RMc
At 12:14 PM 10/27/2003 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Good idea, BUT.... how is the chain of custody preserved once the samples have been opened?
malmo
> From: Richard McCann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: 2003/10/27 Mon AM 10:59:44 CST
> To: "P.F.Talbot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> CC: (T&FMail List) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: t-and-f: more or less cheating
>
> At 04:39 PM 10/24/2003 -0700, t-and-f-digest wrote:
> >Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 12:08:41 -0600
> >From: "P.F.Talbot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Subject: t-and-f: more or less cheating
> >
> >Okay I am a cynic, but does anyone else think that the current scandal will
> >lead to MORE cheating, not less. Doesn't this raise the bar to the level
> >where those who use drugs will want a designer steroid.
>
> There was an article from the Denver Post, rerun in the Sacto Bee on
> Sunday, where there's a push lead by Frank Shorter to preserve urine and
> blood samples for several years, even "indefinitely," and to periodically
> retest these samples as new drugs are discovered. Medalists could then be
> stripped retroactively for violations out to a 3 to 8 year statute of
> limitations. The political support for this option is probably growing
> rapidly right now.
>
> Retroactive testing could be a huge deterrent for designer drugs,
> particularly since opposing coaches would know exactly who to target and
> expose ex post.
>
> Richard McCann
>
>
