#NCAA Banned Substance List For 2011 - Ignorance is No Excuse!

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What You Don’t Know Can Hurt Your Eligibility!

Before consuming any nutritional/dietary supplement product, review the product with your athletics department staff:
● Dietary supplements are not well regulated and may cause a positive drug test result.
● Student-athletes have tested positive and lost their eligibility using dietary supplements.
● Many dietary supplements are contaminated with banned drugs not listed on the label.
● Any product containing a dietary supplement ingredient is taken at your own risk.

It is your responsibility to check with the appropriate athletics staff before using any substance.
Ignorance is No Excuse!

Chapter I 2010-11 NCAA Banned Drugs
The NCAA bans the following classes of drugs:
a. Stimulants;
b. Anabolic Agents;
c. Alcohol and Beta Blockers (banned for rifle only);
d. Diuretics and Other Masking Agents;
e. Street Drugs;
f. Peptide Hormones and Analogues;
g. Anti-estrogens; and
h. Beta-2 Agonists.
Note: Any substance chemically related to these classes is also banned. The institution and the studentathlete
shall be held accountable for all drugs within the banned drug class regardless of whether they have been specifically identified.
Drugs and Procedures Subject to Restrictions:
• Blood Doping.
• Local Anesthetics (under some conditions).
• Manipulation of Urine Samples.
• Beta-2 Agonists permitted only by prescription and inhalation.
• Caffeine – if concentrations in urine exceed 15 micrograms/ml.

NCAA Nutritional/Dietary Supplements Warning:
• Before consuming any nutritional/dietary supplement product, review the product and its label with your athletics department staff!
• Dietary supplements are not well regulated and may cause a positive drug test result.
• Student-athletes have tested positive and lost their eligibility using dietary supplements.
• Many dietary supplements are contaminated with banned drugs not listed on the label.
• Any product containing a dietary supplement ingredient is taken at your own risk.

Information about ingredients in medications and
nutritional/dietary supplements can be obtained by
contacting the Resource Exchange Center (REC)
at 877/202-0769 or www.drugfreesport.com/rec
(password ncaa1, ncaa2 or ncaa3).

Chapter II Medical Exceptions
The NCAA recognizes that some banned substances are used for legitimate medical purposes. Accordingly,
the NCAA allows exception to be made for those student-athletes with a documented medical history demonstrating the need for regular use of such a drug. Exceptions may be granted for substances included
in the following classes of banned drugs: stimulants, anabolic agents, beta blockers, diuretics, peptide
hormones, anti-estrogens, and beta-2 agonists. The institution shall inform The National Center for Drug
Free Sport (Drug Free Sport), the NCAA drug-testing third party administrator, of its intent to request a medical
exception to a positive drug test when it is notified of the positive result of the A sample. If the B sample
is confirmed positive and reported to the institution and documentation to support the medical exception
request has not been submitted, the student-athlete will be declared ineligible until such time documentation is
received and reviewed and the exception is granted. If the exception is not granted, the student-athlete may
then request an appeal. NOTE: A medical exception for the use of anabolic agents and peptide hormones must be submitted to the NCAA and approved before athletics participation. Additional information regarding medical exceptions procedures, including for stimulant medications for ADHD, can be found at www.ncaa.org/drugtesting.

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Chapter III Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug-Education Guidelines

The NCAA is committed to prevention of drug and alcohol abuse. NCAA Byalw 30.5 requires the director of athletics or designee to educate student-athletes about NCAA banned substances and the products that may contain them. The following provides a framework for member schools to ensure they are conducting adequate drug education for all student-athletes. Each athletics department should conduct drug and alcohol education for all athletics teams, and target studentathletes who transfer mid-year. Athletics administrators, coaches, compliance officers and sports medicine personnel should also participate in drug education sessions. Campus colleagues working in alcohol and
other drug prevention programs may provide additional support for athletics department efforts.
In preparation for institution drug education programs, annually: ◊ Develop a written policy on alcohol, tobacco and
other drugs. This policy should include a statement on recruitment activities, drug testing, disclosure
of all medications and supplements, discipline, and counseling or treatment options. ◊ Review the NCAA, conference and institutional drugtesting program policies and update handbook materials accordingly.

◊ Include the NCAA list of banned drug classes and NCAA written policies in the student-athlete handbook.

◊ Identify NCAA, conference and institutional rules regarding the use of street drugs, performance enhancing substances, and nutritional supplements, and consequences for breaking the rules.

◊ Display posters and other NCAA educational materials in high-traffic areas.

◊ Include the following printed warning in the studentathlete handbook:
Before consuming any nutritional/dietary
supplement product, review the product with your
athletics department staff. Dietary supplements are
not well regulated and may cause a positive drug test
result. Any product containing a dietary supplement
ingredient is taken at your own risk.*

Tasks and Timelines for Educating Student-Athletes By July 1:

◊ Send out the NCAA list of banned drug classes and the dietary supplement warning and REC* information to
all returning student-athletes and known incoming student-athletes. Orientation at Start of Academic Year:
◊ Ensure that student-athletes sign NCAA compliance forms.
◊ Provide student-athletes with a copy of the written drug policies as outlined prior.
◊ Show the NCAA Drug Education and Testing video.
◊ Verbally explain all relevant drug policies with student-athletes and staff:
• NCAA banned drug classes (note that all related compounds under each class are banned, regardless if they are listed as an example).
• NCAA drug-testing policies and consequences for testing positive, including failure to show or tampering with a urine sample.
• Risks of using nutritional/dietary supplements – read the dietary supplement warning statement.
• NCAA tobacco use ban during practice or competition.
• Conference and institutional drug-testing program policies, if appropriate.
• Street drug use policies and institutional sanctions for violations, if appropriate. Team Meetings:
◊ Repeat the information from the orientation at team meetings throughout the year.

Start of Each New Academic Term:
◊ Repeat the information from the orientation at the start of new academic terms to reinforce messages
and to ensure transfer student-athletes are exposed to this information.

Throughout the Year:
◊ Provide additional drug education opportunities using NCAA resources found at www.NCAA.org/drugtesting.
*For authoritative information on NCAA banned substances, medications and nutritional supplements, contact the Resource Exchange Center (REC) at 877/202-0769 or www.drugfreesport.com/ rec (password ncaa1, ncaa2 or ncaa3).

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