Did anyone else read the story Outside magazine did on drug testing a month or two back? Pretty interesting. The main subject was a guy who runs the drug testing lab at UCLA. It's his opinion that the testing will never be effective because it's so easy to alter the drugs to make them undetectable. If WADA finds out about a new drug then new tests needs to be developed and that gives all the cheats plenty of time to move on to another drug. His idea was to eliminate the current system altogether and instead institute a volunteer system where the athletes more or less take a pledge to be clean. Doctors will then monitor some key attributes and if something falls outside the established parameters they consult the athlete. His take is that athletes will be compelled to join up or else face suspicion of being dirty.
EDIT: just found a link to the story if anyone is interested in reading it: outside.away.com/.../drugs-in-sports-1.html
Did anyone else read the story Outside magazine did on drug testing a month or two back? Pretty interesting. The main subject was a guy who runs the drug testing lab at UCLA. It's his opinion that the testing will never be effective because it's so easy to alter the drugs to make them undetectable. If WADA finds out about a new drug then new tests needs to be developed and that gives all the cheats plenty of time to move on to another drug. His idea was to eliminate the current system altogether and instead institute a volunteer system where the athletes more or less take a pledge to be clean. Doctors will then monitor some key attributes and if something falls outside the established parameters they consult the athlete. His take is that athletes will be compelled to join up or else face suspicion of being dirty.
EDIT: just found a link to the story if anyone is interested in reading it: outside.away.com/.../drugs-in-sports-1.html
