injuryupdate
30-09-2005, 11:57 AM
Interesting article for those of you with a subscription to the BJSM:
http://bjsm.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/39/10/e37
Has shown that ingestion of Mate de Coca tea leads to positive drug tests for cocaine for up to two days afterwards. This tea is commercially available, although since it is made from the same plant it is not surprising it gives a positive to cocaine.
Hopefully word will get around the sporting world not to drink the stuff. WADA has become puritannical so they would come down hard under strict liability.
A worry about how many contaminated substances there are out there.
http://bjsm.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/39/10/e37
Has shown that ingestion of Mate de Coca tea leads to positive drug tests for cocaine for up to two days afterwards. This tea is commercially available, although since it is made from the same plant it is not surprising it gives a positive to cocaine.
Hopefully word will get around the sporting world not to drink the stuff. WADA has become puritannical so they would come down hard under strict liability.
A worry about how many contaminated substances there are out there.