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What is it with humans and drugs? 💊

What is it with humans and drugs? 💊

....I'm genuinely curious

Yemi Davis
February 29, 2024

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Imagine the Olympics - but with drugs allowed

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Hear me outttttt……

Using performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) is a big no-no in competitive sports. It’s such a big taboo that it has led to the downfall of many athletes' careers.

However, the team behind The Enhanced Games beg to differ.

The event was founded by Aron D’Souza - a lawyer who used to represent Hulk Hogan. It’s already being touted as the “drug-friendly Olympics“ foregoing traditional drug testing protocols. While this move raises ethical concerns and questions about athlete safety, D’Souza asserts that participants will receive clinical supervision and comprehensive health checks. Just like you, I’ve got several questions.

Despite A LOT of people voicing how much of a terrible idea they think this is, D’Souza maintains the initiative is an open celebration of scientific innovation, and actively challenges the conventional stance on doping in sports. I mean why wouldn’t he - seeing as he has been able to secure significant funding from investors like Peter Thiel (the guy who founded PayPal with Elon Musk) an Christian Angermayer's Apeiron Investment Group.

According to a 2017 study, 44% of athletes admit to using banned performance-enhancing substances, and the Enhanced Games’s angle seems to be along the lines of “well most athletes do it anyway so why don’t we embrace it?”

The team haven’t announced dates for the tournament, but I’m interested to see how this plays out.

Football players can now get blue cards??

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The International Football Association Board (IFAB) is trialling out a new blue card’ in football matches.

If you’re like me and don’t watch football, you’re probably sitting there wondering what the hell I’m on about, so I’ll briefly explain….

In football, when players commit a foul or some sort of misconduct, they are given penalties. The most common being the yellow and red cards

A yellow card is given as a “Hey, you’re doing stupid sh*t and I see you. Do it again and I’m kicking you off the pitch“

Whereas a red card is the “You done f***ed up“ card and players who receive this are immediately sent off the pitch. Players will also get an automatic red card when they get 2 yellow cards in a match.

Now a Blue Card kinda sits in the middle of the two as It is given to players for incidents that are serious but not serious enough to warrant a second yellow card (which would ordinarily qualify for a red card).

Players who receive this card will serve a 10-minute suspension and will be sent off the pitch for the duration and will be allowed back after.

Weed is now legal in Germany

Yeah that’s it.

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Lol jk jk

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Soooo earlier this month, Germany’s lower house of parliament voted to legalize cannabis for “limited recreational use”. This means starting sometime in April, ADULTS over the age of 18 will be able to legally possess up to 50g at home and 25g in public. They will also be able to cultivate up to three plants at home for private consumption. From July 1, Germans will also be able to buy canabis from licensed member-only clubs.

The government have also made it clear that consuming the drug near schools and playgrounds would be illegal.

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