Testing positive for THC--or the GANJA

[chuckmicD]

http://velonews.competitor.com/2015/09/news/lauren-mulwitz-tests-positive-for-thc_384600

So dumb. But hey...is doping just doping to you all? Shall we excoriate this poor, poor herb farmer for a little Friday relaxation?

 

[Zam_Olyas]

legalize it.

 

[Catwhoorg]

As an adverse analytical finding, for a prohibited substance, for an IN-COMPETITION sample collected in 2015.

She should have had been facing a 4 year ban, the 3 months she ended up with is a joke (6 month, reduced by 3 months due to completion of USADA course)

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[red_flanders]

Idiotic.

 

[More Strides than Rides]

She should be sanctioned for breaking a rule.

As far as sports goes, if there is a rule, you follow it. (If you don't like it, lobby against it, speak out with your competitors, even break it out of protest (the difference being you break it on purpose, drawing attention, and generally with some backing on your side.))

If the rule allows for reduced sanctions as an adverse finding from a specific substance, then I'm cool with that being applied.

Of course, this all depends on fairness. If another athlete tested positive for the same substance in similar circumstances and got 4 years, that would be ***.

 

[cnfdugo]

Uh!? I remember digging into this a few years back and it wasn't on the UCI list for road racing, but it was on the UCI list for mountain biking. Now they just refer to WADA.

 

[malakassis]

cannabinoids have huge impact on recovery. though reducing testosterone synthesis and/or binding free testosterone they boost HGH and therefore IGF-1 - the most anabolic hormone. plus cannabinoids are associated with a reduction of systemic inflammation - crucial especially in GTs.
i used it. it may affect your race smarts and senseful taktikal behavior. but with all that earphones and DS thinking for you it dont matter.

 

[Djoop]

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[dpm1991]

Wait a sec. 35 years... a woman... positive for THC... REALLY!? I have though that women are smarter than men. Maybe being high does help enhancing your performances *couch* Pantani *couch* Ricco. Ontherwise i feel that this lady has some issues. 35 is not 18, or maybe I'm too conservative.

 

[Metabolol]

3 month ban sounds right to me but at the same time I have seen conflicting information in regards to the effects of pot on sports performance (and I guess it could also vary depending on the sport and how it's used).

 

[tantocomo]

Wait a sec. 35 years... a woman... positive for THC... REALLY!? I have though that women are smarter than men. Maybe being high does help enhancing your performances *couch* Pantani *couch* Ricco. Ontherwise i feel that this lady has some issues. 35 is not 18, or maybe I'm too conservative.

I think you are being too conservative; people don't take recreational drugs based on their age, just like people don't drink based on their age. Or as has been shown the same goes for amateur sportsmen/women and PEDs.

 

[53x11 in DC]

Shouldn't this be in the Masters Fatty Doper thread?!?! ;-)

 

[proffate]

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2013/07/17/ross-rebagliati-olympics-marijuana-drug-testing/2528283/

"Our information suggests that many cases do not involve game or event-day consumption," Nichols said. "The new threshold level is an attempt to ensure that in-competition use is detected and not use during the days and weeks before competition."

She was busted for being high while racing, not for smoking out on a Wednesday afternoon. Seems pretty reasonable to me.

 

[chuckmicD]

Re:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2013/07/17/ross-rebagliati-olympics-marijuana-drug-testing/2528283/

"Our information suggests that many cases do not involve game or event-day consumption," Nichols said. "The new threshold level is an attempt to ensure that in-competition use is detected and not use during the days and weeks before competition."

She was busted for being high while racing, not for smoking out on a Wednesday afternoon. Seems pretty reasonable to me.

It really depends on how the sample was collected, as far as I know. If it was a blood test that caught her, then there would be some possibility that she was stoned while racing.

If it was a piss test, then measurable amounts of MJ are detectable for a long time.

 

[chuckmicD]

Wait a sec. 35 years... a woman... positive for THC... REALLY!? I have though that women are smarter than men. Maybe being high does help enhancing your performances *couch* Pantani *couch* Ricco. Ontherwise i feel that this lady has some issues. 35 is not 18, or maybe I'm too conservative.

Nothing wrong with toking the herb. Since it's really about personal preference, I think alcohol is a far more dangerous and ridiculous drug. Your mileage may vary.