) is considered one of the sport's most controversial and newsworthy figures. He was suspended from football for 15 months in 1991 after failing a drug test, for cocaine, in Italy, and he was sent home from the 1994 World Cup in the USA after testing positive for ephedrine.