Results of the WADA monitoring program regarding substances which are not on the 2004 Prohibited List, but which WADA wishes to monitor in order to detect patterns of misuse in sport. These substances are:
- Caffeine
- Pseudoephedrine
- Phenylpropanolamine
- Synephrine
- Phenylephrine
- Pipradrol
- Morphine / Codeine
Facts
The French Baseball and Softball Federation (Fédération Française de Baseball et Softball, FFBS) charges respondent M01 for a violation of the Anti-Doping Rules. During a match on May 20, 2007, a sample was taken for doping test purposes. The analysis of the sample showed the presence of a metabolite of cannabis. Cannabis is a prohibited substance according the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) prohibited list and is regarded as a specified substances.
History
The respondent explains that he uses cannabis five or six times a day, he uses it in a recreational setting and only out of the sports season.
Decision
1. The sanction is a period of ineligibility of nine months, as pronounced in the decision dated September 29, 2007, by the disciplinary committee of the FFBS but extended to all relevant French sport organizations.
2. The period of ineligibility will be reduced by the time already served by the voluntary suspension and the decision of September 29, 2007.
3. The decision starts on the date of notification.
4. The decision will be published and sent to the parties involved.
Medicine and science in the fight against doping in sport / D.H. Catlin, K.D. Fitch, A. Ljungqvist. – (Journal of Internal Medicine (2008) 264 (Aug) : p. 99-114)
Content:
- Introduction
- Detection of doping substances and methods
- Doping controls at Olympic games
- Therapeutic use of prohibited substances
- Conclusions
The fight against doping in sports commenced as a result of the death of a Danish cyclist during the Rome Olympic Games in 1960. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) established a Medical Commission (IOC-MC) which had the task of designing a strategy to combat the misuse of drugs in Olympic Sport. Some International Sport Federations (IF) and National Sports Federations followed suit, but progress was modest until the world's best male sprinter was found doped with anabolic steroids at the Olympic Games in Seoul in 1988. Further progress was made following the cessation of the cold war in 1989 and in 1999 public authorities around the world joined the Olympic Movement in a unique partnership by creating WADA, the 'World Anti-Doping Agency'. The troubled history of the anti-doping fight from the 1960s until today is reviewed. In particular, the development of detection methods for an ever increasing number of drugs that can be used to dope is described, as are the measures that have been taken to protect the health of the athletes, including those who may need banned substances for medical reasons.
Doping in sports and its spread to at-risk populations : an international review / David A. Baron, David M. Martin, Samir Abol Magd. – (World psychiatry 6 (2007) 2 (June); p. 54-59)
Doping is now a global problem that follows international sporting events worldwide. International sports federations, led by the International Olympic Committee, have for the past half century attempted to stop the spread of this problem, with little effect. It was expected that, with educational programs, testing, and supportive medical treatment, this substance-abusing behavior would decrease. Unfortunately, this has not been the case. In fact, new, more powerful and undetectable doping techniques and substances are now abused by professional athletes, while sophisticated networks of distribution have developed. Professional athletes are often the role models of adolescent and young adult populations, who often mimic their behaviors, including the abuse of drugs. This review of doping within international sports is to inform the international psychiatric community and addiction treatment professionals of the historical basis of doping in sport and its spread to vulnerable athletic and non-athletic populations.
The Need for WADA to Address Confidentiality Leaks in Drug Testing in Olympic Sports – The Ian Thorpe Situation / John T. Wendt. – (International Sports Law Journal (2010) 3-4 : p. 47-54)
Content:
- Introduction
- Thorpe’s Accomplishments
- Thorpe as an Anti-Doping Crusader
- Ressiot and l’Equipe
- Reactions to the Leak and Accusation
- WADA and Confidentiality
- Thorpe and Ressiot
- FINA, ASADA and Thorpe
- Thorpe Sues Ressiot and L’Equipe
- Reforms and Need for Confidentiality
- Changes to the World Anti-Doping Code
- Conclusion
- References
Ian Thorpe is an Australian successful elite level swimmers.
Thorpe has also been one of the leading opponents of doping.
He was a founding athlete-member of the World Anti-Doping
Association’s (WADA) “Athlete’s Passport” Program and was one of the first to provide blood samples to be frozen for future testing in accordance with WADA’s new testing procedures (World Anti-
Doping Code Annual Report, 2002). But, that reputation was tarnished when someone leaked confidential information to Damien Ressiot, a journalist for the French newspaper, L’Equipe, who accused Thorpe of committing a doping offense. For Ian Thorpe, there were two volatile issues − first, the truth of the allegations, and second the breach of confidentiality of his personal records.
Confidentiality is at the heart of any drug testing program. Names should not be revealed, unless it is firmly and legally established that a doping offense has been committed. A breach of confidentiality and media leaks undermine the entire system. It is essential that there is confidentiality throughout the whole process until there is a finding that an individual has in fact committed a doping offense. This comment looks at the breach of confidentiality of Ian Thorpe’s records, and the need for WADA to act to remedy the problem.
Baseball’s Doping Crisis and New Anti-Doping Program / James A.R. Nafziger. – (International Sports Law Journal (2006) 1-2 : p. 10-13)
Content:
1.) Baseball’s Doping Crisis
2.) Major League Baseball’s Response to the Crisis and Its Significance
2a.) MLB’s Response
2a-1.) The 2002 Program
2a-2.) Public Opinion
2a-3.) The 2005 Program
2b.) The Significance of MLB’s Response in the Process of Globalization
The most significant issue confronting professional baseball has been the use by players of performance-enhancing drugs. The widespread use of steroids, in particular, led to a doping crisis in the sport and irresistible pressures for reform emanating from congressional hearings in the United States on the crisis.
As a result, MLB first accepted minimum testing procedures and sanctions against doping in 2002 and then, under continuing public and congressional pressures, rapidly instituted a respectable program of testing and sanctions in 2005. Frontier issues involving difficult-to-detect and undetectable drugs remain to be resolved in the future. What may be particularly significant about baseball’s new program is not simply its rapid development under pressure but its growing conformity with the standards and procedures of international sports law-a significant development, given the independent role of player contracts and collective bargaining in professional baseball.
This study first summarizes baseball’s doping crisis, then discusses MLB’s response to it and the significance of the response in the context of international sports law and the globalizing process.
On 6 July 2011 the Koninklijke Nederlandse Baseball en Softball Bond (KNBSB), the Royal Dutch Baseball and Softball Federation, decided to impose a 9 month period of ineligibility on the Athlete after his sample tested positive for the prohibited substance cannabis.
Hereafter the Athlete appealed the KNBSB decision of 6 July 2011.
The Athlete did not dispute the positive test or the anti-doping rule violation. The Athlete invoked the principle of proportionality due to the imposed sanction is too severe. In Addition the Dopingautoriteit, Anti-Doping Authority the Netherlands, provided information to the KNBSB to determine the sanction related to cannabis anti-doping rule violations in the Netherlands.
The Appeal Committee concludes that the imposed sanction was disproportional. Therefore the KNBSB Appeal Commission decides to set aside the decision of the KNBSB Disciplinary Committee of 6 July 2011 and to impose a reprimand on the Athlete.
The Koninklijke Nederlandse Baseball en Softball Bond (KNBSB), the Royal Dutch Baseball and Softball Federation, has reported an anti-doping rule violation against the Athlete after his sample tested positive for the prohibited substance cannabis.
At the hearing the Athlete admitted the use of cannabis. Without intention to enhance sport performance the KNBSB Disciplinary Committee decides to impose a 9 month period of ineligibility, starting on 1 July 2011.
