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Marijuana usage, in which I personally do not partake, is banned solely because of the IOC's perception that it creates moral decay within the sport. Does it in any way act as a performance-enhancing agent? Nope! All studies have concluded that it most certainly does...
...performance-enhancing drug, what business does the IOC have in telling its athletes that they cannot enjoy it? Pretty soon they are going to be telling me I have to go to church every Sunday and wear a tie to competitions...
...completely understand the need for Harvard and the NCAA to ban such a substance. It certainly could hinder an athlete's ability to simultaneously be a successful student. They have a special interest in the athlete's success out of the pool that the IOC does not possess...
...mentioned before, I am an advocate of ridding the sport of performance-enhancing drugs and I do not personally bow before the bong, but the fact that the IOC uses a valid concern about performance-enhancing drugs to dictate what lifestyles its athletes can lead is simply appalling...
...IOC is not the Pope, it does not function as a societal legislature, it is an organization with the sole purpose of making amateur athletics as fair as possible for the athletes. It serves solely as a protection of athletes from cheating...