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Everyone (rich people) are on everything that isn't on wadas list, and more.
Don't think (IMO) many people are taking stuff on wada banned list, only poor people and idiots.The meldonium scandals proved that.
The real good drugs aren't banned, because they're not known about or so expensive.
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The real good drugs aren't banned, because they're not known about or so expensive.
They're not banned by name, but there's a catch-all ban on anything which has the same effects as something which is banned by name. If you invent a new molecule which binds to the erythropoietin receptor, it's banned even though it's not the same molecule as any of the previously known molecules which bind to the erythropoietin receptor.
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Oh, and this:
The real good drugs aren't banned, because they're not known about
is by definition not the case. Category S.0. says
"Any pharmacological substance which is not addressed by any of the subsequent sections of the List and with no current approval by any governmental regulatory health authority for human therapeutic use (e.g. drugs under pre-clinical or clinical development or discontinued, designer drugs, substances approved only for veterinary use) is prohibited at all times"
so if it's "not known about", it's banned by default. It might not be detected because it's not known about, but that's a separate issue.
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I got the impression with Shane Stokes (along with RaceRadio on Twitter) that while not as rabid as the Clinic/Digger Forum etc, they're still believe Sky are on the juice, and Cookson is covering it up