General Doping Thread.

[Izzyeviel]

I just looked up something on wikipedia about tramadol, here's what I discovered.

Misuse​

Illicit use of the drug is thought to be a major factor in the success of the Boko Haram terrorist organization.[138][139][140] When used at higher doses, the drug "can produce similar effects to heroin."[138] One former member said, "whenever we took tramadol, nothing mattered to us anymore except what we were sent to do because it made us very high and very bold, it was impossible to go on a mission without taking it."[138] Tramadol is also used as a coping mechanism in the Gaza Strip.[141] It is also abused in the United Kingdom.[142][143]

From March 2019, the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) banned the drug, after riders were using the painkiller to improve their performance

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Moderator note

I only went back about 3 pages, but I've moved 15 posts to the doping in other sports threads. I appreciate that "General doping thread" is rather undefined, but while we have the distinction, let's observe it.

Would it be useful to let this thread die? In its place, open up threads like:

• New methods and medicines;
• Riders and teams that don't have their own clinic threads yet;
• Breaking news: riders just popped

The content here that doesn't belong in the "other sports" thread would seem to one of those three.