Overall, athletes are using alcohol less both in and off-season in the current study compared to 1988. Also they used less alcohol during their in-season than off-season. It was found that white athletes are 2.5 times more likely to use alcohol both in and off-season compared to black athletes. Hayes and Tevis (1977) looked for significant differences or relationships between high school athletes and non-athletes with respect to drinking behaviors and attitudes about alcohol use and abuse. They found non-athletes used alcohol more and were more tolerant of others using it compared to athletes. Overall, males had a more tolerant attitude than females toward temperate and irresponsible use of alcohol. There seemed to be a correlation between attitudes of irresponsible drinking and who drinks the most, being the more they drank the more tolerant their attitudes were. Overman and Terry (1991) compared the patterns of use and attitudes toward alcohol by college athletes and non-athletes. There was no significant difference between the drinking behaviors of athletes and non-athletes, though athletes did report drinking more beer. Athletes tended to limit drinking to weekends and special occasions, and seemed to think of it more as a celebration. Differences in drinking behaviors were found between black and white students with regards to choice of drink, frequency of drinking, problems caused by drinking. Ewing (1998) wanted to see if high school students who participated in athletics and a different pattern of marijuana use compared to non-athletes. He found male athletes are more likely to try marijuana and have used it more than their non-athlete counterparts. Female athletes are the opposite in that they use marijuana less than non-athletic females. But female athletes are more likely than non-athletes to wait until post-high school before trying it for the first time. Green et al. (1995) researched if there were psychological factors associated with alcohol use or non-use by high school athletes.
Drug Abuse There are serious drug problems in the world today. The main substances being abused are marijuana, alcohol, and hard drugs. Drug abuse is real and is a growing concern in schools today. ... Another problem in the substance abuse spectrum is the consumption of perscription drugs. ... These medications are obtained through sports injuries or through theft from an adult or person prescribed to these drugs. ...
In an effort to lower drug abuse among teens, many schools across the country have chosen to start testing their students for drugs. ... But testing students who don't participate in sports is not, however, because of unfair games. ... But apparently some schools think their right to stop drug abuse is greater than the student's right to privacy. ... Students should not have to give up their privacy to schools for something that will only affect the very few who abuse drugs. ... While drug abuse is a problem that needs to be solved, mandatory drug testing in schools isn't the ...
Grades and Sports Grades and Sports are important to teens because the will not be able to play sports in high school or college with bad grades. If you are really talented and you like to play sports than you better keep your grades up. On television they always have athletes with drug abuse and not being able to play in there first year because did bad in high school and didn't pass a test in high school. Some concerns teens have about my topic is that they will not be able to play sports because of bad grades. ... This effects more than just teens it is effecting kids in coll...
Should we allow performance-enhancing drugs in sports? "Only the most nave sports fan can be shocked-shocked!... Do we really think performance-enhancing drugs belong to sports? ... "One of the main reasons people give for abusing steroids is to improve their performance in sports. ... In these special cases it is much harder for the drug abusers to stop. ...
Testing can help restore an athlete's faith in the fairness of sports competition and put athletes on notice, if you cheat to win you might get caught and then you will lose it all. ... Many feel drug abuse is a disease and that athletes should be screened for drug abuse just as they are checked for other medical conditions. ... Then when an athlete test come back positive it sometimes makes the sport a long with the team seem like drug abusers. Lawrence Taylor, a football player for the New York Giants was suspended for drug abuse. Interviews showed that his current and former friends ...
DRUG TESTING IN SPORTS There has been a dramatic reduction in drug use among college athletes who are subject to mandatory drug testing. ... The issue of drugs in sports began with Ben Johnson, the Canadian sprinter, stripped of his gold medal in 1988 after testing positive for anabolic steroids. ... While much attention was being focused on drug abuse by Olympic athletes, in recent years drug abuse among college athletes has received a greater share of attention. In colleges many sports medicine physicians become increasingly involved in the drug abuse issue. ... Today there exists ...
Drugs in sports have been around for centuries, and just recently it has grown out of control. ... What are some of the drugs that are found in today's sports and why do athletes use them? ... Abuse to these drugs have ruined careers and damaged the reputations of sports. The placebo effect comes into play when drugs are abused. ... Abusing drugs for gains in sports performance poses a very real threat to the individual's mental and physical health, particularly in young people. ...
"The psychological and physical aspects of drug abuse in today's adolescence" Unfortunately the abuse of illegal drugs is not uncommon in today's adolescent communities. Many teenagers today use illicit drugs as a way to deal with everyday pressures such as school, after school jobs, sports activities, domestic violence and peer pressure. ... While marijuana users do not move on to harder drugs, smoking weed does increase a teen's chances of being exposed, according to the National Institute of Drug abuse in Washington, D.C (Sora, 1997, page 71). ... In conclusion I have demo...
Drug Abuse in Competitive Sports In the ideal picture of the athletic field, athletes are portrayed as individuals who train intensely to push themselves to success. ... Surveys show that athletes themselves believe that drug usage exists in up to 90 percent of sports (CASA commission). ... The development of these new drugs is one of the many effective ways for which scientists help athletes to cheat in sports. ... The three major suppliers of prohibited substances are medical professionals, sports underground networks, and the illegal drug trade. ... The government's failure to...
