The use of performance-enhancing drugs in sport

○ reasons why they are used (e.g. pressure to succeed as an individual, pressure to succeed as a nation)

○ reasons against use (e.g. long term ill health, consequences when found guilty, unfair advantage)

○ World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), i.e. – whereabouts rule – testing methods, i.e. blood sample collection, urine sample collection, hair sample collection, nail sample collection

○ current initiatives (e.g. sanctions)

○ drug offences by elite performers (e.g. Dwain Chambers, David Millar)

○ impact of drug taking on the reputation of sport (e.g. mistrust of results/events such as Tour de France as a result of so many scandals)

○ ethical issues related to drug taking (e.g. should there be a distinction between use of performance enhancing drugs and recreational drugs?)