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Only a few are caught as masking drugs hide the real doping, Alan Moore wrote thishttps://backpagefootball.com/sure-theyre-all-at-it-are-you-entertained-part-2/127087/Dr Tom Bassindale on Reflections on leading our undergraduate curriculum redevelopment
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Tramadol – why is it not banned in sport?
Posted on October 19, 2017 | No CommentsTramadol, a synthetic opioid painkilling drug is not banned in sport under World Anti Doping Agency regulations. It is however, rather controversial. Over the past five or so years there have been […] -
Doping and AntiDoping, Pure Doublethink – Icarus Film Review
Posted on June 11, 2017 | No CommentsFilm Review – Icarus by Brian Fogle I was fortunate to be given a pass to go to DocFest to see the film Icarus, by Brian Fogle. On Tuesday 13/6/17 I […] -
Jamaicans and footballers: how to interpret a single urine sample
Posted on April 3, 2017 | 2 CommentsThis blog post has been written after seeing many comments on a footballers drug test results and also the news that some Jamaicans had low levels of clenbuterol detected in their […] -
Doping Round Up: SKY, TUEs and More Grey Areas
Posted on December 20, 2016 | No CommentsThis year has had it’s fair share of doping stories and they keep on coming. The year started with a bang – Maria Sharapova failed a drugs test at the Australian […] -
WADA report on Rio dope testing flaws
Posted on October 28, 2016 | 1 CommentAt every Olympic games there is a drug testing programme, coordinated by the local organising committee on behalf of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). For the past few games there has […] -
Psychoactive Substances Act 2016 – The end of legal highs?
Posted on May 25, 2016 | 3 CommentsFrom midnight (starting 26 May 2016) the Psychoactive Substances Act 2016 comes into effect, aiming to stamp out the market in ‘legal highs’ or novel psychoactive substances. The Act, which has seen several delays […] -
Sunday Times Doping Scandal thoughts
Posted on April 4, 2016 | 1 CommentFollowing the revelations in The Sunday Times yesterday there has once again been a spotlight on sports doping. As part of my ‘try something new’phase I thought I would record a […] -
Doping: black and white or shades of grey
Posted on March 20, 2016 | No CommentsIn the fall out from the Sharapova Meldonium case much has been made of what is and what isn’t cheating or doping. This is not such a certain area, containing many shades of […] -
Should doping be a criminal offence?
Posted on October 29, 2015 | 6 CommentsThe UK Sports minister, Tracey Crouch, has told the BBC she has instructed civil servants in her department to ‘look into’ making doping a criminal offence. Since the athletics doping scandal erupted […] -
Cycling reform report anti doping thoughts
Posted on March 13, 2015 | 2 CommentsThis week the “Cycling Independent Reform Commission” report was released this week and has caused a lot of fall out in cycling. The Commission was tasked to investigate both the governance of […]