Still licking toads for a natural, if slimy high? So 2010. The new hotness in animal-related drug abuse is the ingestion of powdered deer antler coating, a substance that ... can be used as a PED?
Deer Antler Powder: A Bold New Frontier In Blood Doping?
↵For the elite athlete, experts say it’s essentially a human growth hormone, one of the substances organized sports is trying to keep out. The difference here is deer antlers are natural, not synthetic, and properly discovering it in a test falls somewhere between extremely challenging to virtually impossible.
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“You can find it,” Jonathan Danaceau, a director at a World Doping Agency approved lab, said. “But saying whether this is synthetic or natural is hard to determine. It’s only detectable in blood, and most anti-doping tests are done in urine.”
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Seriously, how much fun would you have with your business cards if you worked at the World Doping Agency? Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm off to set out a salt lick for Brian Cushing.
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