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The List is to be updated and published by WADA at least annually. [5] WADA specifies that the List generally includes any substance that meets any two of the following criteria: it enhances sport performance, it represents a health risk to the athlete, it violates the spirit of sport (as defined in the WADA Code). [3]
Athletes subject to testing by USADA have access to a number of resources designed to help athletes understand prohibited substances and if specific medications are prohibited according to the WADA prohibited List. In addition to a drug reference phone line, [25] where athletes can speak to an expert, USADA has partnered with Antidoping ...
A therapeutic use exemption (TUE), also known as a temporary use exemption, is a term created in 1991 [1] and refers to an official medical document. The document gives an athlete permission to take a medication listed on the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) Prohibited List, normally prohibited because its use would be considered a performance enhancing drug.
Pages in category "World Anti-Doping Agency prohibited substances" The following 85 pages are in this category, out of 85 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
WADA announced on Tuesday that an advisory group will conduct a scientific study to review whether marijuana should remain banned. The study will take place in 2022. The drug will remain on the ...
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA; French: Agence mondiale antidopage, AMA) is an international organization co-founded by the governments of over 140 nations along with the International Olympic Committee based in Canada to promote, coordinate, and monitor the fight against drugs in sports.
The use of performance-enhancing drugs (doping in sport) is prohibited within the sport of athletics.Athletes who are found to have used such banned substances, whether through a positive drugs test, the biological passport system, an investigation or public admission, may receive a competition ban for a length of time which reflects the severity of the infraction.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) established its initial list of prohibited substances in 1967 and introduced the first drug tests at the France and Mexico Olympic Games in 1968. [5] Thirty years later, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) was founded. WADA was founded at a time when individual governments, sport federations, and the ...