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MADAM SPEAKER

THE ISSUE OF THE USE BY ATHLETES OF PERFORMANCE ENHANCING SUBSTANCES HAS RECEIVED WIDE PUBLICITY AND. GENERAL UNIVERSAL CONDEMNATION IN REGENT YEARS. INTERNATIONALLY THIS HAS RESULTED IN MOST GOVERNMENTS AND MOST SPORTS ADOPTING LAWS, CODES OF PRACTICE, RULES AND SANCTIONS COVERING SUCH USAGE.

THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE HAS DEVELOPED A LIST OF BANNED DOPING SUBSTANCES AND .METHODS WHICH IS WIDELY RECOGNISED, AND WHICH IS THE BASIS OF MOST INTERNATIONAL ACTION CONCERNING -THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE.

THE ISSUE IS IMPORTANT,. NOT ONLY FROM THE CHEATING ASPECT, BUT .MODE SIGNIFICANTLY FROM THE HARM MINIMISATION ASPECT. THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT. SOME OF THE DRUG REGIMES TO WHICH ATHLETES MAY BE ATTRACTED CAN CAUSE SERIOUS LONG TERM DELETERIOUS HEALTH PROBLEMS, AND EVEN DEATH.

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