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<font color="#FF6600">Project 20: </font></b></font><font color="#FF6600"><b><font size="3">Drugs
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<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><font color="#000000">The
use of drugs in sport is not new. It has a long history, from the Greek
athletes in the third century to the present day. Records show that these
early athletes ate mushrooms and plant seeds in the hope that it would
make them run faster, jump further or throw a javelin a greater distance
so that they would win, and receive great rewards such as houses or food
for life.<br>
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Before you start, take a look at the ideas below and decide what to do
your project on. Resources to help you are listed at the end and include
books and websites on the topics below.<br>
<b><font color="#FF9900"><br>
Investigate the history of drugs in sport <br>
</font></b></font></font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Find
out five facts about the history of drugs in sport. Write a sentence about
each fact. For example, in 1896 the first recorded drug related death
in sport took place; a cyclist died from an overdose of drugs.</font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Draw a timeline
of the history of drugs in sport - see web resources below.<br>
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<font color="#FF9900"><b>To discuss and write /think about</b></font></font></p>
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<li><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Why do
sports men and women take drugs?</font></li>
<li><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">What are
the pressures that sports people face?</font></li>
<li><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">What sort
of drugs do sports people take?</font></li>
<li><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">How does
taking drugs affect your health?<br>
- how does it affect your body<br>
- how does it affect your mind</font></li>
</ul>
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" color="#FF9900"><b>Paralympics</b></font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><br>
Some athletes, like those who compete in the Paralympics are disabled.</font></p>
<ul>
<li><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> What
do they think about drugs in sport and are there any special rules for
them?</font></li>
<li><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Is it
fair to take drugs?</font></li>
<li><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">How would
you feel if you came second in a race and then heard that the winner
had taken a pill to make them win?</font></li>
<li><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Ask your
friends what they think about sports people who take drugs to help them
win? Is it cheating?</font></li>
<li><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Sometimes
athletes are ill and have to take drugs to get better. Andreea Raducan's
gold medal for gymnastics at the Sydney Olympics was taken away from
her because she had taken two Nurofen tablets for a cold. Is this fair?</font></li>
<li><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Want to
try a doping quiz? Then visit the World <b><a href="http://www.wada-ama.org/en/index.ch2" target="_blank">AntiDoping
Agency website</a></b><a href="http://66.46.165.14/index.htm" target="_blank"><font color="#000000">.</font></a></font></li>
</ul>
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b><font color="#FF9900">Drug
Scandals</font></b> -choose a sport form the list below and find a story
about the use of drugs</font></p>
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<li><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Swimming</font></li>
<li><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Football</font></li>
<li><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Athletics</font></li>
<li><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Cycling</font></li>
</ul>
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b><font color="#FF6600" size="3">Resources<br>
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<font color="#FFCC00"><b><font color="#FF9900">Books</font></b></font><br>
Use your local library or school library - ask them to get copies of the
following items for you. </font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b>Issues
in sport</b> Donnellan C. (ed.) Cambridge: Independence Educational Publishers,
2003. 44p. ISBN 1-86168-229-8<br>
Examines various topics relating to drugs in sport, including why drugs
are used; prohibited substances; drug cheats and football; drugs in rugby
and doping.</font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b>Drugs
and sport</b> Gifford C. Oxford: Heinemann: 2003. 56p. ISBN 0-431-16162-3.
This book for teenagers looks at the history of drug taking in sport.
It surveys the range of drugs taken by athletes and highlights their effects.
It also presents arguments on both sides of the debate on the use of drugs
in sport and considers what is being done to prevent doping in sport.</font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b>Drugs,
steroids and sports </b>Mohun J. London: Gloucester Books. 1988. 62p.
ISBN 086313 780 6<br>
Explores the main issues relating to drugs in sport such as the reasons
for taking drugs, the effects upon the body and health, and winning without
drugs.</font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b><font color="#FF9900">Websites
</font></b><font color="#FF9900">- </font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3" color="#FF6600"><font size="2" color="#000000">Here
are a selection of websites that may help with your project. Please remember
that DrugScope/D-World cannot be held responsible for the content of other
sites.</font></font></font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b><a href="http://www.startclean.co.uk/" target="_blank">Start
Clean </a></b><br>
Is a drug free sport education programme supported by UK Sport. It has
resources for students, teachers and athletes.<br>
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<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b><a href="http://www.antidopingeducation.org%20/" target="_blank">LEN</a></b>
the European swimming governing body in conjunction with International
Doping Tests and Management has developed two web-based e-learning courses
for coaches and young athletes. The courses, Young Athletes Against Doping
in Sport and the Anti Doping Education can be found at <a href="http://www.yaadis.com/">www.yaadis.com</a></font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b><a href="http://www.asda.org.au/media/history.htm" target="_blank">The
Australian Sports Drug Agency</a> </b>(ASDA) website has a section on
the history of drugs in sport<br>
The Council of Europe website has a section called Europack, with information
about sport and drugs<br>
<a href="http://www.coe.int/T/E/cultural_co-peration/Sport/Doping/eEuropack.asp" target="_blank">www.coe.int/T/E/cultural_co-peration/Sport/Doping/eEuropack.asp</a></font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">This <b><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/sports/indepth/drugs/glossary/dictionary.html" target="_blank">drug
dictionary</a></b> explains what the most commonly used banned drugs do,
why they are banned and why athletes use them.<br>
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<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b>For information
about athletes with a disability:</b><br>
<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/disability_sport/3577230.stm" target="_blank">http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/disability_sport/3577230.stm</a><br>
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<a href="http://www.europaralympic.org/doping/eng/eng_whats_different.htm" target="_blank">www.europaralympic.org/doping/eng/eng_whats_different.htm</a><br>
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<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b>For resources
on why drugs are taken in sport and the effects, including stories about
particular sports such as swimming, football etc:<br>
</b></font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/pe/fitness/drugsrev1.shtml">http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/pe/fitness/drugsrev1.shtml</a><br>
</font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/special_report/1998/07/98/tour_de_france/138079.stm" target="_blank">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/special_report/1998/07/98/tour_de_france/138079.stm</a><br>
<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/146638.stm" target="_blank">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/146638.stm</a>
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<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/138895.stm" target="_blank">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/138895.stm</a><br>
<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/athletics/4615463.stm">http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/athletics/4615463.stm</a><br>
<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/4226916.stm">http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/4226916.stm</a><br>
<a href="http://archives.cbc.ca/IDD-1-41-1409/sports/drugs_sport/">http://archives.cbc.ca/IDD-1-41-1409/sports/drugs_sport/</a><br>
<a href="http://www.drugsinsport.net/" target="_blank">http://www.drugsinsport.net/</a>
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