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Thread ID: 121365 2011-10-22 22:40:00 Moral judgement ... fred_fish (15241) PC World Chat
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1239220 2011-10-22 22:40:00 www.stuff.co.nz

Since when has fake (or real) cannabis been performance enhancing (for a physical sport anyway)?

Do they also test for alcohol? ... nicotine? ... hookers?
fred_fish (15241)
1239221 2011-10-22 22:48:00 Adrenaline sports such as downhill mountain biking used to be riddled with cannabis taken as a relaxant gary67 (56)
1239222 2011-10-22 22:51:00 The key word is 'legal' or lack of. The synthesised stuff is illegal just like cannabis.

It makes sense to ban the use of 'illegal' substances in general however I see your point. However if more depth had to be applied rather than just banning illegal substances - each 'thing' would have to be measured to see if it is 'performance enhancing' or not. Far easier and logical to just ban 'illegal substances' don't you think?

Personally I would object to any athlete taking illegal substances - whether they have been shown to be performance enhancing or not!
Disco Dan (11672)
1239223 2011-10-22 23:04:00 The key word is 'legal' or lack of . The synthesised stuff is illegal just like cannabis .

It makes sense to ban the use of 'illegal' substances in general however I see your point . However if more depth had to be applied rather than just banning illegal substances - each 'thing' would have to be measured to see if it is 'performance enhancing' or not . Far easier and logical to just ban 'illegal substances' don't you think?

Personally I would object to any athlete taking illegal substances - whether they have been shown to be performance enhancing or not!
It was legal at the time he took it .

Just strikes me as a bit unfair, being banned from his 'profession' for a year, for smoking half a Kronic while 'offduty' .
Seems pretty clear he wasn't trying to gain any unfair advantage over his fellow competitors .
fred_fish (15241)
1239224 2011-10-22 23:17:00 Adrenaline sports such as downhill mountain biking used to be riddled with cannabis taken as a relaxant
:lol:
"Whoa dude ... there's a tree coming at you at high speed ... you should probably make a swift right turn ... uh yeah I guess I should probably do that soon ... or maybe left would be better ..." SPLAT!
fred_fish (15241)
1239225 2011-10-22 23:34:00 Dumb as dirt smoker. prefect (6291)
1239226 2011-10-22 23:42:00 It was legal at the time he took it.

Just strikes me as a bit unfair, being banned from his 'profession' for a year, for smoking half a Kronic while 'offduty'.
Seems pretty clear he wasn't trying to gain any unfair advantage over his fellow competitors.
It was legal in NZ, but illegal in OZ where the test was performed
plod (107)
1239227 2011-10-23 05:35:00 :lol:
"Whoa dude ... there's a tree coming at you at high speed ... you should probably make a swift right turn ... uh yeah I guess I should probably do that soon ... or maybe left would be better ..." SPLAT!

yeah I know not something I would do but I know it happens more than you think, at the MTB downhill world cups they do test for cannabis and other relaxants
gary67 (56)
1239228 2011-10-24 06:54:00 Alcohol is a well known performance enhancing drug for playing pool and darts - well it is in my case anyway. All other drugs effects on darts and pool unknown to this writer. Twelvevolts (5457)
1239229 2011-10-24 07:22:00 hookers?

What about groupies?
Gobe1 (6290)
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