“Just for the record, I'm in favor of drug testing EVERY year just as long as it's a level playing field. The problem arises that a lot of these substances are hard to detect. So, it's very difficult to have true, drug-free bodybuilding competition, especially on the professional level.” YearsLongHardProblemDifficultLevelsRecordsFieldsDrugCompetitionFavorsAriseSubstanceTestingBodybuildingPlaying FieldsLevel Playing FieldDrug FreeDrug Testing Author:Lee Labrada
“They are not testing comics for drugs. If our job is dependent on that, there would be three working comics in the country, and two of them would have puppets.” IfsTwoCountryHumorWould BeFunnyJobsThreeDrugDependentTestingPuppets Author:Marc Maron
“The other day they asked me about mandatory drug testing. I said I believed in drug testing a long time ago. All through the sixties I tested everything.” LongSaidHumorDrugLong TimeAlcoholWeedMarijuanaSixtyTestedTestingAlcoholicsLong Time AgoFunny MarijuanaFunny WeedFunny DrugDrug Testing Author:Bill Lee
“Because of the war on drugs, pain patients are treated with skepticism and pain doctors live in fear of being prosecuted for overprescribing. The end result is that addicts still get their opioids without much trouble, while genuine patients often can't find treatment. Those who do must typically be tracked in a database and must schedule frequent, expensive doctor visits for surveillance like urine testing.” StillsWarEndsPainResultsTroubleDrugDoctorsPatientGenuineTreatedExpensiveTreatmentSkepticismSchedulesTestingAddictSurveillanceWar On DrugsEnd ResultsDatabasesOpioidsOften Can Author:Maia Szalavitz
“Over time, yes, countries will need to look at specific GMO products like they look at drugs today, where they don't approve them all. They look hard at the safety and the testing. And they make sure that the benefits far outweigh any of the downsides.” NeedsLooksCountryHardTodayProductsDrugBenefitsSafetyTestingGmos Author:Bill Gates