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College athletes who use performance-enhancing substances may be at heightened risk of misusing alcohol and using recreational drugs as well, according to new research in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs.The study, of 234 male athletes at one university, found that those who used performance enhancers -- ranging from steroids to stimulants to weight-loss supplements -- were more likely to admit to heavy drinking and using drugs like marijuana and cocaine.Moreover, they also had...
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The St. Louis Cardinals' new hire of former home run king/admitted steroid abuser Mark McGwire as hitting coach sends a message to all baseball and young people of "CHEAT, DO DRUGS, COVER UP WHEN CONGRESS INVESTIGATES," former White House drug policy spokesman Bob Weiner said today. Weiner continued, "What will he tell batters? Grab the drugs? When McGwire used Andro (Androstenedione), now banned, he hit his record 70 home runs. After publicly...
Although the increasing use of smart drugs known as "nootropics" will be hard to ban, it could lead to the use of routine doping tests for exam students, according to a report issued Wednesday.Writing in the Journal of Medical Ethics, Vince Cakic of the Department of Psychology at the University of Sydney pointed to the abuse of smart drugs among students wanting to achieve higher academic standing.Cakic compares the situation to the controversial use of performance drugs in professional...
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Former Chicago White Sox starting pitcher Jim Parque has admitted to using human growth hormone during his major league career. Parque, 33, said the use began after a start against Seattle in Game 1 of the 2000 American League Championship Series when he suffered a shoulder injury and spent the offseason in pain. Pain was the reason for a slow beginning in the 2001 season, he wrote in the Chicago Sun-Times. A wife, a new baby, and a demotion to the minors by General Manager Kenny Williams in...
The NFL has suspended Arizona Cardinals tight end Ben Patrick four games for violating its substance abuse policy.Patrick tested positive for the drug Adderall, which he has admitted to taking during Arizona's bye week last season to stay awake for a drive from Flagstaff to Phoenix.His agent, Kevin Omell, told the Arizona Republic earlier this week that Patrick admitted using the amphetamine, which is on the NFL's list of banned substances.He took one pill one time driving back from Flagstaff...
The United States Anti-Doping Agency said Tuesday American cyclist Tyler Hamilton has accepted an eight-year suspension. The anti-doping agency said in a release that Hamilton, 38, had tested positive for testosterone or its precursors in a sample taken Feb. 9. It was Hamilton's second offense, and the release said Hamilton agreed to the lab findings that resulted in the ban. Hamilton admitted in April to taking an over-the-counter anti-depressant supplement with the knowledge it contained...
Italian cyclist Marta Bastianelli has been suspended from competition for two years following drug tests that came up positive for a banned stimulant. The Court of Arbitration for Sport in Switzerland, in a release Friday, partially upheld an appeal by the International Cycling Union regarding Bastianelli and said she was banned from races for two years, retroactive to last July 5. Urine samples from Bastianelli twice tested positive for the stimulant norfenfluramine, the Court of...
Athletes could be putting their lives at risk by doping themselves with powerful prescription drugs, a leading academic has warned. Professor Declan Naughton, Professor of Biomolecular Sciences at Kingston University in South West London, cautioned sportsmen and women against trying to improve their performance by taking drugs known as nitrites without clinical supervision. Speaking at a conference on drug-taking in sport, he warned that they could suffer a range of side effects from...
