Year : 2020, Volume : 8, Issue : 7
First page : ( 70) Last page : ( 76)
Online ISSN : 2321-1784. Published online : 2020 July 05.

Combatting illicit drug use and abuse among nigerian athletes.

Efe-Aigbovo Agharese.¹, P.HD., Eghosa Kelly Osasehia², M.Sc.

¹Department of Human Kinetics and Sports Science, Faculty of Education, University of Benin, Benin City.

²Department of Human Kinetics and Sports Science, Faculty of Education, University of Benin, Benin City.

Abstract

The menace of drug abuse has bedeviled sports since antiquity till present. As athletes of various sports endlessly seek for ways to attain improved physical and mental performance and excellence in competitions, quite a significant number get involved in various forms of doping to achieve their set goals. Sport federations and other stakeholders in the sporting world have continued to seek for solutions to eradicate the problem of drug abuse among athletes. It is apparent that drug testing alone is insufficient to combat the menace of illicit drug intake by athletes. Educating athletes remains a major way to minimize the problem of doping and eventually eliminate it. Increasedfunding should be provided to anti-doping agencies to aid them in carrying out testing of athletes. Stiffer penalties should be employed to further discourage athletes from involving in illicit drug consumption.

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