Sport & Drugs

Drug and Alcohol Information and Support for Teenagers, Parents, and Carers. Free, Confidential Live Chat. Advice and Support from Drugs.ie. Sport makes physical and mental demands on your body. Recreational drugs are also demanding on you – whether you want them to or not they affect your mind and body.

States that agree to the Convention align their domestic rules with the World Anti-Doping Code, which is promulgated by the World Anti-Doping Agency. This includes facilitating doping controls and supporting national testing programmes; encouraging the establishment of "best practice" in the labelling, marketing, and distribution of products that might contain prohibited substances; withholding financial support from those who engage in or support doping; taking measures against manufacturing and trafficking; encouraging the establishment of codes of conduct for professions relating to sport and anti-doping; and funding education and research on drugs in sport.

The World Anti-Doping Code Prohibited List is an international standard updated and published yearly. View the drugs and substances currently banned in sport. The use of performance-enhancing substances or techniques to augment an athlete's ability to succeed in competitive sports is a pertinent and timely topic for athletes, coaches, and any involved health care provider. The use of these agents or methods, whether legal or illegal, can occur at all levels of sports - from high school or college student-athletes, to international Olympic competitors, to professional athlete celebrities.

In competitive sports, doping is the use of banned athletic performance-enhancing drugs by athletic competitors. The term doping is widely used by organizations that regulate sporting competitions. The use of drugs to enhance performance is considered unethical and therefore prohibited, by most international sports organizations, including the International Olympic Committee. Furthermore, athletes (or athletic programs) taking explicit measures to evade detection exacerbates the ethical violation with overt deception and cheating.