Some athletes are attracted to performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs), believing the drugs will improve their game. In some ways, they can enhance performance. But they come with dangerous side effects. The negative effects they can have on your body are the reason PEDs are prohibited by most sports organizations.
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Some evidence demonstrates that sports participation is more associated with alcohol use, but negatively associated with cigarette or illicit drug use. Specific sports, such as baseball, football, and weightlifting, have been shown to correlate with higher alcohol consumption when compared to other sports.
These drugs are illegal in sport. Negative effects of using performance enhancing drugs. Health risks for the athlete. Ruins the reputation of the athlete.
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But the connection between drugs and sport may not be limited to competitive sports. A sporting chance?: Using sport to tackle drug use and crime. Drugs
Unfavorable alcohol consumption that can negatively affect sports performance is also common (52% and 53%). Drugs eBooks. Life Sciences
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In Australia, ASADA (Australian Sports Anti-Doping On-going research is needed into the use, availability, and effects of drugs in sport.
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But due to some bad luck or whatever Cricket is the more popular sport in the country after India won the cricket world cup in 1983.
So people confuse popular sport with the national sport..