jon slowey hit with 3 year ban

Coke clears your **** in 3 or 4 days.

So while Slowey may or may not have been on it in the ring he had definitely taken it in the days leading up to the fight.

 

And that would benefit him how?

 

Who said that they shouldn't be banned? People were questioning the sense in boxers who take recreational drugs that only really harm themselves getting longer bans than others who take PEDs which help them hurt others.

 

And I'm saying why are bans longer for recreational drug abuse when PED use is clearly more dangerous and affects the innocent party negatively rather than the irresponsible one. It makes no sense.

 

Maybe they came down harder on him because he got caught while he was in competition? I'd say it's a lot different if you catch someone who has been sat at home for 3 months with no fight lined up or someone whos been pinged in the days leading up to the fight?

 

The rules are that if you get caught with coke out of competition there's no automatic ban (although sporting federations can ban for that if they want to).

If you get caught for coke in a in competition test then it's an automatic two year ban.

 

Have a line and get 3 years, take something that could possibly contribute to killing someone and you get a fraction of that. Wtf is that about!?

 

I'm constantly bemused as to why recreational drugs are dealt with more harshly than PED's, I honestly wouldn't care if my lads opponent has had a spliff or a line however I'd be massively concerned if he has had a course of steroids