Thinking about 15% are "dopers" and looking over the WADA list:
Marijuana is on the list.
Oxycodone is on the list
Morphine
(Other morphine based pain killers- not sure about hydrocodone)
Glucocorticoids are one the list (ie.prednisone- I think).
I am not sure but what is that.... 15% of all prescriptions.
Triathletes go to the doctor. Sometimes they get prescriptions!
Let's just say:
You smoke pot when you are on vacation in Colorado. Later that year you get a kidney stone. The doctor gives you a pain killer (most are morphine based) and prednisone pills. You stopped taking both pills a couple of days after you pass the stone.
You don't apply for a TUE for any of this stuff.
"These drugs might help someone, sometime- but that is not why I took them."
You are asked on a survey if you are a doper.
You say yes- because you read the list. (But were uncertain when and how it applies).
They don't test you because you are just an average MOP athlete.
But- if they do test- they don't notice (or care) about the prednisone, hydrocodone and marijuana that you took 6 months ago.
The testers were too busy looking for people taking anabolic steroids and epo!!! They were too busy looking for real cheaters!! They never got around to busting you.
All this is actually the way it should be.
Maybe the "problem" is not as big as we think?
Marijuana is on the list.
Oxycodone is on the list
Morphine
(Other morphine based pain killers- not sure about hydrocodone)
Glucocorticoids are one the list (ie.prednisone- I think).
I am not sure but what is that.... 15% of all prescriptions.
Triathletes go to the doctor. Sometimes they get prescriptions!
Let's just say:
You smoke pot when you are on vacation in Colorado. Later that year you get a kidney stone. The doctor gives you a pain killer (most are morphine based) and prednisone pills. You stopped taking both pills a couple of days after you pass the stone.
You don't apply for a TUE for any of this stuff.
"These drugs might help someone, sometime- but that is not why I took them."
You are asked on a survey if you are a doper.
You say yes- because you read the list. (But were uncertain when and how it applies).
They don't test you because you are just an average MOP athlete.
But- if they do test- they don't notice (or care) about the prednisone, hydrocodone and marijuana that you took 6 months ago.
The testers were too busy looking for people taking anabolic steroids and epo!!! They were too busy looking for real cheaters!! They never got around to busting you.
All this is actually the way it should be.
Maybe the "problem" is not as big as we think?