Prohibition warped law enforcement and overburdened the court system and created all kinds of needless harm and black market poisons. In June, the Rio-based WADA lab’s credentials were suspended, apparently because of technical errors giving off false positives. Individual rights have been infringed on, money has been wasted, and gangsterism has flourished, while failing to protect the health of athletes. Abraham Lincoln once famously said that prohibition “makes a crime out of things that are not crimes.” WADA has done exactly that. The prevailing wisdom among the zealous deputized amateurs at WADA is that all performance enhancers are unhealthy and wrong.

Source: Washington Post August 04, 2016 21:31 UTC