"Right now, the Kenya Anti-Doping Act of 2016 is not, in my view, sufficiently loaded to deal with this challenge with the force required," (Sports minister Ababu) Namwamba told BBC Sport Africa.
"Our initial investigations are that you have a very complex underground syndicate [involved in doping in athletics]. It involves agents, coaches and doctors so it will need multiple instruments to be deployed to dismantle that syndicate.
"I believe we need to criminalise doping and elevate handling of doping substances to the same level [as] narcotics.
"So in the same way we deal with drug traffickers, we should deal similarly with those engaged in this practice."
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We don’t want to. We would become much less competitive in athletics.
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Great idea, Rojo! We can start with Shelby Houlihan. She WAS found guilty, therefore, under your logic, she can appeal for a new trial while in prison
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Meanwhile in America, prosecutors are decriminalizing all drugs.
(The person who says we criminalized it with the AP article is wrong. We basically criminalized other country's doing it in a state sponsored way)
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410 resident wrote:
Meanwhile in America, prosecutors are decriminalizing all drugs.
(The person who says we criminalized it with the AP article is wrong. We basically criminalized other country's doing it in a state sponsored way)
Idiot I never said a word.
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Baade wrote:
Yes, but this is about international doping harming American athletes, not about the doping of American athletes.
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casual obsever wrote:
Baade wrote:
Yes, but this is about international doping harming American athletes, not about the doping of American athletes.
Yes of course. The point is that the US has no interest in criminalizing doping by individual U.S. athletes. I explained why earlier.
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Okay then lock up Shelby wrote:
Great idea, Rojo! We can start with Shelby Houlihan. She WAS found guilty, therefore, under your logic, she can appeal for a new trial while in prison
Wouldn't that be nice. No more appeals though, as she already went all the way, and lost at every instance.
I am siding with Shalane Flanagan here, who said that dopers should lose all their accolades. Sadly Houlihan gets to keep her titles and records.
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casual obsever wrote:
Okay then lock up Shelby wrote:
Great idea, Rojo! We can start with Shelby Houlihan. She WAS found guilty, therefore, under your logic, she can appeal for a new trial while in prison
Wouldn't that be nice. No more appeals though, as she already went all the way, and lost at every instance.
I am siding with Shalane Flanagan here, who said that dopers should lose all their accolades. Sadly Houlihan gets to keep her titles and records.
Good point! Okay, Shelby is in prison according to Rojo’s plan
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Yes. That's why I gave you a thumbs up.
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casual obsever wrote:
Yes. That's why I gave you a thumbs up.
Awesome I gave you one too
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I also don’t believe for a minute that Kenya has any genuine interest in criminalizing doping by individual athletes, any more than the US does. Plus does Hassan Mead really belong in prison?
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I am not surprised that Kenya "says they will criminalize doping".
But I will be shocked if they will execute it lawfully. Remember, Kenya is one of the most corrupted countries out there, and people can still solve most of the problems by paying up, speaking from what I saw and experienced in Kenya.
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Local and international human rights advocates will not allow this, and any such law will probably not stand with the Supreme Court of Kenya. It's interesting that Kenya is being pressured to enact a law that would not only violate individual freedoms, but not succeed in any other democratic society.
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Chen wrote:
I am not surprised that Kenya "says they will criminalize doping".
But I will be shocked if they will execute it lawfully. Remember, Kenya is one of the most corrupted countries out there, and people can still solve most of the problems by paying up, speaking from what I saw and experienced in Kenya.
Good thing Kenya is not accountable to you and owes you nothing.
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Wait. I was assured it was genetic superiority. Kenya should have been banned but any progress is welcome.
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There'd be no sport,or track and field in usa if everyone,their coaches,and the system that spawned them got caught,banned,and charged.
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rojo wrote:
"Right now, the Kenya Anti-Doping Act of 2016 is not, in my view, sufficiently loaded to deal with this challenge with the force required," (Sports minister Ababu) Namwamba told BBC Sport Africa.
"Our initial investigations are that you have a very complex underground syndicate [involved in doping in athletics]. It involves agents, coaches and doctors so it will need multiple instruments to be deployed to dismantle that syndicate.
"I believe we need to criminalise doping and elevate handling of doping substances to the same level [as] narcotics.
"So in the same way we deal with drug traffickers, we should deal similarly with those engaged in this practice."
This is how it is done in Norway as well fyi, its criminalized.
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