Anti-Doping Educational Workshop

1. Anti-Doping Educational Workshop

2. Outcomes • What is doping? • Understand the context within which SAIDS works • How the anti-doping code applies to athletes/ players, parents, coaches and administrators • Understand what is permitted and what is banned in sport • The doping control process • Dangers of drug abuse mka

3. What is Doping? • The use of a substance that produces a physiological enhancement in performance • Use of illegal drugs such as steroids or marijuana • Providing illegal drugs to athletes by the coach or manager including administering drugs • The use of illegal methods to enhance performance such as blood transfusions without medical reasoning • A positive urine or blood test for illegal/ banned substances • Valid evidence that any of the above has taken place mka

4. What is a Doping Offence? • Presence of a prohibited substance in an athlete’s urine or blood sample • Use or attempted use of a prohibited substance or method • Refusing to submit to sample collection after being notified • Failure to file athlete where-abouts information and missed information • Tampering with any part of the doping control process • Possession of a prohibited substance or method • Trafficking a prohibited substance or method • Administering or attempting to administer a prohibited substance or method to an athlete mka

5. Organogram WADA Int. Fed GDE head office & district office Nat. Fed SAIDS Schools DCO Learner Athlete mka

6. Organogram – Who is who? • WADA – World Anti-Doping Agency • Global organisation responsible for setting the Anti-Doping Code • Works closely with the International Olympic Committee and relevant International Sport Federations • SAIDS – South African Institute for Drug Free Sport • Instituted in Parliament in 1997 “The Anti-Doping Act” • Responsible for the Anti-Doping code in South Africa • Work closely with the South African National Sport Federations mka

7. Role of School, GDE and SAIDS • Understand & implement policies: (SASA Safety measures at schools, Prevention & treatment for substance abuse Act, national Drug Master plan, SASA Notice 1140 of 2008) • Include sports drugs in school policy & code of conduct • Educational programs for teachers, parents, coaches & active SBST • Safe guard personal rights of learners • Testing, disciplinary to be agreed by SGB, SMT & parents • Therapeutic methods School • Education • Notification of Testing • Sample Collection • Laboratory Analysis • Results Management • Report to Federations and School SAIDS mka

8. Role of Athlete and Learner • Be aware of your rights • Know the school drugs policy & code of conduct • Cooperate with SAIDS and DCO • Provide urine sample in line with the policy • Declare medication use and TUE’s • Update whereabouts (if applicable) Athlete • Cooperate with School, GDE, SAIDS and DCO • Understand permitted & banned substances • Assist peers & educators - awareness • Adhere to school policy and disciplinary actions Learner mka

9. Ethics of Sport • Dedication and commitment • Respect for rules and laws • Respect for self and other participants • Courage • Community and solidarity Ethics, fair play and honesty Health Excellence in performance Character and education Fun and joy Teamwork mka

10. Prohibited Substances • When a substance or method meets any 2 of the following criteria: • Medical or scientific evidence that the substance or method has the potential to enhance or does enhance sport performance • Medical or scientific evidence that the substance or method represents an acute or potential health risk to the sports person • Use of the substance or method violates the spirit of the sport mka

11. Prohibited Substances • Anabolic agents • Peptide hormones, growth factors and related substances • Beta-2 Agonists • Hormone and Metabolic Modulators • Diuretics and other Masking agents mka

12. Prohibited Substances • Stimulants • Narcotics • Cannabinoids • Glucocorticosteroids • Alcohol • Beta-Blockers mka

13. Non-regulated substances • Non-regulated substances include the following ingredients • Vitamins • Minerals • Amino acids • Herbs / herbal extracts • Plant extracts • Homeopathic preparations • Protein / carbohydrate powders • Energy drinks / boosters mka

14. Prohibited Substances • Use the Doping List • www.drugfreesport.org.za What you put into your mouth and on your body is YOURchoice and responsibility! mka

15. Therapeutic Use Exemption • The use of Therapeutic Use Exemptions • When medical treatment is required and no alternative is available, a TUE can be submitted • TUE does not grant permission to always use a particular medication in uncontrolled dosages • Retrospective TUE’s are to be completed and submitted in cases of emergency treatment • TUE’s can be rejected by SAIDS mka

16. Therapeutic Use Exemption • All athletes competing at a Provincial or National level must complete TUE’s when necessary • Any event sanctioned/ hosted by a National sporting Federation or SASCOC, SRSA and DBE gives SAIDS the right to test therefore TUE’s must be submitted • TUE’s must be submitted 30 days before an event. Anything shorter must be sent with urgency • Athletes must keep a copy of the submitted TUE and declare it during the testing procedure mka

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18. Signs indicating Substance abuse • Steroids • Sudden increase in muscle size and overall weight gain (muscle mass) that is outside natural growth • Fast drop in fat mass and lean muscle gains • Large, deep and red stretch marks along the major muscle contours • Sudden irregular moods and aggressive behaviour coupled with swings of depression and need for attention • Abnormal acne on the back and chest mka

19. Signs indicating Substance abuse • Hormone derivatives • Overall increase in growth and the ability to sustain more training sessions with low recovery (HGH) • Sudden increases in endurance performance • Masking agents • Jittery or anxious behaviour or sudden “need” to consume large volumes of water • Arriving at school severely fatigue after complaining of bad sleep mka

20. Signs indicating Substance abuse • Stimulants • Sudden increase in energy levels especially before training sessions or during sporting events • Energy burst followed by incredible decrement of energy and also consequent lack of training recovery or insomnia • Marijuana • Lethargy and lack of concentration in school • Narcotics • All the major known signs for recreational drug use mka

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23. Doping Control Procedure Full exposure required Males will have Male DCO Females will have Female DCO mka

24. Doping Control Procedure • What happens to the A and B sample? • The procedure once an A sample is positive • Notification to the federation and athlete • Right to view the B sample being tested • Right to a fair, independent trial • Right to an appeal • The tribunal • A board selected by the Minister of Sport • What is a sanction • Banned from all sport for the time set by the tribunal chair mka

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26. Contact Details www.drugfreesport.org.za Tel: 0861 072437 Fax: 0861 272437 info@drugfreesport.org.za education@drugfreesport.org.za Facebook: I Play Fair ZA Twitter: @iplayfairZA mka

27. Thank you Any Questions?? mka