Isn't the problem though that the low levels could just be higher levels that have been reduced as the stuff passes through his system? How do they know it isn't? Regards, Martin
ghill wrote: > > From: "Kurt Bray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Reply-To: "Kurt Bray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2002 23:38:55 +0000 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: t-and-f: more on Kim Collins test positive- story > > > > > >> Games officials announced that Collins wouldn't face punishment because the > >> substance, used in asthma medication to make breathing easier, wasn't > >> performance-enhancing. He was guilty only of not declaring it. > > > > If it's not performance-enchancing and it's not illegal, why is anyone or > > any organization worried about it? Why test for it? > > > > Note this original quote in one story: > > "The use of salbutamol is permitted under certain conditions and the levels > found in Collins' sample was consistent with normal therapeutic use and was > not considered to be performance enhancing." > > they're making a quantitative vs. qualitative judgment apparently. Like a > DUI, some's OK, some's not. (although i guess the problem w/ most DUI > characters is that some was OK, more was better :-) > > gh
