USA TODAY: American wrestler Stephany Lee, who missed the Olympics because she tested positive for marijuana, was at home in Colorado Springs when she heard that judoka Nicholas Delpopolo had been thrown out of the London Games after failing a drug test he blamed on inadvertently eating food baked with marijuana…
Lee said she and other Olympic athletes exhibit “camaraderie” in discussing with one another when best to stop marijuana use before expected testing. Lee estimated that at least “a good 50 Olympic athletes” use marijuana regularly before they stop in time for testing.
“We all regulate our consumption,” Lee said. “It’s not like we have to do a competition and we are continuously on this — that’s not how it works. We know when the tests are going to be because they come to the biggest events. A month before this I am not going to do this anymore, just for the simple fact that you’ll have to clean your system… (more)
EDITOR: Traces of marijuana use linger for as long as two weeks while traces of hard drugs, especially those that might give the user a competitive edge, last for a far shorter time.
Is there any evidence that use of marijuana gives someone a competitive edge any more so than drinking beer? Of course not. Just as in the case of the NCAA penalties of Penn State, we are confusing moralizing with the real task of assuring fair competition.
