54ny77
07-10-2013, 06:56 PM
Interesting article.
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http://www.cleveland.com/livingston/index.ssf/2013/07/case_western_reserve_law_profe.html
"CLEVELAND, Ohio -- "What's wrong with letting athletes use performance-enhancing drugs?" the bioethics/law professor at Case Western Reserve University wanted to know.
Max Mehlman, 64, bases his arguments about legalizing PEDs on two provisions: A doctor would be supervising the drug regimen and athletes must be informed about them and choose to use them.
"Why is marijuana banned?" he asked. "That's one of my favorites. Marijuana is prohibited, but why is that? It has no physical performance-enhancing effects.
"Dick Pound (the head of the World Anti-Doping Agency,or WADA) and I were debating that. He said the reason is that 'The White House wants us to put it on the prohibited list, in order to fund USADA (the United States Anti-Doping Agency).' It's a political thing."
And Mehlman said: "Caffeine (a stimulant) is on the list. Do you realize if you drank a 16-ounce cup of Starbucks coffee and had two Mountain Dews, you would be over the line on the prohibited list?""
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http://www.cleveland.com/livingston/index.ssf/2013/07/case_western_reserve_law_profe.html
"CLEVELAND, Ohio -- "What's wrong with letting athletes use performance-enhancing drugs?" the bioethics/law professor at Case Western Reserve University wanted to know.
Max Mehlman, 64, bases his arguments about legalizing PEDs on two provisions: A doctor would be supervising the drug regimen and athletes must be informed about them and choose to use them.
"Why is marijuana banned?" he asked. "That's one of my favorites. Marijuana is prohibited, but why is that? It has no physical performance-enhancing effects.
"Dick Pound (the head of the World Anti-Doping Agency,or WADA) and I were debating that. He said the reason is that 'The White House wants us to put it on the prohibited list, in order to fund USADA (the United States Anti-Doping Agency).' It's a political thing."
And Mehlman said: "Caffeine (a stimulant) is on the list. Do you realize if you drank a 16-ounce cup of Starbucks coffee and had two Mountain Dews, you would be over the line on the prohibited list?""
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