Doping in Sports

By: Katie Cho"Sports can teach children to young adults so many valuable lessons: the value of hard work, teamwork,

dealing with focus, consistency and on and on. To have this undermined by doping among those athletes we most admire alone makes doping

unacceptable. It is cheating, pure and simple, and that is wrong." (Orlando Sentinel)

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Doping is:• A drug taken by an athlete to improve

performance

• Anabolic steroids

• Blood boosters such as erythropoietin

• Beta blockers

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Why people dope• Training effect• Artificially enhancement • Exerts a therapeutic effect• Develop physiques that stretch limits

Doping’s several effects

• Premature heart disease

• Mood disorders or roid rage

• Hepatocellular Damage

• Cardiovascular disease

• It also can lead to some cancers

Doping’s several effects (2)

• Arrhythmia

• Psychological Disturbance

• Musculoskeletal effects

• Increased mortality

Male and Female Effects

Male Female

• Impotence with chronic or repeated use.

• There testicular starts to shrink.

• They start to get a breast enlargement.

• They also start to have a prostatic enlargement

• Reduction of sperm production

• Lastly, premature baldness.

• They start to look manlier, or “masculinization/hirsutism.”

• Start to grow excessive hair growth on the face & body

• There vocal cords start to thicken which causes the deepening of the voice.

• Abnormal menstrual cycles • Their breast starts to reduce in

size. • Some woman get polycystic

ovarian syndrome, which is a genetic disease.

Have athletes been tested?

• NFL players • Baseball players

• Cyclist

Who is a pharmacist?• Dispense prescription drugs• Review drug interactions• Advise doctors for medications• Mix and prepare drugs• Teach patients about drugs

Pharmacist work area• Retail drugstore, • Hospital• Nursing homes• Pharmaceutical• Medical research firms• Military• Work independently

Pharmacist• Education Required: 6 yr. pharmacy degree,

mathematics, and natural science

• Salary: $77,390 $92,760-$121,310 $131,440

• Related Careers: Physical therapist, Chiropractors, and a doctor

Future Demand• Grow 17 percent between 2008-2018 It is faster than average.

High school experience

• Attended River Hill High School from 2012-2016• Attended Allied Health Academy, Health and

Biosciences Cluster• You must maintain a “c” average in all academic

coursework• Complete at least 6-8 hours of work-site

experience per week.

College• Attended University of Maryland from 2016-2022

• Program of study: Pharmacology

• Tuition is $22,433 for Maryland residents, and $39,804 for out of state residents.

Community Service/Achievements• Made food for seniors, 30 hour famine, planted

trees and painted buildings in Baltimore. (church)

• Gotten a 6 year pharmacy degree, PharmD

• Went to health and biosciences academy

• Intern pharmacist at Giant

Qualification• Qualified because I obtained my 6 year pharmD

degree • Studied mathematics, • Natural science • Health and Biosciences academy