Robert Boyle

DRUGS IN SPORT Drug use has been a part of competitive sport for almost a century. At the first olympics in Athens in 1896, marathon runners drank a mixture of brandy and strychnine to help them on their ways and used opiates to control pain during a race. Use of alcohol was very common in the early years of the twentieth century. It might be argued that the first athletes to use drugs to enhance their …

…Anabolic steroids are dangerous because they increase muscle strength quickly but tissues and tendons are not strengthened at the same rate. That creates a weakened, imbalanced body, putting the athlete at greater risk of injury. Longer use of this drug snuffs out sexual interest. It can cause hurt attacks, myocardial infarction, and stroke, which can also mean sharing death from AIDS. Causes also hair loss. Steroids raise blood pressure and blood cholesterol to dangerous levels.