My article on ostarine published earlier this week led to questions about how fair strict liability is (and what it really means!). Anti doping in sport is governed by the World Anti-Doping Code, written by the World Anti Doping Agency (WADA). The Code is the central document summarizing anti-doping policies,…
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World Anti-Doping Agency ban Carbon Monoxide use from 2026
In the last few weeks the World Anti-doping Agency (WADA) have published their new list of prohibited substances and methods, as it does each year. This year they have added a new method onto the list – the non-diagnostic use of carbon monoxide (CO). Isn’t CO in the atmosphere all…
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How do we know if testosterone is ‘non-endogenous’?
Yesterday we discovered that Paul Pogba, the Juventus midfielder was provisionally suspended after drugs test found “non-endogenous testosterone metabolites” in a urine sample. The sample was collected on 20th August after Pogba was an unused substitute in a game in Italy. Pogba can face a ban of four years if…
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Should cannabis be banned as a performance enhancing drug?
Today it was announced that the American athlete Sha’Carri Richardson had tested positive for carboxy – THC (the main metabolite of THC, the active ingredient in cannabis), during the Olympic trials in Oregon in May. Sha’Carri Richardson admitted to using cannabis after finding out that her mother had died. Unfortunately…
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Why are some drugs banned in sport? WADA Prohibited list
I often get asked why some drugs are banned in sport and others aren’t. Here’s a quick run down and an update on the World Anti Doping Agency Prohibited List 2018. The Three Tests Is the drug: Potentially performance enhancing? A health risk for athletes? Against the ‘spirit of…
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WADA announce meldonium suspension climbdown
Amnesty declared by WADA on meldonium positive sanctions The World Anti Doping Agency have today declared what amounts to a meldonium amnesty as preliminary research has been provided to them. Athletes with low levels detected in their urine from Januray to March can be ‘let off’, whilst those with…