Girls and women who participate in sport gain health benefits for life including increased self-esteem, lower risk of certain cancers, and lower incidence of health risk behaviors.
The Women’s Sports Foundation urges sport leaders to take strong positions in favor of drug-free sports. International governing bodies of sports should impose bans on international sports participation by those nations in which institutionalized use of performance-enhancing drugs has been demonstrated.
Taking any illegal or banned substance which alters the normal functioning of the mind or body for the purpose of enhancing athletic performance is a decision to cheat, endanger one’s health and encourages others to cheat.
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