Anti-doping authorities may allow athletes to smoke pot. Is that really a
good idea? Are sports going to pot?
The
World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is planning a serious shake up of the
international drug code.
TAGS
oping, Drugs
Up in the smoke; the ban on marijuana use in sports may soon be lifted, where
it’s not proven to be a performance enhancer. The World Anti-Doping Agency
(WADA) is planning a serious shake up of the international drug code.
The issue will be raised after Wednesday’s statement from the coalition of
Australian sporting bodies, which said cannabis can’t be put on a par with
human
growth hormone or anabolic steroids and that the drug code must be reviewed.
At the moment, a substance appears on the WADA banned list if it meets the
following criteria: it’s proven to be performance enhancing, it goes against the
spirit of sport, or it’s dangerous to the health of athletes.
Marijuana qualifies as a forbidden drug under current rules, with
sportsmen
getting two-year bans if it’s found in their system, but the situation may soon
change.
"There are those who believe our current criteria needs to be amended and
that will be given appropriate consideration through this review process,”
John
Fahey, WADA President, told The
Guardian newspaper. "Specifically to cannabis, I
can only say to those, particularly in the football codes who have expressed
concern that we're focusing on an area that really isn't about cheating in
sport, I urge them to put a request up to WADA, which will be given to our list
committee, who will examine it.”
"I won't express a view I'll simply say it will be thoroughly examined. There
are some substances today that are banned in some sports, but not in others.
That may well be an option they [the WADA banned-list committee] may wish to
come to the board with in due course. But I won't pre-empt that, I'll let them
decide without any influence from me," he added.
It is widely acknowledged that cannabis doesn’t give any advantage in
fast-paced sports, but may prove helpful in disciplines like pistol shooting or
golf where a steady hand is needed.
Weed-loving athletes will have to wait till November 2013 when WADA’s new
code will be settled.
http://www.rt.com/sport/doping-wada-canabis-marijuana-sports-olympics-504/
Kiwiriverman says: Marijuana/cannabis may not be a
performance enhancing drug as such, but it
is probably the most insidious drug around because it undermines ambition and
determination to succeed.
View the video below to get another point of view.
Please watch, this video if you have any doubts that
Cannabis should be legal
to all
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