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November 15, 2002
Now Here's A Story Off
Now Here's A Story Off Reuters. . . That provides some interesting counter-programming to some of the stuff I've been running on steroids. Over in Madrid, one doctor, a member of the International Olympic Committee's medical commission, says a number of items should be removed from the IOC's list of banned substances: Dr Harm Kuipers told a conference in Madrid that only substances that could be shown both to enhance performance and to produce adverse effects in athletes' health should be prohibited. He said that caffeine, narcotics such as heroin and morphine, glucocorticoids, pseudo ephedrine and cannabis were all likely to be removed when the World Anti-Doping Agency produces a revised list of banned substances next year. He also warned that some substances currently prohibited, including insulin and possibly even human growth hormone (hGH), did not help performance but were being using by some athletes simply because they were on the banned list. He argued that insulin should therefore be removed and said that further study was needed on hGH, although he stressed that it should stay on the list for the time being.
Eric
12:13 AM
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