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Drug Control in Disability Sports
Education
 | How can athletes with disabilities
and their coaches learn
about restricted and banned drugs,
conflicts with medications, testing
procedures, testing policies, and penalties? |
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| For answers, go to these web
sites:
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Banned and Restricted Substances
| Should the banned and restricted drug
lists be
the same for disability sports as
able-bodied sports? |
| What if a necessary medication is on the
banned substance list?
 | What if the
athlete needs a banned anticonvulsant? |
| What if the athlete needs hormone supplements like
synthetic testosterone for a
disability-related health problem? |
| What if the athlete has received a
substance such as human growth hormone because of a
disability-related health problem? |
| If
exceptions are made for athletes using
certain medications,
how can the testers control misuse and unnecessary
prescriptions? |
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| Should performance-enhancing practices such as
"boosting" be banned in disability sports (boosting refers to the use of
painful stimuli or a deliberately blocked catheter by wheelchair athletes
to increase blood pressure and thereby improve performance). |
Testing Procedures
| Do testers need different training before
testing athletes
with a disability compared to
athletes who do not have disabilities? |
| Should the testing procedures be the same for all disability groups?
| Are there any sensitivity issues that need to be addressed in the
drug testing procedures for athletes with disabilities? |
| What disability accommodations need to be made to conduct drug
testing? |
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| How can officials control performance enhancing
activities that are non-drug related such as boosting
by wheelchair athletes? |
Testing Policies
| Should athletes with a disability be subject to
drug control testing? |
| Who should be tested and how often should testing occur?
| At competitions, should every athlete be
tested, only the top three finishers, or random testing of all competing
athletes? |
| Should testing be done before competitions start, during or
immediately following the competition? |
| Should testing occur during training as well as during competitions? |
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| How should the added cost of drug testing
be covered? |
Penalties
| Should the penalties for positive tests
be the same in disability sports as in
able-bodied sports? |
| If an athlete with a
disability tests positive for
a banned substance, should the penalty
toward the national governing body (NGB) be the same as when an
able-bodied athlete tests positive? |
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