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Will Viagra be considered a performance enhancing drug before Vancouver's 2010 Olympics?
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Athletes are turning to a new performance enhancing drug: Viagra. Traces of the drug, which is intended to alleviate sexual dysfunction, are increasingly appearing in the testing of samples from sports competitors.
It has become so widespread that the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) is considering whether to include Viagra in its list of substances banned in international sports.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/more_sport/athletics/article4187778.ece
It has become so widespread that the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) is considering whether to include Viagra in its list of substances banned in international sports.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/more_sport/athletics/article4187778.ece
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Created Mon 23rd Jun 7:28am PDT by mork
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And cognos is right - the drug was made to enhance "performance", although for olympic applications it seems like it would be more of a hinderance!
@constable1664, GREAT insight man, I've smacked down a few hundred on YES, cause of your comments! I totally think it'll happen, but very soon actually!
The counter-question is: if they are prescribed for legitimate purposes to a 20 year old, Olympian, non-smoker, athlete, with erectile dysfunction who only wants to succeed in the “personal javelin” event, can he be banned from participation?
And the philosophical question: is an Olympic Gold Medal more meaningful than success in the “mattress toss”? I suspect the older guys on the Olympic Committee will have a crisis of conscience banning a drug they themselves use.
I actually bet NO based on input from the Bob Dole Institute for Firmness in International Relations.
So, is it possible for them to only partially ban a substance? How will they draw the line between physician-approved usage and performance enhancing usage? Should be interesting to see how this one pans out, but my money's on yes.
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