Published: August 11, 2000
Whereas the Women's Sports Foundation has adopted the following policy on the use of illegal or banned substances:
Taking any illegal or banned substance that alters the normal function 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.
Whereas, the Women's Sports Foundation urges sport leaders to take strong positions in favor of drug-free sports,
Therefore Be It Resolved that:
- The Women's Sports Foundation go on record as calling for the international governing bodies of sports to impose bans on international sports participation by those nations in which institutionalized use of performance-enhancing drugs has been demonstrated.
- It is the responsibility of each sport's international governing body to have a drug-testing program in place, administered by an independent agency immune to nationalistic influences, to detect institutionalized performance-enhancing drug use by its member nations. Such a drug-testing program must include random, unannounced and year-round out-of-competition testing.