Ban What Is Dangerous, Legalize What Is Not

Many fans are concerned that the use of stimulants destroys the essence of sports. They may be right. After all, as long as some athletes are counterfeited while other people are sticking to the rules, victory is just as much fraud as skill or effort. But, if all athletes are officially allowed to take growth hormone, beta blockers or other relatively safe medicine, do we still have these concerns?

I do not think so. The anti-doping rule is designed to terminate the use of "material that improves performance". However, this reason is pointless. Not to mention marathon participation, human beings need rich food and drink to survive. Strictly speaking, we are taking performance enhancing substances. The decision on whether to ban a specific substance is not dependent on whether it improves athletic ability, but it depends on "normal".

The distinction between substances that should be permitted or prohibited explains the majority of our own arbitrary assumptions.

Many long distance runners know that carbohydrates are a particularly effective way to store energy. And make sure that the large ball of pasta will be eaten on the night before the game. However, since pasta is made from natural ingredients, I think that should not be banned. Likewise, artificial analgesics are commonly used by athletes. However, sometimes take aspirin, so you do not have to worry about its use contrary to the spirit of the Olympics.

The difference between currently permitted substances and prohibited substances will ultimately explain our own arbitrary assumptions and in other cases rare. Fans admire athletes' wonderful skills and unlimited resolutions. As long as all the athletes can get improved medicine, it still needs great skills and determination to win. Therefore, there are good reasons to prohibit drugs that cause serious health risks even if taken under medical supervision (dinitrophenol will come to mind), but other such as erythropoietin (EPO) All substances should be allowed. ) And propranolol.

Regarding narcotics and other activities (gambling etc.), these activities are not sufficiently dangerous, and Mark Kleinman believes in "tolerance" if it deserves a full ban. This means that adults can get some supply of legal production, hoping to weaken the black market with sufficient freedom, but this is more like an ironing It will be seen as a characteristic of the regulatory system. Wrinkles For example, Climan suggests that even adults should not be universally authorized when they reach a certain age, but should be required to pass tests in order to acquire access rights . This type of license can be used to limit weekly or monthly purchase amounts.

Cannabis has good medicinal value. There was not excessive marijuana death. Legal cigarettes and alcohol are more dangerous. The United States needs a constitutional amendment to ban alcohol, but there is only a law prohibiting drug use. This is not quite logical. There are many medicines to be banned, but marijuana does not have to be one of them. This is not the use of generous marijuana. The state should be responsible for the legalization of the drug, ideally the state should use cannabis for individuals. The current system will not function. The United States can not prejudice federal law through state law. This should be handed over to the Supreme Court and it is best for the court to legalize drugs to the state.

Since the spread of cannabis in the United States, politicians and the general public have discussed whether legitimization of marijuana is a good idea for the whole country. The ban on cannabis was attributed to the rise of lower classes due to the monopoly of plants in the 1920s in the 1920s, so it was officially declared illegal in 1930. This legislative choice is itself an attempt to block the rise of immigrants, but from "violence, crime, other social deviations, mainly from" racial inferiority "or underestimated society" It is believed to protect. This medicine has been legalized for recreation in 4 provinces and is used medically in 19 states and Washington, DC.