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Drugs, Medicines and Food Supplement Policy

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Policy on the Use of Drugs, Medicine and Food Supplements

Note: At its September 1998 meeting, the OHSAA Board of Control endorsed the position statement issued by the Sports Medicine Advisory Committee of the National Federation of State High School Associations on the use of drugs, medicine and food supplements in  interscholastic sports.  The statement is as follows:

"School personnel and coaches should not dispense any drug, medication or food supplement except with extreme caution and in the accordance with policies developed in consultation with parents, health care professionals and senior administrative personnel of the school or school district."

"Use of any drug, medication or food supplement in a way not prescribed by the manufacturer should not be authorized or encouraged by school personnel and coaches.   Even natural substances in unnatural amounts may have short-term or long-term negative health effects."

"In order to minimize health and safety risks to student-athletes, maintain ethical standards and reduce liability risks, school personnel and coaches should never supply, recommend or permit the use of any drug, medication or food supplement solely for performance-enhancing purposes."

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