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• Stimulants

Amphetamines are the most common example, but some other banned stimulants are caffeine, cocaine, ephedrine, fencamfamine, phenylpropanolamine, phentermine, pseudoephedrine andrelated substances. Some of these can even be found in over-the-counter cold medications, which mustbe avoided by athletes.

• Narcotics analgesics

These are basically painkillers. They include substances like methadone,

morphine, dextropropoxyphene, and pethidine. Codeine is not banned.

• Anabolic steroids

Some examples are boldenone, testosterone, mesterolone, nandrolone, stanozolol, clostebol, clenbuterol, terbutaline, salbutamol, fenoterol, salmeterol, and related substances.

• Diuretics

These drugs help the kidneys remove fluids from the body. They can be used by an athlete who wants to lose weight quickly. Some athletes believe that they can cause the body to pass so much urine so quickly that it will make it more difficult to detect other illegal drugs.

• Blood doping

Erythropoetin is a hormone secreted by the kidneys that acts on the bone marrow to stimulate production of red blood cells. In an effort to enhance the oxygen carrying capacity of the blood, some athletes will inject erythropoetin. Detecting an illegal use of this naturally occurring human hormone poses a particular analytical challenge.

• Beta blockers

These are used to slow down the heart rate and lower blood pressure. They may be taken in an attempt to steady nerves. Some examples include acebutalol, atenolol, oxprenolol, propranolol, and related substances.

• Alcohol

These drugs are used do dull pains and strains, However use of Alcohol has some side effects. Impaired hand-eye coordination and hand steadiness, increased complex reaction time , impaired visual search and tracking , impaired transfer from immediate recall to long-term storage, prolonged glare recovery , contraction of visual field (tunnel vision), difficulty in processing information, impaired performance of multiple tasks.

• Cannabis (marijuana, hashish)

Cannabis is used primarly the same reasons as the Alcohol, But cannabis produces a more rapid effect than alcohol. Cannabis's side effects are poor immediate recall, prolonged glare recovery, visual distortion, distorted perception of time and space, possibility of hallucinations, poor performance of complex tasks, poor tracking ability , impaired hand steadiness , increased complex reaction time , apathy and lethargy.

• Cocaine

Though the coca leaf, and its extract cocain hydrochloride, have been used for more than four thousand years, abuse in North America is relatively recent. The use of cocaine has, in the past decade, spread to other white collar, blue collar and student populations. The principal danger with cocaine is that its effects are intense but of short duration; over time, use becomes very frequent and psychological dependency extreme. It's side effects follows. Exaggerated feeling of competency and power, hyper vigilance, \excitability, poor judgement and decision-making irritability, erratic, aggressive behavior ,impaired fine motor dexterity, impaired ability to estimate time and distance.