Drug Testing at US Halfpipe Grand Prix

Good find. Bored at work, so did some half-assed research. It looks like there are some serious organizations that are against the use of any type of performance enhancers, regardless of prescription status. WADA is the World Anti-Doping Agency, and they publish a list of officially banned(or opposed? it's unclear who really plays by these rules) substances every year. The 2010 list is split up into a few parts. The 'prohibited in or out of competition' list includes steroids and all that other shit Mark McGuire took. The 'prohibited in competition only' list includes all stimulants, narcotics, and, of course, cannabinoids.

That's some dangerous ground your stepping on there. As far as academics goes, and sports if you will. With that line of thought, you could continue to say that prescription glasses/contacts would be "performance enhancing". Some jobs (helicopter pilot for one) require you to get laser eye surgery... could that find it's way into the office, or half pipe? who knows.

i guess organizations dont want to push long haired stoners as a role model to young athletes... plus weed is illegal in most situations in this country. i doubt fis officials are sitting around plotting how to get athletes like tanner and spriggs clean, they are just trying to avoid any red tape involved in promoting a lifestyle dominated by a combination of sport and smoke. that being said, i smoke weed every day, and do not agree, but we just havent come far enough as a country yet for this shit to fly.

whizzenators.

weaksauce yo

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YUP!!!

fuck that

(AP) Overall World Cup champion Bode Miller apologized Thursday for comments he made about skiing and drinking in a 60 Minutes interview that aired last Sunday.

The apology came after Miller spoke to United States Ski and Snowboard Association President and CEO Bill Marolt. The USSA was swamped with angry phone calls from team donors and corporate sponsors after Miller said during the interview with correspondent Bob Simon that it's not easy "to ski when you're wasted."

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/01/12/60minutes/main1203734.shtml


Stop talking.

If athletes that are prescribed ADHD meds are allowed to use those during competition, athletes that are medicinally prescribed marijuana should be allowed to use their medicine as well.

Not always effective, if they want to find it, they will.   Doctors have some crazy ways to determine if its to watery or has traces of detoxifying elements in it.  

Sorry to burst bubbles but its not worth being tagged in this day and age.   Because being tagged would just mean harshed drug tests or even possible hair testing.  

If contests are like most job and you get tagged your pretty much screwed.

:'( bppaul can't compete

You have NO idea what you are talking about, absolutely none.

Look at cycling for example. The top ten are doping without a doubt. They just find ways around it.

I have personally faked multiple drug tests for federal court charges as well as job interviews/

dont you think they will take a bit more time to examine an Oly athlete "sample"...then they would for the thousands of criminal samples they see every single day?

A doctor can find watery/detox elements IF he wants to take the TIME/money/effort to do so. YOU just werent worth their time......as your not an oly athelete and your not on the "worlds stage" for every to see.

on cycling, thats a HUGE assumption/opinion. Pretty much the same as say "Top 10 in the MLB are doping without a doubt, they just find ways around it". Little outlandish, eh?

also, then why do they get busted if their is such an easy way around it?

http://www.wired.com/playbook/2010/05/cycling-champ-admits-doping-accuses-others/

just one SMALL example

not sure why you said he has no idea what he is talking about......?

It's called priorities kids. Sure you could skip the event to have a few extra weeks/months/years of blazing your precious chronic, but when you're old and look back on your life would you rather have 75 years of blazing weed to look back on, or 73 years of blazing weed plus an olympic experience?

Danny Kass is a Fag.......   next time i se him im going to kick his ass... he got pissed casue i took cobra sauce from the cobra dog  stand and used it on my chevron dog. .... asshole.

hahahahahahahahahaha

Want a cookie for faking drug tests.   Feel like a man doing that or were you so scarred because a failed drug test follows you forever.   I am calling BS on the federal drug test because i personally know they test for most counter measures.   Pending if your looking for a job or probation, if your on federal probation, you have more to worry about than 420.   If you get caught faking a test for a job, good luck finding a job because your background investigation, your going to fail.

 On the whole job drug testing, depends what agency your testing with and what the business was testing for.   I know agencies that take samples and dont even send them.  

Cycling isnt a great example because since that came out, alot of people lost respect for the sport because of it.  As much as I love Lance Armstrong, I dont have half the respect I use because he was caught doping.  

Besides if you get tested at an actual hospital, your a** is gonna get caught, i know they take that stuff dead serious and dont mess around.   This comes from multiple sources, both phds, nurses and people who have taken them.   Sames goes for testing after an accident while on the job, testing is 500% more comprehensive.  

Besides, if "they" want to find it they will, they could pull one hair from anywhere on your body and find out every drug you have done minus lsd and mushrooms.  

Sorry for the lengthy post, Kinda got alittle angry at big bird there.   P

K+

good read man

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