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Monday, January 7, 2008
In Jamaica, a member of the International Association of Athletics Federations' (IAAF) Medical and Anti-Doping Commission, has called for a ban on smoking in public, especially at sporting events, where athletes are at risk of inhaling second hand smoke. According to the medical health officer Dr Herbert Elliott, athletes have tested positive for marijuana, after hanging out with friends, who had been smoking. Elliot said that the IAAF's policy would not excuse any athlete who tested positive for marijuana, whether by secondhand or firsthand consumption. He pointed out that because of Jamaica's outstanding performances in international events, the athletes are tested very regularly, and according to Elliot, they have infact, been tested at least 15 times since September 2007. "Our athletes are subjected to a great deal of testing, and so therefore, you can have faith when they perform that they are clean," Elliott stated.
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