To anybody following this discussion: Most people can stop worrying. Nearly all of us are in the clear for anti-doping, regardless of the substance concerned!
If you look a little bit closer at the WADA rules: cannabinoids, alcohol, anti-asthmatics, medicated skin creams, and common cough medicine ingredients are on the 'Specified Substances' list. If caught with drugs on this list, you won't be punished if you can establish that their use was not intended to enhance performance. Similar rules apply to people who take hormones (i.e. insulin) for medical conditions. The only people that might need to worry are those who take stronger-than-ibuprofen type painkillers, sleeping pills, strong cough medicine, vitamin pills/herbal remedies, etc. If you take drugs like that (especially the vitamin pills!) check the list to make sure you are in the clear. Any girls out there taking meds for period pain might want to check too. I didn't see caffeine or nicotine on the list, so tea drinkers and smokers don't need to worry either. Ibuprofen/paracetamol and drugs like them are fine also. The only thing we might have to worry about is burden of proof. Anyone know if the UKUA has established the 'panel of physicians' required by the WFDF to approve medically-required drugs for athletes? <end of section written by a pharmacologist> Now for a small rant. Basically, the anti-doping rules themselves are fair enough, but the application of these rules takes time and money - and will give nothing positive in return (pun intended). At this point in the development of our sport, we definitely do not need a second set of observers (i.e. the testers) to enforce SOTG and the rules of the game. Aura GB Women PS Has the cost of testing been added to the player fees? If so, cutting it out would make traveling to Worlds easier financially. __________________________________________________ BritDisc mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pootle.near.me.uk/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/informed.asp
