An Analysis of Drug Abuse in Sports: A Public Health Issue

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of drug abuse in sports, examining its various facets and implications. The report begins by highlighting the prevalence of performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) and the shortcuts athletes often take to achieve success. It then delves into specific cases of athletes involved in drug use, along with the roles of trainers and physicians in facilitating this behavior. The report also discusses the existing anti-doping regulations, such as the WADA code, and their effectiveness in curbing drug use. It explores the different types of prohibited substances, the challenges athletes face in overcoming addiction, and the adverse effects of drug use, including psychological and physical health consequences. Furthermore, the report examines the underlying reasons for drug abuse, such as the pressure to perform, competitive environments, and peer influence. It concludes by emphasizing the need for a multi-faceted approach to address this issue, including regulatory checks and addressing the root causes of drug use to protect the health and integrity of sports.

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Timing Speech Analysis
0.30 I welcome you all to the
session. We usually find
shortcuts for achieving
success in our lives. It is the
same scenario in case of the
sportspersons.
It is evident in the use of
drugs that acts as an
enhancement in the
performance of the athletes.
The use of the drugs enables
the athletes to achieve short
term goal but it eventually
harmful for them in the long
run.
1.00 The recent use of drugs in
sports have given rise to the
name of some sportsman
like, Alex Rodriguez, Lance
Armstrong, Roger Clemens
and many more names
The young athletes are
leading to the greater use of
the drugs
1.20 Only the athletes were not
responsible for the use of the
drugs. The trainers and the
physicians have permitted
tem to use the drugs.
Sometimes they had to take
the legal drugs like the pain
killers to release their pain.
Some drugs were prescribed
to the athletes.
1.40 We come with the
arguments like the drugs
However the use of
dangerous drugs that are

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should be kept away from
the athletes but we tend to
forget that there are some
drugs which the players
require in order to survive in
the sports field.
used to create artificial
energy in the body of the
player can be controlled
1. 55 In order to control the
doping level of the players
the anti-doping rules have
been made that have been
mentioned in the WADA
code.
The WADA code rejects the
presence of prohibited
substance and the
metabolites in an athlete’s
bodily specimen. It does not
allow the use of a prohibited
substance and a prohibited
method. It includes the
dealing of the prohibited
substance or a prohibited
method.
2. 20 The question that we need to
think in this context is
whether the rules and the
codes are really effective in
prohibiting the use of the
drugs.
The prohibited substance
that has been considered in
this case is the anabolic
agents, the hormones and
related agents, the Beta 2
adrenergic agonists, the
agents with anti-estrogenic

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activity, the diuretics and
other masking agents. Apart
from all these the other
substances that have been
prohibited is the stimulants,
narcotics, Cannabinoids,
Glucocorticoids and alcohol
2.30 These measures might
prohibit the athletes from
taking the drugs before
playing but it is not effective
in the long run
The athletes cannot be
stopped from using the drug
in their life. Once a person
gets the habit of using the
drug gets addicted to the
same. It becomes difficult to
detach the person from
drugs permanently. This
sometimes destroys the
career of the sportsman.
2.50 Well I came across many
situations where I found
many cases where the
individual commits suicide.
The addiction towards the
drugs acts as a poison.
The chemical composition
of the drugs leads the
individuals to different
emotions like mood swings,
aggression. Delusions,
impaired judgement,
depression and nervousness
and extreme irritability.

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3.20 It should be treated from the
source itself. The reasons of
taking the drugs should be
dealt and they should be
worked on. This sometimes
ends up in destroying the
lives of the sportsman.
The individuals end up their
life suffering from the
adverse effects of
consuming the drugs. The
adverse effects might
include headache, anxiety,
confusion, restlessness,
malnutrition and some other
psychiatric disturbances.
3.45 As I was talking of applying
the shortcut in the earlier
section of my speech.
Performance enhancing
drugs are the most famous
form of drugs that are used
by the performers to
maintain their status and
earn maximum amount of
money
These type of drugs were
allowed to use openly by the
government initially. It
made things easier and
quicker for the players to
remain fit.
4.00 The competitive athletes are
usually categorised as
villains and mavericks. The
ones who accuse them with
Villains cheat deliberately
and maverick is the ignorant
disregard for the rules. It has
been however argued in