The Real Doping Problem In Sport: Billiards
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Da Poet said:
Guess you don't know what ephedrine does.
It is technically a less potent drug in the amphetamine family. It was used as a cold remedy because of it's bronchodialating properties and would open up air passageways for those that were congested, on top of kicking your adrenaline and Dopamine into overdrive and pump you up.
It is what is called trucker speed, and i know lots of pool players that have taken it before a big game, as well as other stuff.
If you take enough of it, you will have the same effects as any speed out there, and your adrenaline will be flowing.
Ephedrine has been banned in a lot of professional sports for quite some time do to it's athletic performance enhancing ability, so your not talking about something that just stops your nose from running. It's something completely different.
as for the topic of this thread, i agree. I think the actual % is much much higher, but who really want to hear that.
No one wants to hear that their hero is jacked up on drugs when what they WANT to believe is that it's god given talent. Plus, who is really gonna admit that they take drugs, when they can pretend that it IS god given talent.
I always find it amusing when i see a guy in the finals of a tournament, sniffing his brains out like he has this boatload of snot ready to drip out, and he NEVER goes to blow his nose. Later, i'll mention something about drug use and pool, and they will play dumb. "what do you mean? gasp, people take DRUGS to play pool. Really? You think? Nahhh, i don't think so"
And some of these guys are well respected people.
Funny.
Drug testing for billiards is inevitable, if it grows in stature.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6559226
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6559226
the general consensus here is that the article is a shite one. i agree. but regardless of that the conclusion is still right, indeed most likely underplayed - Pool is full of drugs. which is a sad thing really. And pool being how it is atm, there is only one thing that could possibly stop it. The IPT. if it picks itself up it would have the ability to enforce regular tests all year round.
without the IPT, or an equivalent, i doubt the percentage of druggie stoner pool players is going to change. no way it can really.
without the IPT, or an equivalent, i doubt the percentage of druggie stoner pool players is going to change. no way it can really.
SUPERSTAR said:
I say it is still natural talent that sets an athelete apart. When everybody is using, the thing that makes one stand out is his natural ability. That said, it would be much better if nobody used, then nobody else would feel they are compelled to use.
SUPERSTAR said:
Yeah, I know what it does, and I think I could have made my point better without using ephedrine as an example the way I did. You raise a good point.
What I should have said was that that there could be completely innocent reasons why a pool player might for example, have ephedrine in his or her system at the time of the test.
Even so, we are supposedly talking about professional participants in a major tournament, not a latenight weekend thing. Why would someone need a stimulant? Not enough anxiety already? Let's just say that ephedrine is not exactly used universally as a pool performance enhancing drug the way steroids are in other sports.
The bottom line is that the subject of what is or isn't performance enhancing in pool, what tests the billiard players were subjected to, and what substances were flagged, are all interesting questions that are not answered in any way in this article or report. This report deliberately mixes in innocent results that have nothing to do with athletes or pool players intentionally taking performance enhancing drugs in order to pad the numbers and hype it's own cause.
It's fine to debate opinions on the level of drug use in professional pool, but printing something as fact based on garbage the way this article has is irresponsible.
Some people that have mild ASTHMA take ephedrine.
You can find it in Primatene tablets, and Primatene mist. If i'm not mistaken, those are the ONLY products sold in a pharmacy that still have ephedrine in them.
I know 2 people that have asthma that have taken Primatene for years cause it opens them up and they can breath for like 6 hours, instead of having to bring that inhailer around all the time.
I would assume that if either of them were to be professional athletes in a sport where it is banned, that they would have to find another asthma medicine.
You can find it in Primatene tablets, and Primatene mist. If i'm not mistaken, those are the ONLY products sold in a pharmacy that still have ephedrine in them.
I know 2 people that have asthma that have taken Primatene for years cause it opens them up and they can breath for like 6 hours, instead of having to bring that inhailer around all the time.
I would assume that if either of them were to be professional athletes in a sport where it is banned, that they would have to find another asthma medicine.
I like to hit the crack pipe before each shot. Luckily I play Willie Misconie's ghost so I don't have to do it much.
I wonder what percentage of Dice throwers use drugs?
I wonder what percentage of Dice throwers use drugs?
The End is Near...
If this is true, then we are doomed...
worriedbeef said:
If this is true, then we are doomed...