Drugs and Sports
Drugs and Sports | The International Olympic Committee Stands Against Doping
Juan Antonio Samaranch is president of the International Olympic Committee, a private organization that supervises the organizing of the Olympic Games.
Summary: Doping is a danger for the health of athletes and a mockery of the ideals of sport and of the Olympic Movement. The International Olympic Committee has sought to ban the use of drugs in sports and to collaborate with national sports federations, organizations, and governments in this endeavor.
The International Olympic Committee has always endeavoured to adapt, as best it can,...
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- The Use of Performance- Enhancing Drugs Is Common
- Steroid Use Is a Growing Problem Among American High School Athletes
- State-Sponsored Drug Use Has Tarnished the Olympic Games
- Performance-Enhancing Substances Raise Serious Ethical Questions for Athletes
- The International Olympic Committee Stands Against Doping
- The Impropriety of Taking Performance-Enhancing Drugs Is Debatable
- Drug Testing for Athletes Must Be Improved
- Mandatory Drug Fest in Sports: The War Against Drugs Is Failing on All Fronts
- Athletes Have the Right to Accept the Risks and Benefits of Performance- Enhancing Drugs
- Banning Performance- Enhancing Drugs Is Justified
- The United States Must Spearhead Reforms to Eradicate Drugs in Sports
- Drug Use in Sports Is Not Eradicable
- Organizations to Contact
- Bibliography
- Copyright
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