Globalisation of anti-doping: the reverse side of the medal

doi:10.1136/bmj.a584

Published 4 July 2008, doi:10.1136/bmj.a584
Cite this as: BMJ 2008;337:a584

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Globalisation of anti-doping: the reverse side of the medal

Bengt Kayser, professor and director of the institute of movement sciences and sports medicine¹, Aaron C T Smith, professor and director of sport and leisure management²

¹ University of Geneva, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland, ² Faculty of Law and Management, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia

Correspondence to: B Kayser bengt.kayser@medecine.unige.ch

Current anti-doping policy is sufficiently problematic to callfor debate and change, say Bengt Kayser and Aaron C T Smith

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Performance enhancement has always been an essential part ofsport, but over the past few decades a strong movement againstdoping has emerged, in parallel with the rapid development ofbiomedical technology. This movement was led by the InternationalOlympic Committee, which in 1999 formed the World Anti-DopingAgency (WADA). WADA now leads a global movement for harmonisationof anti-doping rules in elite sport, using repressive, punitivepolicies for transgression, and documented within the WorldAnti-doping Code and an annually updated list of forbidden substancesand methods (www.wada-ama-org).

Solicited by WADA, Unesco has proposed a convention againstdoping for signature by member states, adding to the pressureplaced on national governments and sports federations to comply.¹This globalisation and harmonisation of anti-doping effortsis ostensibly reasonable since it is designed to enforce consistentrules throughout the elite sporting world. However, there areseveral compelling reasons to question current . . . [Full text of this article]

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