░ Substances and attitudes
Sport activities improve quality of life, physically and psychosocially.
Highly competitive sports, expectations, fear of failure, the desire for success, these are some of the reasons to consume drugs during sports.
These are the drugs forbidden by the International Olympic Committee (IOC): stimulants, narcotics, beta blockers, diuretics, peptide hormones and their derivatives.
Also, blood doping is forbidden, as well as, pharmacological, physical or chemical manipulation of the urine.
Other drugs, such as alcohol, marijuana, cannabis, local anesthetics and corticosteroids, are not forbidden, but restricted.
Some federations have their own lists of forbidden substances.
░ Cocaine, crack and heroin in sport
Cocaine is a powerful Central Nervous System stimulant, responsible for the death of some professional and university sportsmen. The dangerous effects of cocaine are the reason for its prohibition.
Snorted or smoked as crack, cocaine takes a toll on our Nervous, Respiratory and Circulatory Systems. Its ongoing use provokes addiction, dependency, anxiety and psychotic disorders.
Crack is a form of cocaine that produces a strong addiction and its effects are felt in few seconds, followed by a devastating descent. It’s as damaging as cocaine, but its action is faster and more intense, so it can produce pulmonary disorders, bad nutrition and psychological disorders.
Heroin, as well as, morphine and codeine, belongs to the opiates category. These last two types of drug, which have medical uses to relieve pain, are different from heroin in that they can be legally prescribed by doctors. Heroin is highly addictive and dangerous. Its short-term effects can cause insomnia, nausea, nasal drip, irritability, tremors, loss of appetite and vomiting; as well as, the increase of the cardiac frequency and arterial pressure, pains, muscular spasms and psychopathologic disorders.
░ Cases of drug use in sport
MARCO PANTANI: Cyclist Marco Pantani was an idol in Italy. Nicknamed “The Pirate”, he was greatly admired internationally because of his outstanding performance in important competitions, such as the Tour of France, the Giro of Italy, the Tour of Spain, etc… In the end, Marco Pantani passed away of a cocaine overdose in a hotel.
POLI DÍAZ: The boxer, an eight time European Lightweight Champion, ended his professional career hooked on heroin. There are many photos of him in ghettos like Rosilla or Barranquillas, where people buy and sell drugs.
DIEGO ARMANDO MARADONA: One of the world’s best football players, Diego Maradona was idolized in Argentina and throughout the world, saw his career affected because of cocaine use. He is currently taking part in a TAVAD cocaine detoxification treatment. We wish him a speedy recovery.
JULIO ALBERTO MORENO "JULIO ALBERTO": Barcelona’s football player and international player for Spain confessed in his autobiography, "My truth", in 1995 that drugs (mainly cocaine) ruined his career and family life.
These are just a few cases of professional sportsmen whose careers were truncated by drug use (morphine, stimulants, anabolic steroids…).
░ The TAVAD philosophy about drug use in sports
All sports significantly increase the production of “Endogen Opiates” (Endorphins) and what we perceive as well-being. Unfortunately, for elite sportsmen, the excessive production of endorphins can produce the need for the feeling of well-being outside the competition area. That need can lead to drug use in order to experience similar sensations of well-being more frequently.
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