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Drug Use in Sports Widespread, Entrenched-Report



Thu Apr 11,10:27 AM ET 
By Patricia Reaney

LONDON (Reuters) - Illegal drug use in both professional and amateur sports is much more widespread and entrenched than doctors and most people realize, according to a report launched on Thursday. 

Up to 60,000 bodybuilders, athletes and fitness enthusiasts in London and as many as 150,000 across Britain are using anabolic steroids at dangerous dosages to enhance their physique and improve performance. 

The long-term effects of the substances are still unknown but doctors fear they could cause mini epidemics of heart disease, strokes and liver tumors in the coming decades. 

"It is a deeply entrenched and complex phenomenon," Dr. Ivan Waddington, of Leicester University, told a news conference. 

Although the report "Drugs in Sport" deals with the problem in Britain, Waddington said it reflects what is happening in most industrialized countries. 

"The pattern is broadly similar in western Europe, America and Canada in relation to elite sports and gymnasia," he said. 

From Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson failed drug test at the 1988 Seoul Olympics to the revelations of doping in the 1998 Tour de France or the loss of Scottish skier Alain Baxter's bronze medal after a positive test for a stimulant earlier this year, drugs in sports is not a new problem. 

It dates back to the 3rd century BC when ginseng and sheep testicles were used to improve athletic ability, but it has escalated since the 1930s with the use of amphetamines, anabolic agents and growth hormones, and spread from Olympic playing fields to gyms and fitness centers. 

Nearly 50% of British athletes questioned in the Sports Council survey felt that drug use was a problem in their sport. The number rose to 83% for track and field. 

HEART DISEASE 

Dr. Vivienne Nathanson, the head of ethics and science at the British Medical Association, said performance enhancing drugs that can be obtained on the Internet through illegal imports and other sources are extremely potent and can cause heart disease, stroke and liver tumors with long-term use. 

"These drugs are potentially lethal and people using them are risking their lives," she said. "It is a public health problem because the numbers are so large." 

The report called for policy makers to develop a more tailored response to the problem of doping in sport with full support from governments and sporting bodies at the domestic and international levels. 

Tighter controls should be considered on the supply of drugs where their therapeutic use is limited, the report states, such as human growth hormones. 

It also said the merits of a drug passport scheme should be evaluated and tested in a pilot program and further research is also needed into the motives for drug use and the long-term consequences.