Drugs/Substance Use in Sports
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7077158 |
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| Authors | Ian Ritchie (Brock University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Pages | 1-4 |
| Publication date | 2024-07-10 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | OTHER |
| Venue | The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781405165518.wbeosd093.pub3 |
| OpenAlex | W4400508285 |
| ISBN | 9781405165518 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 10 |
Drugs and substance use in sport represents a major social problem studied in sociology and in related social‐scientific fields. Research in sociology, history, philosophy, and policy studies has considered issues such as the prevalence of drug use in sport, the efficacy of anti‐doping policies, the rights of athletes, and the history of the creation of anti‐doping rules. Some researchers support anti‐doping in principle, while others are critical and offer alternatives
Psychiatry · Substance use · Doping in Sports · Hormonal and reproductive studies · Muscle metabolism and nutrition · Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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