The use of alcohol and drugs seems contradictory to the popular
ideal of sport as a healthy moral and physical pursuit, and yet it
has been present in sports culture since clubs first became the
focus for competitive games and social gatherings. Charting the
changing patterns of the use of drugs and alcohol since the
nineteenth century, this is a critical history that relates
substance consumption and regulation to social relations of power:
sports men and women almost revelling in their deviance and leaving
the moral agonising to their supposed 'superiors'. In addition,
certain substances have become at various times the focus of
heightened controversy, raising questions about the symbolism of
the body in sport, its uses and behaviours and associated
perceptions. These questions are tackled here in a lively
discussion on the social construction of drug and alcohol use,
ideal as a catalyst for debate or as an informed introduction to
the hottest topic in sport today. This book was previously
published as a special issue of Sport in History.
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