Drugs in sport

[Robert Taylor]

Marion Jones admission that she used drugs while competing at international track and field events prompts me to raise the issue with relevance to motorcycle racing.

A high profile road racer got rightly nailed for drug abuse some years back. Employers are increasingly ( and painfully ) aware of the widespread use of illegal mind and mood altering substances.

Is it therefore a dangerous cocktail to have people with a fatal weakness for drug use entrusted to preparing a racing motorcycle? I know that I would absolutely forbid it myself.

[merv]

Drugs don't belong anywhere near anything where safety is an issue.

[Goblin]

Is it therefore a dangerous cocktail to have people with a fatal weakness for drug use entrusted to preparing a racing motorcycle?

Absolutely! I think comparing it to a track and field sportsperson is like comparing apples and bananas though. The drugs they use are more performance enhancing and only endanger themselves, whereas a doped out mechanic is putting other's lives at risk.

[riffer]

Performance enhancing drugs in sport are cheating - pure and simple.

Mind-altering drugs in motorsport are a safety issue.

It comes down to how much you value your own life, integrity and honesty.

If you don't give a shit about yourself you sure as hell won't give one about others.

Drug abusers (whether performance enhancing or recreational) are losers.

[Grahameeboy]

Yep agree drugs are bad.

Funny world sport though, if an athelete is not fit enough they can turn to performance enhancing drugs which is illegal, in snooker if your eyesight fails with age it is okay to be prescribed glasses to enhance vision and carry on competing at same level, possibly higher level..............maybe a silly take on things but has always struck me.

[riffer]

There's a big difference.

No amount of glasses will give you better than the best vision you can have as a normal person.

Drugs however (especially steroids) can make the body perform better than a normal (sports)person.

[ajturbo]

have ANY of you even tried these preformance drugs???


do you know what they do and HOW they work???

i would bet $$ you haven't or don't!!!....

but what robert is on about has been used by so many of us, that we know what the effect it has on our ablity to comprehend the task at hand...

therefore i agree...drugs are a big no no!!! when it comes to getting on the racetrack!!!!

[Disco Dan]

I agree drugs are cheating. However I dont agree they are bad.

Why not create a class within each sport where drugs are allowed, thus taking away the 'secret drug taking' aspect?

Makes sense to me.

[SlashWylde]

Drugs don't belong anywhere near anything where safety is an issue.

Tell that to the guys who get boozed the night before a track day.

[SlashWylde]

Performance enhancing drugs in sport are cheating - pure and simple.

Mind-altering drugs in motorsport are a safety issue.

It comes down to how much you value your own life, integrity and honesty.

If you don't give a shit about yourself you sure as hell won't give one about others.

Drug abusers (whether performance enhancing or recreational) are losers.

So having a cup of coffee before an event is out then?

[boomer]

It comes down to how much you value your own life, integrity and honesty.

If you don't give a shit about yourself you sure as hell won't give one about others.

Drug abusers (whether performance enhancing or recreational) are losers.

That shit, quoted above, that you just spouted is simply bollox.

What would you class as an abuser? SKIN UP YA Co0nT!

[Paul in NZ]

What would you class as an abuser? SKIN UP YA Co0nT!

A rude, stoned guy is a drugged abuser, in sport, a drug abuser is either a cyclist or and olympic champ in track that isn't ethiopian that got caught...

In my day, a drug abuser was the prick that hogged the joint...

[Finn]

Marion Jones admission that she used drugs while competing at international track and field events prompts me to raise the issue with relevance to motorcycle racing.

A high profile road racer got rightly nailed for drug abuse some years back. Employers are increasingly ( and painfully ) aware of the widespread use of illegal mind and mood altering substances.

Is it therefore a dangerous cocktail to have people with a fatal weakness for drug use entrusted to preparing a racing motorcycle? I know that I would absolutely forbid it myself.

NZ riders need all the help they can get. Until one of them makes it on the real international circuit, I wouldn't lose any sleep over it.

[peasea]

Drugs don't belong anywhere near anything where safety is an issue.

Needles are dangerous, but without them how would you inject yourself?

Seriously? Drugs and motorvehicles shouldn't mix, be they legal or otherwise. I've had some real drowzy moments on hay fever pills and I'm really glad I wasn't riding/driving at the time.

Again, it's about education, not legislation.

[peasea]

Performance enhancing drugs in sport are cheating - pure and simple.

Mind-altering drugs in motorsport are a safety issue.

It comes down to how much you value your own life, integrity and honesty.

If you don't give a shit about yourself you sure as hell won't give one about others.

Drug abusers (whether performance enhancing or recreational) are losers.

I wouldn't go that far.
I've used heaps of recreational drugs, feckin' heaps, and when I get the chance I still hop on the 'e' wagon when I have some spare cash but I'm a wee bit analytical about it. It's always good fun, doesn't hurt anyone else, I/we always stay put for the night and the only thing that suffers is the sound system.

How does does that make me a loser? Could you please extrapolate?