BD, Had some time on my hands this afternoon (gotta love being self-employed!) so had a thorough read of the WFDF and WADA (World Anti-Doping Agency) rules and banned substances lists.
According to the WADA, alcohol is ONLY banned in specific sports, as requested by those federations. The relevant document is here: http://www.wada-ama.org/docs/web/standards_harmonization/code/list_standard_2004.pdf But here's a quote to save time: "Alcohol (ethanol) is prohibited in-Competition only, in the following sports. Detection will be conducted by breath analysis and/or blood. The doping violation threshold for each Federation is reported in parenthesis. If no threshold is indicated, the presence of any quantity of alcohol shall constitute a doping violation. Aeronautic (FAI) (0.2 g/L) Archery (FITA) (0.1 g/L) Automobile (FIA) Billiards (WCBS) Boules (CMSB) (0.50 g/L) Gymnastics (FIG) (0.1 g/L) Karate (WKF) (0.4 g/L) Modern Pentathlon (UIPM) (0.4 g/L) Motorcycling (FIM) Roller Sports (FIRS) (0.02 g/L) Skiing (FIS) Triathlon (ITU) (0.4 g/L) Wrestling (FILA)." Very similar rules exist for the use of beta-blockers (often prescribed as anti-depressants) and again the WFDF is not included. The WFDF's own version of the rules: http://www.wfdf.org/WFDF%202004%20Prohibited%20List.pdf has a confusing mention of alcohol as a 'specified substance' - ie one to watch out for on your pharmacy labels. But nowhere in the rules is alcohol prohibited. So rest assured that our drinking culture is safe (whether that's a good thing or not...). Si LTD #27 & Roadie Films __________________________________________________ BritDisc mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pootle.near.me.uk/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/informed.asp
