Top Oly Medical Officer Blasts Marijuana Use

NAGANO, Japan -- Marijuana use among world athletes is not widespread, but still is viewed as ``strongly objectionable'' by Olympic officials, the International Olympic Committee's top medical officer said today. Prince Alexandre de Merode, chairman of the IOC's Medical Commissio...

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Published inThe Salt Lake tribune
Main Author TONY SEMERAD THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Salt Lake City, Utah The Salt Lake Tribune 19.02.1998
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Summary:NAGANO, Japan -- Marijuana use among world athletes is not widespread, but still is viewed as ``strongly objectionable'' by Olympic officials, the International Olympic Committee's top medical officer said today. Prince Alexandre de Merode, chairman of the IOC's Medical Commission, revealed that so-called ``blind'' drug testing had detected use of the organic hallucinogen only four times in recent Olympic Games, including once in Barcelona in 1992 and twice at the 1996 Games in Atlanta. Other tests detected the substance in urine samples from at least two athletes participating in the ongoing Winter Games in Nagano, de Merode said, but officials are not disclosing details on the athletes involved.
ISSN:0746-3502