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Weed accepted in 2014 Olympics?

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Cannabis May Be Removed from Banned Lists by Sports Anti-doping Agency

John Fahey, the president of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), has indicated the body may look at changing the criteria for cannabis as a banned substance for athletes. The idea that cannabis doesn't fall into the descriptions applied to performance enhancing drugs isn't new, but the fact that it's gaining traction is.
A coalition of Australian sporting bodies met with David Howman, WADA's general director. They wanted to express their contention that cannabis should not be on WADA's banned list of match-day performance enhancing drugs. After the meetings, a statement was released.
"There are those who believe that our current criteria need to be amended and that will be given appropriate consideration through this review process," Fahey said. He went on to talk about drugs that are banned in some sports but not in others. That's the crux of the argument for changing the criteria on cannabis.
What's really at issue is whether or not WADA, or any athletic governing body for that matter, will go on listing cannabis as a banned drug in sports where it is clearly not a performance enhancer. Currently, an athlete testing positive for cannabis can receive a two-year ban. That's incredibly harsh for something that has no discernible effect on the sporting outcome.
No decision this year
There won't be any change in the rules in time to mean anything for the 2012 London Olympics, but changes could be put in place as early as 2013, which would have an impact on the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, Russia.
It seems WADA is considering the wider social picture wherein cannabis isn't seen nearly as negatively as in the past. People are becoming more accepting of the substance as a medicinal or recreational substance.
What sports would cannabis still be banned from?
WADA isn't looking at not testing for it at all, but not looking for cannabis unless it's use is shown to give a potential advantage in a particular sport. While it's not something that will help a competitor in most sporting endeavors, something which requires a steady hand is different. Two given are shooting and golf. The criteria for banning cannabis would be if it is shown to be performance enhancing.
It will be interesting to see how sports organizations in the United States react if an ant-doping body like WADA determines cannabis to be something they aren't going to test for in many competitions. The attitudes about the use of the plant are loosening in the U.S., but not as quickly as in some other countries. How will sports testing for cannabis be handled?
May 4 2012 8:38PM
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Errl
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i didn't... onl;y a few on the first page before i got too eager to prove somedone wrong ;D
May 10 2012 12:37PM
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Gods_Father
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I have also never said cannabis does not have side effects when smoked..........and you did demonize it you claim it is harmful. LOLLLLLLL!

You definitely said it is harmful yet you could not even provide an EXAMPLE of that. HAHA!

"try to actually listen to what i have said/am saying."

How many times are you gona say that without saying anything? Like I said, say what you are trying to say, kid.

I read everything that you typed and the only factual comment was what I quoted of you lol. You go on babbling about THC but never mention cannabinoids and our cannabinoid receptors.

Why are you so obsessed with the smoking aspect of cannabis? Like I said you are too young to understand the many uses of the helpful plant without it even being heated.

Long story short: Herb is a wonder plant, kid, and people shouldn't blindly accept it as a harmful drug just because that's what the tv told them.

Stop being so defensive and butthurt, and try to actually say something before you tell people to listen to you.

May 10 2012 6:51PM
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Gods_Father
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"FACT: Using cannabis, be it smoking or other methods, can be harmful,"

"FACT: Most people use smoking as their method of ingesting cannabis, and smoking in itself is harmful."

LOL!!!! You are too naive to provide real facts so you make baseless and incorrect assumptions.  

May 10 2012 6:56PM
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Jibberino
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I guess you're excessive use of LOOOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL actually makes you the kid. I refer to my earlier post, where i used facts that were generously given to me by another NS member. I hope facts from an article concerning a study published in the American Journal of Medicine is real enough for you, however I doubt it, as you seem to be living in a dreamworld of your own.

You say i never provide any evidence, which is funny, because neither do you. Up until the above mentioned article surfaced, I will admit that we were just stating facts as we believed them to be. However I have now backed my argument up with real facts, and I invite you to do the same. You could start with the statement "weed is a wonderdrug". I would very much like to see you back that up with some real evidence, and not you're rambling weedhead arguments, that mostly resemble the arguments of a semi retarded 15 year old.

Your naivety is mind boggling, try to broaden your horizon a little bit, in stead of burying yourself in your delusional defense of weed.

And stop saying LOL, kid.
May 11 2012 5:54AM
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B.Aussie
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Sounds like a great way to get arrested...
May 11 2012 6:39AM
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B.Aussie
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And all of you that say "if they can't give it up for a couple of weeks, they shouldn't go to the Olympics" It's not just a 'few months' it's the entire "Olympic Qualifying period" starting from either August or December this year until the Olympics.

Not that I'm saying I don't agree, just correcting.
May 11 2012 7:02AM
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Skiingsnow
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alot of people here seem to be forgetting that weed is illegal, i heard its in the same class as heroine in the states, that true?
May 11 2012 11:26PM
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Gods_Father
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Like I said earlier, you are too obsessed with the smoking aspect of cannabis...

Your "facts" are also all concerning smoking....

Im glad that you believe there are side effects of smoking it because I never disagreed with you, like I said already.

"You say i never provide any evidence"

Whatttt? I never even said that, you deluded kid.

I was asking for you to provide even just 1 example of how all the other uses are harmful?? (which you claim)

Making fuel, paper, clothing, textiles, food, oils/lotion all very harmful. Enlighten me? It is technically a vegetable and it grows way faster than trees. (So I would say weed is a wondervegetable, not drug.)

Hemp is an excellent source of protein and has all the essential fatty and amino acids found in fish.

I will take on your challenge and invite you to provide an example of the "many harms".

But try to broaden your horizon a little bit, instead of burying yourself in your delusional fear of a plant that grows in soil. :

"In raw form, marijuana leaves and buds are actually loaded with a non-psychoactive, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and anti-cancer nutrient compound known as cannabidiol (CBD) that is proving to be a miracle "superfood" capable of preventing and reversing a host of chronic illnesses.
Though you may not have heard much about it, the CBD found in the marijuana plant is a highly medicinal substance with unique immune-regulating capabilities. Since the human body already contains a built-in endogenous cannabinoid system, complete with cannabinoid receptors, inputting CBD from marijuana can help normalize the body's functional systems, including cell communication and proper immune function.

The way CBDs work is that they bridge the gap of neurotransmission in the central nervous system, including in the brain, by providing a two-way system of communication that completes a positive "feedback loop," according to Dr. William Courtney, a medical marijuana expert and founder of Cannabis International. As opposed to a one-way transmission, which can promote chronic inflammation of healthy tissue, the unique two-way transmission system engaged by marijuana CBDs mimics the body's own natural two-way communications system.

So individuals whose systems are compromised by autoimmune disorders, cellular dysfunction, chronic inflammation, cancer cells, and various other illnesses can derive a wide range of health-promoting benefits simply by consuming CBDs. And one of the best ways to obtain CBDs is to juice raw marijuana leaves and buds, according to Dr. Courtney, who currently runs a clinic in Luxembourg that provides raw cannabis medicinal services to patients in need.

CBD works on receptors, and as it turns out, we have cannabinoids in our bodies, endogenous cannabinoids, that turn out to be very effective at regulating immune functions, nerve functions, bone functions," 
May 12 2012 4:24AM
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accualyisdolan
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bout time
May 12 2012 4:42AM
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Jibberino
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First of all, I don't know who you are, I don't recall you being in this thread earlier, so I doubt that I ever said anything to you.

Second of all , lets be honest here, what we are discussing here is people smoking weed. Don't try to make this about other uses of cannabis, because it never was, and you know it. I'm sure there are many great uses of cannabis for medicinal use, and other methods of ingesting it than smoking, but that is simply not the issue at hand here. I am not "obsessed" with the aspect of smoking weed, it is simply the aspect we are discussing here. If you know other uses of cannabis, great, i'd love to hear about it, just don't use it as an argument in a discussion concerning smoking weed. And just to be clear, hemp is not the same as cannabis, so I am curious as to why you include it so heavily in your argument?

Again, it is a fact that smoking cannabis has side effects. That is the only argument I have ever brought forth here, and you guys need to start twisting the debate to be about other methods, uses, etc. seems to be an overreaction caused by some weird need to never have anything bad said about weed. I have a hard time understanding this strong reaction, considering the fact that we, on the bottom line, probably agree about weed. For the last time I will state that I am a firm supporter of cannabis, and the legalisation of it. I just want people to know that there can be side effects of using cannabis, for example when you smoke it.

So stop being so overly defensive, and realise that I am only stating facts, and trying to inform people on a subject.


May 12 2012 4:58AM
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Jibberino
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Oh, you changed your name, I do know who you are.
May 12 2012 5:00AM
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deleted5
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Well being I used to train with olympic racers in amarica you still get drug teasted. And if you have weed your out so the rule really dosen't matter
May 12 2012 6:36AM
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Splice.
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Tanner hall is fucked.
May 12 2012 10:02AM
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KennyC
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arent you cool.
May 12 2012 10:37AM
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Gods_Father
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"Don't try to make this about other uses of cannabis, because it never was, and you know it. "

WTF LOL??? You must have some sort of early onset-alzheimers. If you go back a page I'm sure you will feel like a giant retard.

"it is a fact that smoking cannabis has side effects. That is the only argument I have ever brought forth here, and you guys need to start twisting the debate to be about other methods"

uhhhhhhhhh.........you said that

"FACT: Using cannabis, be it smoking or other methods, can be harmful"

I repeatedly asked if you meant use or smoke when you were saying using and calling me a dumb fuck. It never was about smoking, kid. I never twisted any debate. Seems to me like this was an overreaction by you from failing to read properly. You continue to tell me there are side effects of smoking but I agreed with you immediately..... I relentlessly asked you to provide just 1 example of the many harms which you claim. You still have failed to do this so we know that you are full of shit and just lying to people about cannabis. Is remembering a "harm" just too difficult for you in your current state?

May 12 2012 11:47AM
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