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Wednesday, October. 11, 1989 / University Daily Kansan
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Keeping drugs out of sports
Professors develop program to combat abuse by athletes
By Tracy Wilkinson Kansan staff writer
Phil Lowcock explains the dangers of athletes' substance abuse.
Education is the key to the prevention of drug use in sports, says a founder of the KU Substance Abuse Prevention course.
Jane Rudolph/Special to the KANSAN
While most universities were spending a great deal of money for the drug testing of their athletes, KU professor Dave Cook and former KU professor Raymond Tricker were developing a program to prevent drug use.
"Education is probably the best defense," Cook said. "Where can they learn the truth? We want to teach them to make informed decisions and then to develop them as role models."
Tricker, who now holds a university position in Oregon, and Cook began their Substance Abuse Prevention course, Health, Physical Education and Recreation 707, in Spring 1986, said Phil Lowcock, graduate teaching assistant.
The format of the class spends two-thirds of the semester gathering knowledge about the drugs of sports, both performance enhancing and stress or tension relieving. The other third of the class is spent preparing for and going out into the community to present a drugs-in-sports topic to Lawrence grade school or junior high school students.
"The first part of the course is on knowledge-based lectures," Lowcock said. "In the second, we prepare to spread the knowledge we have learned."
course was the first of its kind to be presented.
Lowcock said that students spent one class period making the presentations and then comparing the results, which included the audience's reaction.
"As I know it, it is a pilot program," he said. "It is a great class. All the people have the same background: athletes, coaches or people studying to be coaches or health educators. The class discussions are great. It really makes for a better educational experience."
To his knowlege, Lowcock said, the
Lowcock said that one section of the course was offered each semester. Although it is open to all grades, he said, the majority of students are freshmen because the athletic
department encourages an early knowledge and awareness of the ideas which the class presents.
Opening up a reliable source of information on drug effects and how their use relates to the topic of sports, what the class is all about, he said.
Cook said that the class was based on truths, myths, risks and alternatives to drugs.
"We want to focus on how athletics can use their minds and their Godgiven talents instead of the alternative drugs," he said.
Greyhound racer violates pari-mutuel laws
The Associated Press
Norman Hanson of Solomon, Kan. is one of 18 kennel operators chosen this year to provide greyhounds for
the Woodlands, which opened last month in Kanags City, Kap.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A greyhound racer received a contract to race dogs at the Woodlands Kennel Club while serving on a Kansas Racing Commission advisory board in a possible violation of racing laws, the Kansas City, Times reported yesterday.
The Times said Hanson began seeking a booking at the track while serving on a board that assisted the Racing Commission with regulations governing dog and horse racing.
Kernel bookings can be worth thousands of dollars a month to kernel operators. Hanson's kennel of about 40 dogs made more than $30,000, before expenses, during the first three weeks the track was open.
Hanson said in a recent interview that he received a contract from Woodlands officials before he resigned from the advisory board June 15 but that he did not sign the contract until after he quit.
Kansas pari-mutuel laws prohibit appointees of the Racing Commission from entering "into any business dealing, venture or contract" with a track owner or manager while serving on the commission.
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