http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/21/sports/autoracing/21nascar.html?_r=0
Yet several drug testing experts interviewed for this article
found fault with various aspects of the program. Nascar provides its teams with a minimal list of banned substances largely by categories — amphetamines, barbiturates — instead of identifying each prohibited drug. Some experts have urged Nascar to spell out more exacting penalties for violations, which so far have been open-ended and indefinite in length, and to more formally accommodate exceptions on drugs for therapy.
typical rules written in pencil
According to Don Catlin, the founder of the
U.C.L.A. Olympic Analytical Lab, Nascar should recognize that “there are drugs that go both ways — for nefarious purposes and for a therapeutic use.”
Poston says waivers for forbidden drugs are granted for necessary medicinal purposes. David Black, a
forensic toxicologist, administers Nascar’s testing program through his lab, Aegis in Nashville. “They just need to be in touch with Dr. Black and they work it out,” Poston said.
RIGHT, work it out with the guy getting paid by nascar,,
Gary Wadler of the
New York UniversitySchool of Medicine, who helped compile the roster of prohibited drugs for the World Anti-Doping Agency,
said he considered Nascar’s program “woefully adequate.” He said Major League Baseball and the N.F.L. “are light years ahead of where I believe Nascar is.”
Not having a defined list of banned substances renders the program “inherently unfair,” said Charles Yesalis, a
Penn State professor of health policy and a longtime adviser on drug
He plays that part well.
