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Given that so many sports are rife with doping and drug use, and that some of the new synthetic drugs are virtually on par with Gene Therapy, isn't it about time that instead of fighting against the trend we just go all out and have a seperate set of sports and/or Olympics that celebrate the extreme overuse of performance enhancing drugs in sport?

Wouldn't a small part of you like to see just how fast a man can truly run...not just on his own flimsy biology...

Instead of countries being represented, it would be major drug companies like Phfyzier and Glaxo-Klein competing against each other for the ultimate bragging rights?

Thoughts, Opinions?

(Just to say this now, this is mostly a joke, so don't yell at me for advocating drugs...I'm not trying to peddle smack to your kids here...they have to find that themselves...)

Ever see the older version of Rollerball? There were some drugs flying around there for sure.

I gotta say that I like this idea but I fear it may never happen because it would be regulated / protested / litigated to death before anyone even had the chance to explode their heart in a foot race.

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In Nimbin, Australia, during the annual Mardi-Grass festival they have the 'Weed Olympics,' with such events as the Bong Throwing Competition, Harvest Run, and Joint Rolling.

That said, it's somewhat ironic that atheletes who test positive for cannibis are treated the same way as people who take 'performance enhancing' drugs. 'Performance enhancing'.

If a contestant is clinically dead when they cross the finish line do they still win?

I wasn't aware there was already a rulebook.

Arctik_Firangi wrote:I wasn't aware there was already a rulebook.

See what that stuff does to your memory?

Stoned Darts. Brilliant.


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Also, Heroin Discus.

I'd like to see some weed snowboarding events. I think that'd be great. Also, I'd like to see some hockey where the players each have a shot or two of whiskey between periods. The third period would be a bloodbath. Also, Golf where after each hole there was a shot of tequila involved. By the 18th hole, it actually might be watchable.

Ketamine Javelin.


DUCK!

Khornholio wrote:I'd like to see some weed snowboarding events. I think that'd be great. Also, I'd like to see some hockey where the players each have a shot or two of whiskey between periods. The third period would be a bloodbath. Also, Golf where after each hole there was a shot of tequila involved. By the 18th hole, it actually might be watchable.

the canadian snowboarder who lost his medal at a winter olympics because he tested positive for weed, the officials said it was a performance enhancing drug, he should have got an extra medal for the fact that he was able to board let alone win.

this all reminds me of the mock the week joke about the super olympics filled with roided up athletes.

snurl wrote:Ever see the older version of Rollerball? There were some drugs flying around there for sure.

I gotta say that I like this idea but I fear it may never happen because it would be regulated / protested / litigated to death before anyone even had the chance to explode their heart in a foot race.

If we could get Las Vegas involved with the over/under on when each enhanced athlete kicks we could likely pie off the feds/lefties/lawyers with a piece of the action...

I would like steroids to beome mandatory in games. I didnt go to see some guys hit a ball the goes 10 feet then run to first base. Think about it if everyone is on steroid in sports its still fair just not boring.

Find the meth needle in the haystack!

Meth is smoked Shadowbrand, didn't I teach you that?

Also, wasn't this an episode of Blue Mountain State?

Crystal meth pole vault. defintely.

"Snow" boarding

But we should probably just skip drugs and go straight for genetic engineering; far better prospects in the long run.

Drug olympics would be awesome. Getting it legal would be the difficult part.

SilverMK2 wrote:"Snow" boarding

But we should probably just skip drugs and go straight for genetic engineering; far better prospects in the long run.

Space Marine Olympics? +1 for that idea!

I call drinking contest at the Fang.

my opinion?

just do it...

so seriously whats the point? i mean in about 5 or 10 years there are no possabilities to make achievments with setting records. thenn you have to compete against records that were made about 10 years back and boredom is all around.
everyone thats using drugs like steroids knows the risks he is taking. so let them, and it is still a contest of vim and strength of will in every competition.
if someone is old enough to see the outcome of him using drugs and no harm comes to innocents, then it is my opinion to use it as he or she sees fit.

Jumping off topic for a sec, but I gotta say it. Shadowbrand, that .gif avatar looks like it's humping something.

LOL, The big bulging eyes don't help either.

Golden Eyed Scout wrote:Meth is smoked Shadowbrand, didn't I teach you that?

Also, wasn't this an episode of Blue Mountain State?

You can inject and snort meth too you know.

You can also use meth as a subository I wouldn't want a crystal up my pooper i'll tell ya that much.

Shadowbrand wrote:You can also use meth as a subository I wouldn't want a crystal up my pooper i'll tell ya that much.

That sounds painful at least it dissolves though.

If you let athletes take drugs it just becomes a contest of who's willing to push the limits of the drugs they are taking, rather than any actual physical contest. Eventually that becomes about as fun as watching one of those virtual horse races they show in bookies. i.e not fun.

whatwhat wrote:If you let athletes take drugs it just becomes a contest of who's willing to push the limits of the drugs they are taking, rather than any actual physical contest. Eventually that becomes about as fun as watching one of those virtual horse races they show in bookies. i.e not fun.

Nonsense. Then it just becomes "Who dies last??"

Which is still quite amusing!

You party harder in a altered state. Also another sport could be the 3 metre snort. I DO COCAINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

New event, don't touch it

put the drugs in a pile in front of the athletes, the one that can sit the longest without taking any wins!

BluntmanDC wrote:

Khornholio wrote:I'd like to see some weed snowboarding events. I think that'd be great. Also, I'd like to see some hockey where the players each have a shot or two of whiskey between periods. The third period would be a bloodbath. Also, Golf where after each hole there was a shot of tequila involved. By the 18th hole, it actually might be watchable.

the canadian snowboarder who lost his medal at a winter olympics because he tested positive for weed, the officials said it was a performance enhancing drug, he should have got an extra medal for the fact that he was able to board let alone win.

this all reminds me of the mock the week joke about the super olympics filled with roided up athletes.

Playing hockey on weed can either be the greatest athletic moment of your life, or a fething nightmare. I've experienced both ends of that spectrum. "Sorry, coach I think I got the flu, eh. Maybe I ate some bad ham or something." lol

Curiously, I wonder if at the first "modern" Olympics (from Athens 1896 up to World War I) how many of the Olympians were on 'drugs'. I mean they still sold cocaine cough drops and heroin to combat colds. Seriously, weren't some of the swimming events held in the Thames and Seine rivers?(Not sure- my Olympic lore knowledge isn't the best here). I'd have to be pretty high and out of it to even consider swimming in either of those rivers.