Psychology 2020A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Anabolic Steroid, Olympic Oath, Sex Steroid
22 Jul 2018
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Chapter 12 performance-enhancing drugs and drug testing in sports. The first recorded athletic competition, the olympic games in ancient greece, is also the place where we find the first recorded use of psychoactive drugs in sports. By the end of the 19th century, world-class athletes were experimenting with a variety of stimulant and depressant drugs, including cocaine, caffeine, alcohol, nitroglycerine, opioids, strychnine, and amphetamines. In 1886, while competing in a cross-country race, a welsh cyclist died of an overdose of a combination of morphine and cocaine (cid:523)(cid:498)speedball(cid:499)(cid:524), the first drug-related death ever recorded. With the introduction in the 1930s of anabolic steroid drugs specifically patterned after the male sex hormone testosterone, a new element entered the arena of competitive sports: these drugs altered the structure of the athlete"s body. Anabolic steroid drugs had been studied since the 1930s as a treatment for anemia and for conditions that caused muscles to waste away.
