Winning in sports at all costs does not permit the philosophy of
sports to degenerate merely into a competition amongst
laboratories, scientists and athletes. Drugs spectre in sports
though has become widespread but it threatens the safety, health
and longevity of athletes while perverting the original intent of
sports.
To promote the true ethics of sports the first ever mini directory
on drug in sports was published in 1994 which had got
tremendous acclaim not only from Indian sportsmen but from
international sports fraternity as well as the Indian press.
6 Edition was brought out in 2005. This 8 Edition brings to
you the latest list of banned and permissible drugs with Indian
examples as well as the effects and side effects of banned drugs
in brief. The directory also contains the generic names of all
permissible drugs. As the quest for sports excellence in the
world has become a slogan of the present century. It is expected
that goal of achieving enough literacy on drugs and sports shall
be sufficiently met with by this ready reckoner by sports
fraternity.
Drugs used in sports which were earlier being looked after by
IOC now comes under the domain of WADA (World Anti Doping Agency). Excepting these
substances for which a quantitative reporting threshold isspecifically identified in the prohibited list, the detected
presence of any quantity of a prohibited substance or its
metabolites or markers in anAthlete's sample shall constitute an
anti doping rule violation.
Dr. JawaharL. Jain
Sr. Physician&MedicalAdministrator
University Of Delhi
Athletic Federation of India
Ex- Secy. GeneralSAFGames
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