Drugs in Sport

The many recent controversies about the use of recreational and/or performance enhancing drugs by sportsmen and women has led us to think about the sports that are not closely monitored for this significant problem. When was the last time you heard about questionable results from random testing of deep sea fishermen? Or speed chess players? If we are going to eradicate the issue of illicit drug use, tests need to be uniformly applied across the board – darts, lawn bowls, croquet. No sport should be overlooked. We may have to make a temporary exception for the crateloads of Codral Cold and Flu tablets and Lemsips making their way to racetracks around the country.