Psychoactive Drug Use in Sport

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Chapter 1

Videos:

The Economist, “Doping in Sport: Why It Can’t Be Stopped”
The New York Times, “Punched Out: The Rise and Fall of Derek Boogard”

Podcasts:

Brooke Gladstone & Craig Reinarman, “A (Long) History of American Drug Panics,” On the Media
Jordan Ritter Conn, “What If? The Len Bias Story”

Websites, Blogs, & Commentaries

Niall Wheate and Shoohb Alassadi, “Why cocaine is considered performance-enhancing, and why it matters when the athlete took it”
National Institute on Drug Abuse, “Words Matter - Terms to Use and Avoid When Talking About Addiction”

Chapter 2

Videos:

Sport Integrity Australia, “The 11 Anti-Doping Rules Explained”
Luke Thomas, “The Anti-Doping Crisis in Sport Conversation with Paul Dimeo”

Podcasts:

The Science of Sport Podcast, “The Drug Use in Sport Episode”
Sports Bizarre with Titus O’Reily and Mike Molloy, Doping in the Tour de France

Websites, Blogs, & Commentaries

Hannah Farrell, “I’m a college athlete and you should drug test me.”
Brad Culp, “A look at COVID-19’s impact on drug testing”
Claude E. Welch Jr., “Study at college shows ‘pep pills’ aid athletes”

Chapter 3

Videos:

The SafeYou Project, Episode 1: The Norm
Today, “Sha’Carri Richardson speaks out about failed drug test”

Podcasts:

Crackdown, Episode 31: “Love, Death and Benzodope”
This American Life, “A Drinking School with a Football Problem”

Websites, Blogs, & Commentaries:

Dominic Hobson, “Viewpoint: The Dark Side of Sport”
Tariqa Tandon, “Kamila Valieva: A Case of Abuse?”

Chapter 4

Videos:

National Institutes of Health, Short Takes with #NIAAA: Binge Drinking
News Refresh, “Most major college football schools sell alcohol at their stadiums now”

Podcasts:

Spoken D Podcast, “Alcohol, Money, and College Sports”
Kids Health Cast, “Alcohol and Substance Use Among College Age Students”

Websites, Blogs, & Commentaries:

Karen Abbott, “How the 1904 Marathon Became One of the Weirdest Olympic Events of All Time”
Kathleen Weaver, “Don’t mistake an athlete for a ‘toxic jock’”

Chapter 5

Videos:

Podcasts:

National Academy of Medicine, Countering the Opioid Crisis: Time to Act Podcast
NFL Players’ Second Act Podcast, “Braylon Edwards Talks LeBron James, Michigan vs. Alabama, Overcoming Opioid Addiction”

Websites, Blogs, & Commentaries

Greg Johnson, “Student-athletes report drop in binge drinking, use of narcotic pain medication, and spit tobacco”
John Barr, “Painkiller Misuse Numbs NFL Pain”

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