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Re:Taking meldonium for performance enhancement by addicted on Tuesday August 29, 2017 @07:41AM (#15123589)
Cannabis is not considered a PED (anyone who has taken Cannabis can easily atttest to that).

Cannabis is a problem due to other political issues which means it's illegal in most major sport playing jurisdictions.

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Re:Taking meldonium for performance enhancement by 3131s on Tuesday August 29, 2017 @07:56AM (#15123647)
It might be performance enhancing. I say that partially because marijuana may be a bronchodilator, but mostly because I know many college and some pro athletes who use marijuana. I can run a sub 11 second 100m while very high.
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Re:Taking meldonium for performance enhancement by bonesss on Wednesday August 30, 2017 @07:07AM (#15131135)
> Cannabis is not considered a PED (anyone who has taken Cannabis can easily atttest to that).

Cannabis is very, very, much considered a PED. It is banned in competition by USADA and WADA.

Anesthetizing effects, motor processing effects, lung performance, etc...

I will agree that most people most of the time are not smoking and becoming super athletes. I do not agree that athletic performance is unaffected by it and that it's consequences are universally negative. Hence the ban against using it in fair athletic competition.

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