OT Sha’Carri Richardson (fastest woman alive) Suspended from Olympics for Weed
in 2021 USA is about to suspend their best hope at a gold medal for a little puff puff pass that is legal in like 42 states now.
https://www.cbssports.com/olympics/news/u-s-sprinter-shacarri-richardson-reportedly-fails-drug-test-could-miss-100-meters-at-tokyo-olympics-2020/
Safe to say it's not "performance enhancing" unless you're Regional Director of Sales for Cheetos.
It still is banned...
Cannabis is banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), but if athletes can prove that their ingestion of the substance was unrelated to sports performance then a suspension of three months rather than the usual four years is imposed.
And will remain so unless and until several high profile individuals like her are held out of competition, for smoking a damn plant. How is tobacco okay? How is fucking alcohol (destroyer of countless lives and families) okay? Because the govt says so?
It is our duty to disobey unjust laws.
I feel you. And that is the slipperiest of slopes.
Broski it’s a rule that is part of a “worldwide” set of restrictions. Because American culture is moving ina certain direction doesn’t mean every other country needs to follow suit. The entitlement of this post is alarming.
You understand that the main/only reason cannabis is part of a worldwide set of restrictions is b/c the US pushed those restrictions on everyone else as a part of its failed war on drugs?
I actually didn’t know that...but it seems subjective seeing as many of the countries still have marijuana as an illegal substance including the USA. I got a bunch due to the virtue signalers that believe they’re set of values should be impressed not only on the country but seemingly the entire world. Fact is she doesn’t have the right to compete it’s a privilege to people confuse these things. People are saying crazy shit like it’s a duty to fight against unjust laws, but this isn’t a legal matter. She broke a guideline to enter a sporting event which she has said she was aware of , case close she forfeits to compete. All the other athletes are following these guidelines what makes her more special?
Much of the world is also moving in that same direction. Outside of Asia and Africa, marijuana has either been made legal or entirely decriminalized in much of the world.
Your missing my point. Also I am a proponent of legalizing the substance.
Your ignorance of how things really work is what is really alarming. Yes, I feel entitlement to choose what I put into my body. You know, free will and all of that.
Bruh why you making it about you...Absolutely no one cares what you put in your body.
So practice that “duty to disobey unjust laws” then. But also, be prepared to face the consequences for doing so. Whether it’s jail time, termination of employment, or removal from a high profile sporting event in this case. Can’t be upset at the consequences for breaking rules/laws.
Not sure why I’m being negged here. Pretty much common sense that if you break the rules/laws, that you’re going to be punished for it. Whether those rules/laws are just in your opinion or not doesn’t really matter. If you’re going to rebel against the rules, you’re kinda doing so in full expectation of facing the repercussions.
It’s not that you’re inherently wrong for disobeying unjust laws, it’s that you kinda lose the ability to complain that you’re being punished when you do it.
Boom.
Was about to comment the same and figured I'd scroll down a bit and see what else was said.
Is it a POTENTIALLY stupid rule?
Maybe.
Is it still a rule? A rule she HAD to have known?
Yes.
Bye Felicia.
You are free to disobey all you want. I would not advise the same for any Olympics hopefuls.
This is WORLD Anti Doping Agency, not US Anti Doping Agency. Marijuana is still considered very serious narcotics in many parts of the world (especially in Japan where the Olympics will be held). That is not going to change any time soon because you (and many in US) disagree.
How many accounts do you have Gameboy? Why do all of your lame takes have 4 upvotes?
Because my lameness is still 4 votes better than yours?
Five now :-)
To what extent do you suggest penalizing persons for failing to comply with this duty?
Wait, did I say that, or are you just saying shit, inserting words and thoughts where none were present? Yeah.
A good, if aggressive way of saying that you hadn't thought about it.
You said that it was our "duty" to not comply with unjust laws. Having a "duty" to do something means that there's an obligation to do that thing. This implicitly raises the question, what happens when someone doesn't do the thing they're supposed to do? For example, what if I don't show up for work on time? What if I don't pay my rent? My question to you is, what happens to me if I fail in the duty you say I and others should have, and comply with an unjust law? In that case, I haven't lived up to my obligation. What then?
If it isn't clear yet, the point of my post was to point out that the last line of your diatribe is ridiculous.
People use rhetoric like this to sound smart in my opinion it makes them sound like they need to get off social media because that’s where they get they’re personality from, copy cat BS.
Um, yeah... this here blog is as close as I get to social media. I loathe everything about social media, and the "culture" it fosters.
Agree with the first paragraph, but 'unjust law' is subjective. Some people think that the income tax is an unjust law.
Correct. But that is...stupid. So maybe that's what should change instead of athletes getting a little fazed.
Given the effects of smoking pot, I would think they'd have to prove how it was related to enhancing their performance. If anything, she smoked/ingested it to slow herself down.
Depends on your definition of “performance enhancing.” There are a lot of benefits of THC to athletes from muscle relaxation, pain relief, recovery times, better sleep, etc., that would benefit the performance of an athlete.
But yes, Cheeto employees would definitely benefit more directly from it.
Recently had a knee replacement and it’s still sore at times. I occasionally use pot at the beginning of the weekend and my knee feels much better the next morning.
Is there any peer reviewed evidence that it speeds up recovery times and improves sleep? That is a bold claim that sounds like a men's health workout website to me, honestly.
Well the guy directly above you gave his own experience, where using pot makes his knee feel much better. That’s what I’m referring to by “recovery time.” I realize that may make it sound like I’m saying bounce back from injury or something, but I’m really referring to the body returning to it’s “normal state” between races and practices. People all over the world use CBD/THC as a muscle relaxant and anti-inflammatory. The benefits of that for an athlete are huge. The quicker your body recovers after a race or training event, the quicker you can prepare for the next race.
As for improving sleep, it’s pretty much a universally known truth that marijuana makes you sleepy. Google is free, but here’s an excerpt from one article: “THC reportedly promotes sleep by activating the endocannabinoid system’s CB1 receptors. It has also been widely reported that THC shortens the period of sleep latency and causes the users to sleep longer. Research also connects THC to an increase in slow-wave sleep, an essential aspect of cerebral restoration and recovery.”
One of the most common uses of medical marijuana when it first became legalized was for insomnia. Due to both its qualities in making users sleepy, and as a relaxant, especially in PTSD patients (easier to sleep when you’re relaxed)
Anecdotal evidence is a contradictory phrase.
The long wave part is interesting though. Just because you’re sleepy doesn’t mean it’s good quality. I’ll have to look into the brain wave studies. Thanks.
There are countless studies on the effects of marijuana (technically the studies are done on CBD and THC) I simply gave an excerpt from the first one I came across. Many of which are available if you have the time to search them.
Again, the main reasons marijuana became medically legalized in the first place was its use as a sleep aid and pain-relief (as a muscle relaxer and inflammatory). So without me having the time to cite specific peer reviewed studies for you, there’s clearly a science behind it. As many cultures have been using it (in its natural form obviously, most modern marijuana has been altered) for similar purposes for centuries.
Ridiculous that she was even tested for Marijuana. Shame for the US as she’s a fun athlete to watch.
I agree, don't see how pot could possibly enhance her performance. This really sucks for her and I hope she can somehow appeal the decision and prove herself innocent.
OTOH, the hands of the USOC might be tied when it comes to testing for weed if the IOC is the one deciding weed is a banned substance. What good would it do to send her over to Japan and see her banned once she's over there? At least now the US team can sub in someone else.
I've never smoked it. But from what I understand, a lot of people find it very relaxing. Could that be an advantage before a race? Taking the edge off, keep from tightening up.
So "relaxing" is performance enhancing? Hmmm.....wonder why they ticket you for driving while impaired. Active cannabinoids slow your reflexes. This is definitely not something someone is doing BEFORE a race.
Even if you don’t cheef it should be pretty obvious that being high would in no way help you run fast
Unless there was a pizza pie at the finish line.
I see where you are going with this, but I don't think that it would help, but hey they all get info on what drugs, and ointments to avoid. She screwed herself.
Then everyone should do it and the playing field would level. Seriously, I think relaxation is universally accepted as a good thing for everyone, and not necessarily as an advantage but a necessary human state. An aside: I don't smoke or ingest pot, either. I just know it's helpful for a lot of people.
This isn’t about whether or not weed should be legal (which I believe it should be). This is about someone, knowing full well with eyes wide open, that if she takes weed and gets popped for a drug test she isn’t going to the Olympics. Just like if my employer tells me that you can’t smoke weed and randomly pops me with a test. If I’m positive I lose my job.
Or it's about someone hanging out with people who smoke weed (almost 50% of US college students smoke weed daily, as an example), and breathing it in.
Then those people should chip in and buy her a token gold medal for the one she worked so hard to try and win but won't because she made a really bad decision to hang out with those who were smoking.
You won't pop for 2nd hand weed.
Just a reminder that this also happened.
Very enjoyable read!
Thanks
Ross Rebagliati begs to differ....
Where you getting those stats?
From the 2018 National Institutes of Mental Health surveys of college students. And I should have said that this endorsement isn't "daily use" but is "daily or nearly daily use", on the surveys. Alcohol is not included under the "drugs" part, so the 45% does not include alcohol. And I round up to 50% in my memory, so did it here.
- In 2018, the annual prevalence of drug abuse was highest among college students (45%), followed by 12th graders (39%), 10th graders (30%), and 8th graders (13%).
Let's not stretch the truth, because it's 43% smoke during a 12 month period; not daily use.
https://news.umich.edu/marijuana-use-among-us-college-students-reaches-new-35-year-high/
Anyway, I'd question anyone's priorities if they are willing to jeopardize an Olympic opportunity for a quick high. Dumb!
Hahahahhahahah.
No.