I believe that the East German documents found several years ago indicated, among other things, that their scientists were involved with experimenting on athletes with drugs that we still being "developed" but promised to be effective. I suspect that's not exactly what Dan was referring to, but it is one example to suport his observation.
However, aside from that, all I have heard is "speculation", nothing that approaches fact. The most encouraging thing about the DPO positives is that perhaps the testers have gotten just a tiny bit closer to the athletes in the testing race. - Ed Parrot ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Kaplan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'track list'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 9:22 PM Subject: RE: t-and-f: Olympic DQ's > Hmm, putting me on the spot... I was specifically thinking of Charlie > Francis' references to arsenic and stric nine (sp?) being used as > performance enhancers in small volumes, as well as prescription drugs not > yet on the market at the time being popular commodities. I've read > several other accounts over the years, some here on the list, but I cannot > cite any specifics off hand. > > Dan > > --- malmo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You must have better sources than I do. In all the years I've never > > heard of such nonsense. > > > > Could you provide a bibliography for us slow-lane types, please? > > > > Thank you, > > > > malmo > > > > -----Original Message----- > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Dan Kaplan > > > > From what I've read of performance enhancing drug use, it's not at all > > uncommon for athletes to experiment with truly experimental drugs to > > get that extra edge. So something that was "developed" by '83 was > > probably in R&D by at least '80 and may have been making the rounds that > > far back. > > > > Dan > > > ===== > http://AccountBiller.com - MyCalendar, D-Man, ReSearch, etc. > http://Run-Down.com - 10,000 Running Links, Fantasy T&F > ------------------------------------------------------------ > @ o Dan Kaplan - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <|\/ <^- ( [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] ) > _/ \ \/\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] (lifetime forwarding address) > / / (503)370-9969 phone/fax > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Try FREE Yahoo! Mail - the world's greatest free email! > http://mail.yahoo.com/ >
