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"The All-Drug Olympics" EDIT: The Reference: https://screen.yahoo.com/weekend-drug-olympics-000000571.html https://screen.yahoo.com/weekend-drug-olympics-00000

"The All-Drug Olympics" EDIT: The Reference: https://screen.yahoo.com/weekend-drug-olympics-000000571.html https://screen.yahoo.com/weekend-drug-olympics-000000571.htm...

dylanjermiah 11y ago
"The Olympics" But where athletes don't have to risk their health and can safely do what they're going to do anyway. Also they're better.
- saulrh 11y ago
  Yep. I'm actually thinking that it'd end up less about drugs and more about high-power prostheses. Bottles of oxygen, tweaked pacemakers, artificial muscles, full-blown new limbs, that kind of thing. It'd rapidly become all about how intelligently the athlete is able to train with their new technology, making informed consent a requirement for performance rather than an ethical task.
  - dylanjermiah 11y ago
    I think we need to deal with drug prohibition first before we cross the bridge to artificial muscles and new limbs. (although that sounds super damn cool!)
- lmm 11y ago
  Many PEDs are inherently unsafe. If you're e.g. boosting the hæmoglobin levels in your blood, that's necessarily putting stress on your heart and increasing your risk of problems in later life.
  - dylanjermiah 11y ago
    You're right, 'safer' not necessarily 'safe'. That being said I believe people should make their own decisions for themselves, elite athletes understand the risks associated, but to them it's worth it.
    - stouset 11y ago
      To some of them. To the athletes for whom it isn't worth it, they are now effectively left behind. When you allow some to dope, the reality is that all face pressure to dope.
      - dylanjermiah 11y ago
        The reason they are left behind is because the illegality of the substances. If you have two separate organisations, one which you can do what you please, and another where you are restricted/tested. You would not have the disparity. What we have now is an underground culture with little knowledge and even less perception. Banning does not work.

"The All-Drug Olympics" EDIT: The Reference: https://screen.yahoo.com/weekend-drug-olympics-000000571.html https://screen.yahoo.com/weekend-drug-olympics-000000571.htm...

dylanjermiah 11y ago

"The Olympics" But where athletes don't have to risk their health and can safely do what they're going to do anyway. Also they're better.

saulrh 11y ago
Yep. I'm actually thinking that it'd end up less about drugs and more about high-power prostheses. Bottles of oxygen, tweaked pacemakers, artificial muscles, full-blown new limbs, that kind of thing. It'd rapidly become all about how intelligently the athlete is able to train with their new technology, making informed consent a requirement for performance rather than an ethical task.
- dylanjermiah 11y ago
  I think we need to deal with drug prohibition first before we cross the bridge to artificial muscles and new limbs. (although that sounds super damn cool!)
lmm 11y ago
Many PEDs are inherently unsafe. If you're e.g. boosting the hæmoglobin levels in your blood, that's necessarily putting stress on your heart and increasing your risk of problems in later life.
- dylanjermiah 11y ago
  You're right, 'safer' not necessarily 'safe'. That being said I believe people should make their own decisions for themselves, elite athletes understand the risks associated, but to them it's worth it.
  - stouset 11y ago
    To some of them. To the athletes for whom it isn't worth it, they are now effectively left behind. When you allow some to dope, the reality is that all face pressure to dope.
    - dylanjermiah 11y ago
      The reason they are left behind is because the illegality of the substances. If you have two separate organisations, one which you can do what you please, and another where you are restricted/tested. You would not have the disparity. What we have now is an underground culture with little knowledge and even less perception. Banning does not work.