Drugs and Sport

paula · Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 4:23 pm

Its probably only a decade before we have genetic modifications to humans so the whole doping debate may become a wet bus ticket anyway.

And what about the children ?

Assessing The Deterrent Effects Of Drug And Alcohol Testing Among High School Athletes.
20 Oct 07
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/86099.php
Random drug and alcohol testing does not reliably keep student-athletes from using. In fact, the mere presence of drug testing increases some risk factors for future substance use, Oregon Health & Science University researchers report. Their findings are published in the November issue of the Journal of Adolescent Health, the journal of the Society for Adolescent Medicine.
-see link for the rest-
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paula · Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 9:01 pm

It sure is time that drug policy was returned to the control of medical/health professionals and taken right away from the political point-scoring of our MPs and their minions. We have had nearly 50 years of it in the hands of idiots.
Here is a very sane follow-up to Australian Ben Cousins' story I posted yesterday.

http://www.theage.com.au/news/opinion/sobering-truth-of-our-attitude-towards-drugs/2007/10/21/1192940899810.html
Sobering truth of our attitude towards drugs
Martin Flanagan
October 22, 2007

Footballers are convenient targets for displays of public righteousness.

TEAM games like Australian football were created in the 19th century as a way of teaching manly virtues. In that sense, the debate surrounding drugs in football is part of something much older. Sport is our national theatre and, in the '90s, I was part of the debate over whether it was a legitimate part of the game for Aboriginal footballers to be abused on the basis of race.

But I also never forget that the founder of the game, an alcoholic named Tom Wills who stabbed himself in the heart, lay in an unmarked grave for 80 years because he offended the social mores of his day. Wills' father was the first white settler at Ararat. Young Tom grew up playing with the children of "the local blacks". His story qualifies him as an antipodean Hamlet, one whose language was his actions.

Another player has now been effectively banished from the game. In the avalanche of stories that have been written on Ben Cousins recently, I have only read one in which it was apparent that the author actually knew him. It was by his former coach Mick Malthouse, writing in The Australian. Malthouse said he didn't feel sorry for Cousins. But he made it clear he liked him and gave a picture of the sort of young man he saw him as being. It's the only picture I have of Ben Cousins along with my memory of having met him briefly.

I'm not surprised that some West Coast supporters are angry with their club for sacking Cousins. It's easy enough to see the club as having been stampeded into its decision by politicians, the AFL and sections of the media. The Prime Minister was so moved by the issue as to declare all drugs, including marijuana, to be evil.

Evil is one of the most powerful words in the language. What is the Prime Minister's word for those, like himself, who recklessly make war and contribute to the deaths of thousands of civilians? You can bet that question won't be answered between now and election day. The more sobering truth is that it probably won't be asked.

The Prime Minister also says we should abandon the distinction between recreational drugs and performance-enhancing drugs and refer to them all as illicit drugs. This, for practical purposes, is as foolish as insisting a dry martini and a glass of methylated spirits be described by the single word "alcohol".

Alongside the Prime Minister on this issue, as on so many others, is Kevin Rudd. Indeed, as I understand the two parties, the position of the Labor Party is even more extreme. The Government is seeking to induce the AFL to sign up to their zero tolerance proposal. Rudd appears to be saying he will impose it. Beyond Howard, should the Liberals win, lies Costello. He wants the AFL to hand police the names of footballers who test positive to recreational drugs.

The argument that footballers are role models is a serious one. But it is not an absolute argument that signals the end of the matter. As an Aboriginal former footballer said to me, "Politicians are role models too, aren't they?" Can you see the Liberal and Labor parties introducing compulsory drug tests for its members or donors and agreeing to forward the names of those who test positive to the police? We're joking now. Sportsmen are convenient targets — possibly, the most convenient — for displays of public righteousness.

There are lots of people with an interest in this case. Drugs in football is big news now. Last football season, the two grossest instances of media behaviour were justified by the network involved on the grounds that they were part of a crusade against drugs.

In the first, a player was named as a suspected drugs cheat because an opposition player suspected as much during a game years earlier. What this meant was that, as in China during the Cultural Revolution, a person could now be denounced publicly on nothing more substantial than another person's suspicion. Then the same network paid for players' medical records stolen from a clinic they were attending.

I suspect this is the biggest Australian sports story since Cathy Freeman won at the Sydney Olympics. That was a rare and joyful moment when the nation stood as one.

The Ben Cousins story is altogether different. It's about recreational drugs and the boom years in Perth. It's about a fading Prime Minister seeking traction on the campaign trail and the extremely ambitious man who wants to replace him. It's about an increasingly unscrupulous media and a nation on the cusp of change, little of which it is really engaging with. It's about a young man with "such is life" tattooed on his belly. This is a very big story. People with no interest in football would do well to follow the case.

Martin Flanagan is a senior writer.
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paula · Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 12:37 am

heres a good laugh

http://www.theage.com.au/news/people/arnie-says-marijuana-not-a-drug/2007/10/29/1193618781521.html
Arnie says marijuana 'not a drug'
October 29, 2007

The governor of California says marijuana is not a drug, a British magazine reported today. Arnold Schwarzenegger told the British edition of GQ magazine that he had not taken drugs.

The former bodybuilder and Hollywood star has acknowledged using marijuana in the 1970s and was shown smoking a joint in the 1977 documentary Pumping Iron.

"That is not a drug. It's a leaf," Schwarzenegger told GQ. "My drug was pumping iron, trust me," he added.

In an interview for the magazine's December issue, Schwarzenegger refused to condemn politicians who declined to answer questions about drug use.

"What would you rather have? A politician taking stuff and not saying, but making the best decisions and improving things? Or a politician who names all the drugs he or she has taken but makes lousy decisions for the country?" Schwarzenegger was quoted as saying.

"A politician's job is to do what's best for the people and to improve the country, the economy, the environment. Why should I care if a politician takes sleeping pills every night so long as he can do his job?"

In the same interview, Schwarzenegger listed former Prime Minister Tony Blair, who left office in June, as one of the greatest leaders in history, alongside former South African President Nelson Mandela, US Presidents John F Kennedy and Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.

Asked if he would include US President George W Bush on the list, Schwarzenegger - a Republican - said: "I would say that I was ... very fond of his father. I worked for President Bush Senior and he was a great man."
"I think his son does some great things and there are some other things I don't agree with."
AP
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Tony · Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2007 8:50 pm

Look how popular cannabis has been , I wonder if these sports guys paid a penalty that far exceeded the crime??.

tony

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Results in anti-doping cases decided by the Tribunal

Below are tables listing sanctions imposed in anti-doping cases, sorted by year.

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* 2006
* 2005
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2007 results
Prohibited
substance(s)
or other
violation Athlete Sport Sanction
or result Decision
release
date ST number
Cannabis Timoti Broughton Rugby League One month's ineligibility 20 December 2007 14/07
Cannabis Kareem Johnson Basketball Banned from BBNZ competitions between 15 February and 21 March 2008 - however ban will be suspended if player satisfied conditions relating to participating in drug education programme 6 December 2007 16/07
Cannabis Joseph Flint Rugby League Ineligible until 28 March 2008 20 November 2007 18/07
Cannabis Jason Morehu Rugby League Ineligible until 31 March 2008 13 November 2007 17/07
Cannabis Clifton Bush Junior Basketball 2 months' ineligibility 10 October 2007 15/07
Benzylpiperazine (BZP) Ann Holt Body Building 2 years' ineligibility 28 September 2007 08/07
Failure or refusal to provide sample Niko Toluono Body Building 2 years' ineligibility 20 September 2007 10/07
Cannabis Jacob Croot Rugby League 31 days' ineligibility 14 September 2007 13/07
Cannabis Joe Vaifale Rugby League 6 weeks' ineligibility 8 September 2007 12/07
Cannabis Sonny Cavanagh Rugby League 6 weeks' ineligibility 8 September 2007 11/07
Failure or refusal to provide sample Mark Robertson Boxing 2 years' ineligibility 5 September 2007 07/07
Failure or refusal to provide sample Mike Pearson Body Building 2 years' ineligibility 30 August 2007 09/07
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2006 results
Prohibited
substance(s)
or other
violation Athlete Sport Sanction
or result Decision
release
date SDT number
Cannabis Kerry Nathan Boxing Warning and Reprimand 21 December 2006 SDT 21/06
Cannabis (second violation) Vince Whare Rugby League 2 years' ineligibility 28 November 2006 SDT 19/06
Cannabis Blake Milner Rugby League 2 months' ineligibility 24 November 2006 SDT 20/06
Cannabis Mark Dickel Basketball Warning and Reprimand 14 August 2006 SDT 18/06
Stanozol
Hydrochlorothiazide
Amiloride Sam Mohamad Body Building 2 years' ineligibility 14 July 2006 SDT 03/06
Cannabis (second violation) William Morunga Touch 2 years' ineligibility 4 July 2006 SDT 13/06
Ephedrine Mark Mete Power Lifting 3 months' ineligibility 25 May 2006 SDT 04/06
Cannabis Lance Abott Softball Warning and Reprimand 8 May 2006 SDT 11/06
Cannabis Curtis Ames Softball Warning and Reprimand 8 May 2006 SDT 10/06
Cannabis Justin Karaitiana Softball Warning and Reprimand 28 April 2006 SDT 12/06
Nandrolone Daryll Tomuli Body Building 2 years' ineligibility 28 April 2006 SDT 02/06
Cannabis Aaron Neemia Softball Warning and Reprimand 7 April 2006 SDT 08/06
Clenbuterol Naera Johnson Body Building 2 years' ineligibility 1 March 2006 SDT 01/06
Cannabis Nui Bartlett Touch 3 weeks' ineligibility 31 January 2006 SDT 15/05
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2005 results
Prohibited
substance(s)
or other
violation Athlete Sport Sanction
or result Decision
release
date SDT number
Clenbuterol Barbora Jurcanova Body Building 2 years' ineligibility 20 December 2005 SDT 10/05
Benzylpiperazine (BZP) Tony Ligaliga Body Building 2 years' ineligibility 16 December 2005 SDT 11/05
Cannabis Wani Roberts Rugby League Warning and Reprimand 28 November 2005 SDT 13/05
Stanozol
Nandrolone
Furosemide
Steven Ward Body Building 2 years' ineligibility 7 October 2005 SDT 09/05
Cannabis Matiu Soloman Touch 1 month's ineligibility 4 August 2005 SDT 08/05
Cannabis William Morunga Touch 2 months' ineligibility 4 August 2005 SDT 07/05
Terbutaline Amy Mosen Cycling Warning and Reprimand 31 May 2005 SDT 06/05
Cannabis Jade Koro Touch Warning and Reprimand 26 May 2005 SDT 04/05
Failure to provide sample Barry Tawera Rugby League 1 year's ineligibility 6 May 2005 SDT 12/04
Ephedrine Lawrence Erihe Rugby League 2 years' ineligibility 4 April 2005 SDT 09/04
Cannabis Alex Mene Boxing Warning and Reprimand 7 March 2005 SDT 13/05
Cannabis Vince Whare Rugby League $250 fine in addition to Warning and Reprimand 17 February 2005 SDT 14/04
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2004 results
Prohibited
substance(s)
or other
violation Athlete Sport Sanction
or result Decision
release
date SDT number
Furosemide Annette Sloog Body Building 2 years' ineligibility 13 December 2004 SDT 10/04
Cannabis Timothy Stewart Wrestling $250 fine and $250 costs in addition to Warning and Reprimand 21 October 2004 SDT 11/04
Terbutaline Mark Hogarth Wrestling $250 costs in addition to Warning and Reprimand 30 August 2004 SDT 06/04
Failure to provide sample Stephen Collins Cycling 2 years' ineligibility 17 August 2004 SDT 07/04
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Paul13 · Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2007 9:34 pm

paula · Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2007 9:46 pm

Bluddy interesting list, but I'm off to the Square for an R18 event on the cathedral steps shortly after midnight. Hippy new year to all.

Tony · Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 7:57 am

Its the names that are not on the list that are more interesting .. requiring further investigation ..

While the sports drug lobby lumps cannabis in with performance enhancing drugs and the testing gets simpler a lot more sports people who use cannabis not booze to relax will become victims .

Funny how the sports bodies encourage boozing , a real problem drug and condemn cannabis .. near harmless if not abused ..

tony

paula · Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 4:17 pm

Looks like another kiwi athlete down the tubes now (cocaine not pot).

Daubney's doping case reopened
The Dominion Post | Monday, 24 March 2008
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominionpost/4449964a6479.html

The World Anti-Doping Agency has reopened the case of New Zealander Simon Daubney, cleared after testing positive for cocaine during the America's Cup campaign in Valencia last year.
The agency has lodged papers appealing against the finding with the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Switzerland.

Daubney was suspended after becoming the first sailor in America's Cup history to fail a doping test.
He quit Switzerland's Team Alinghi but his suspension was lifted in January by the International Sailing Federation.

paula · Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 4:56 pm

And another kiwi athlete feeling the stigma, what a crappy editorial

Crushing the spirit of sportsmanship
Manawatu Standard | Wednesday, 23 July 2008
http://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatustandard/4628138a27023.html

The insidious spread of drug-tainted sports people has reached Palmerston North.
The revelation in yesterday's Manawatu Standard that Manawatu Jets captain Stacey Lambert has been suspended from basketball for two months after testing positive for cannabis marked a staggering blow to the reputation of a respected athlete, youth worker and role-model.

Of course, cannabis is not a performance-enhancing drug, but Lambert's indiscretion has brought the Jets and the region into disrepute and shattered his credentials as a hero to all his young fans. It is an error in judgment in the twilight of his career that may well see him never take to the court for the Jets again.

That he could undo so much good work, both on and off the court, is as sad as his decision to take drugs was foolish.

There will no doubt be those who will view Lambert's actions as minor, trivial, no big deal. It is a big deal because his actions are symptomatic of the abdication by an increasing number of athletes of their role as guardians of the image of sport.

The same day Lambert's fall from grace was revealed, disgraced American sprinter Marion Jones asked President George W Bush to commute her six-month prison sentence for lying to prosecutors about her steroid use.

Jones, who won five medals at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, shattered the already fragile credibility of international athletics by admitting she used performance-enhancing drugs leading up to the games.

The damage Jones inflicted on her sport and the Olympic movement will last much longer than the six- month jail term she was sentenced to, if it is ever fully repaired. She should be encouraged to spend the remainder of her sentence pondering that fact.

This year's Tour de France has already uncovered three drugs cheats, making a mockery of organisers' claims of progress in the fight against doping. The sorry state of the once-great race was encapsulated in a news report last week on how wonderful it was a day had passed without a doping controversy.

Next month's Beijing Olympics will serve as a barometer of the current state of international sport's integrity. One can only hope the spectacle of competition and the spirit of sportsmanship is not subverted once more by the persistent few who are so consumed by succeeding at sport, they are prepared to risk destroying it.

One more thing: Stanley Waipouri's family and friends' insufferable wait for justice has ended. With Arnopp and Gilling held accountable for Mr Waipouri's murder, there must now be consideration of how the lives of these two young men were allowed to degenerate into such dysfunction and disillusionment. Let them be a warning of the dangers of letting our young people drift so far past the margins of society they have no concept of its values.

Tony · Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 6:21 pm

"Jets captain Stacey Lambert has been suspended from basketball for two months after testing positive for cannabis marked a staggering blow to the reputation of a respected athlete, youth worker and role-model"

How do they conclude its is the cannabis
that has brought the Jets and the region into disrepute and shattered his credentials as a hero.

Was he really was proving to be a problem prior to the drug test or was he a fine upstanding young man..He was a local hero ..

Its not the cannabis that bought him into disrepute its the corrupted laws our politician's enforce and gutless sports administrators .

Another responsible role model gets taken out of the equation in assisting kids , properly to be replaced by someone who will encourage them to drink alcopo while they booze on..Thats acceptable ..

tony

Tony · Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 6:19 pm

I heard today a NZ Lawyer has been busted for a cannabis grow..

BUT also a TOP NZ sportsperson turned up a positive test to cannabis , an unexpected random test while they were winding down after some serious competition, and not competing currently . Panic I understand in some quarters.

tony

paula · Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 7:52 pm

I won't bother betting that lawyer will hit the news media LOL

Tony · Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 10:09 pm

Slayer · Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 6:16 pm

Reading about arnie smoking while lifting some iron might give a little more weight to my arguement pot is good for sports.

Especially for body building.. where it's all about recovery and how much you eat. Smoking a joint, relaxing then eating the entire kitchen can not have been to bad for his progress..

paula · Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 7:45 pm

Bloddy Arnie has just vetoed a bill that protected medpot-using patients from being fired if they fail a drug test at work.


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