Government responsibilities in anti-doping are many:

• They facilitate doping controls and support national testing programs;
• Encourage the establishment of "best practice" in the labelling, marketing, and distribution of products that might contain prohibited substances;
• Withhold financial support from those who engage in or support doping;
• Take measures against manufacturing and trafficking;
• Encourage the establishment of codes of conduct for professions relating to sport and anti-doping;
• Fund anti-doping education and research.

Many governments cannot be legally bound by a non-governmental document such as the Code.  Governments accordingly drafted and adopted the UNESCO International Convention against Doping in Sport to align their domestic policies with the Code.  This first universal treaty against doping in sport entered into force in February 2007. Governments are now ratifying it individually.

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