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I'm still unclear as to whether Adderall is in fact the substance behind this probation, but here's a couple thoughts...
If Adderall is prescribed for ADHD, how can the FIM ban it's prescriptive use? Secondly, having recently taken Adderall for the first time, my interpretation of the drug is that it's a full grade, Johnny Cash style amphetamine. I can't imagine it helping a rider, especially at the level these guys are at. It may boost energy, but could also bring on anxiety and likely some overall, physical weakness. I can't see the advantage.
Either he was caught with something else in his system, or the FIM should better ascertain which drugs are off limits. Either way, it seems wrong to publicly put a star athlete on probation before ironing all this out. If it is just Adderall and he does have a prescription (as many do), this public embarrassment was avoidable.
how can the FIM ban it's prescriptive use?
Therapeutic Use Exemptions
See the link. http://www.wada-ama.org/en/science-medicine/tue/
Had he went through the process they have set up he could have taken it & been legal.
This will drag on for years in the courts unless he just rolls over and takes it like a man.
Unfortunately for everyone it's Guilty until proven innocent
So the last we ever saw of James Stewart was a 1/1 Moto win.
Although the records wont show that, they will take his points for this year away.
Points for SX and Outdoors.
The Shop
Thats where there is a huge problem with having two different testing agencies for both series. If they want to unify the testing and have results effect both series they should have one agency do the testing.
And as much as you want the guy to retire, it wont happen.
Hope you enjoy watching him the rest of the summer.
http://motorsportstalk.nbcsports.com/2014/06/20/james-stewart-tests-positive-for-banned-substance-at-seattle-supercross-provisionally-suspended-by-fim/
now cycling is one thing, when you have major fatigue, EPO can address that (albeit illegally), but coming back to something Johnny O'Mara once said, motos just aren't long enough for a rider to see any real benefit from it.
And TUEs are bullshit.
Thats like saying taking 1 vike for a migraine, compared to 10 to get high as a kite.
As soon as your doc quits prescribing, get another doc, or 5 or 10 or 20 docs.
If the news of him failing the test blows up and spirals out of control then he is done. The blow up in the media has already started and he maybe made an example of.
Either way its a sad sad day for JS and for the sport.
Thats like your family doc saying asmtha meds arent anabolic, or melt fat.
And yes, there are doctors that fuckin stupid.
Not such a dumb post, Like the FIM the AMA has ties with WADA, so you will soon see that his Ban will also be for all over the world.
And will play out just like I said,
Ohh James, what are we going to do with you !
carry on badboy
Pit Row
Since everyone reacts differently to drugs, what is performance enhancing for one person may be performance decreasing for another.
Looking through the banned drug list will open your eyes. Beyond the obvious recreational drugs and known drugs like testosterone and EPO are things like Oxycontin, Sudafed, and some cough medications. Because they all have potential performance implications they are all banned.
It is the athletes responsibility to obtain the TUE before the competition. If they don't and they test positive, they the only assumption that can be made is that they were trying to skirt the rules. This one is pretty much a text book case of that scenario.
You can thank the Olympics, Bicycling, and stick and ball sports for the focus on drug testing today as the abuses were such that the performance gains were too quick and too great to be ignored. Now the public demands that their athletes be beyond reproach because of all the scandals of the past. Testing like this is here to stay.
This is pure speculation and do not apply for this situation. But I have a friend who is a professional athelete, he got caught with anabolic substances in his body, he got suspended for two years. The ban applied to all forms of exercise, he was not even able to sign up for a gym. If this applies here and for other sports I'm not certain, this was ice hockey. If it would, Stewarts suspension/penalty or whatever he gets will apply for SX and MX.
Non issue.
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