WADA (World Anti-Doping Agency) receives annual funding from all over the world. The funds have consistently risen over the years. In 2002, the U.S. funded $800,000 which grew to $1,900,000 by 2012. Total funding from around the world was 26.5 million dollars in 2012.
There were a few new drugs that made the prohibited list on 2012, one of which is nicotine. Within the last few years, nicotine had shown beneficial results in memory in rats, which may possibly lead to treating memory impairments such as Alzheimer's disease. One older drug on the prohibited list is amphetamines, which is better known as Adderall, for ADD. Another is ephedrine, the one Carl Lewis tested positive for but the documents were ignored and he brought home the gold medal. Ephedrine was used in stronger cold medicines.
Drugs actually meant for medical uses are being used as performance enhancers in sports, and governments don't think it's fair to use any type of enhancers especially in the world stage Olympics. These drugs don't stay in your system forever. Athletes are known to cycle drugs and have access to home drug tests. It's like a multimillion dollar funded hide-and-seek game between WADA and the athletes.
-Yong K.
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