Sports Law: Drug Use in Sports: Cases, General Resources, & Publications

Cases:

• Hill v. National Collegiate Athletics Association 26 Cal.Rptr.2d 834 (Cal.1994) Not Available in Digital Format. Challenge to Stanford University drug testing program as violation of privacy rights.
• Regents of the University of Colorado v. Derdeyn 863 P.2d 929 (Colo. 1993) Not Available in Digital Format. Challenge to state university's mandatory drug testing program.
• Vernonia School Dist. 47J v. Acton (1995) Court found that mandatory drug testing in high school athletics programs was not an unreasonable search or seizure, nor was it an invasion of privacy.
• Todd v. Rush County Schools (7th Cir., 1998) Challenge to school district policy that students who wish to engage in extra curricular activities must submit to a program of random drug testing. On remand, policy found acceptable and appeal was denied.

Resources:

• ACLU Work-Place Drug Testing FAQ American Civil Liberties Union's statement on workplace drug testing.
• Sport Safe Drug Testing Service An organization for drug testing in high school sports.
• NCAA Drug Testing Policy Banned substances, testing program protocol, and exceptions for college atheletes at NCAA schools.
• United State Olympic Committee Guide to Prohibited Substances
• International Olympic Committee Medical Code
• Suspicionless Drug Testing In Schools by William J. Bailey of the Indiana Prevention Resource Center at University of Indiana. Discussion of the pros and cons of such testing.
• Drug Testing At Work: A Guide for Employers by Beverley Potter, Ph.D. & Sebastian Orfali, M.A. A guide to how drug tests work, the legal issues in testing, and how employees can avoid false positives.
• Drug Testing Policy A sample policy statement for use or modification for a public school interested in implementing a drug testing program.
• Parent's Home Drug Testing Information and resources for home testing kits provided for parents concerned about drug and alcohol abuse by their minor children.
• International Journal of Drug Testing A multidisciplinary, refereed Journal devoted to the publication of issues pertinent to the evaluation of exposure to psychoactive drugs.
• Drug Testing in the Workplace A primer from the Indiana Prevention Resource Center on purposes and results of drug testing policies in the workplace.
• Drug Watch International Position Statement on Drug Testing

Publications:

• What Can Coaches Do?: Preventing Student Athlete Drug Abuse A list of tips from SPORT SAFE Drug Testing, Inc.
• Methamphetamine: Abuse and Addiction A research report from the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
• Cocaine: Abuse and Addiction A research report from the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
• Legal Issues in Starting Drug Testing by Joseph C. Franz, M.D. Issues to be considered before starting a student athlete drug testing program.
• World Conference on Doping in Sport Information about the conference held Feb. 2-4, 1999 in Lausanne, Switzerland, and resources concerning the movement to prevent drug use in sports.
• Doping and Sports: Collective Expert Assessment A report from the University of Illinois at Urbana
• An Abridged Report on Anabolic Steroids by Geoffrey Vail Brown. Properties and uses, both medical and otherwise, of steroids.
• Newsletters on The S-Files A collection of newsletters from different organizations collected and posted by the S-Files webmaster.
• Anabolic Steroids Position statement of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons on the use of steroids.
• Anabolic Steroids as Controlled Substances by Rick Collins, esq. A history of steroid use and the law.
• Do Our Anabolic Steroid Laws Work? by Rick Collins, esq. A look at whether the Anabolic Steroid Control Act really works as intended.
• Drugs: Illegal Short Cut on the Road to Atlanta Article by the Mayo Clinic on the use of drugs and doping in Olympic Athletes
• Muscle Building: Do Andro and Creatine Work? A look at the advertised and actual effects of popular "herbal" methods of bulking up muscles.
• Creatine, The Next Ergogenic Supplement? by R.B. Kreider. Discussion of what creatine is, how it is used, whether and why it is effective, and other information.
• Drugs Athletes Used to Enhance Performance by Micheline Andel Goldwire, MS, RPh. An article on the use of drugs and other methods by athletes to enhance athletic performance.
• Adolescent Girls Abuse Steroids Too Article by the National Institute on Drug Abuse about the use of steroids by girls in high school sports.
• Concern Raised About Performance Enhancing Drugs in the US by Deborah Josefson.
• Steroids: Bigger is Not Better by Rick Alan. Use, risks, and other information about anabolic steroids.
• Creatine: A Legal Wonder Drug CBS SportsLine report on the effects of creatine use and concerns about unknown side effects.