Wada set to downgrade bans for out-of-competition recreational drug use | The Guardian

Two-year bans could be reduced to a month from 1 January‘We are here to catch cheats,’ says UK anti-doping authorityA substantial change in anti-doping policy could see athletes escape with just a month’s ban if they are caught using recreational drugs. Next year the World Anti-Doping Authority (Wada) will implement a new code, the first change in six years. Among the measures that have been announced include a reduction in sanctions for “substances of abuse”, illegal drugs which do not have a performance-enhancing effect. Continue reading…

• Two-year bans could be reduced to a month from 1 January
• ‘We are here to catch cheats,’ says UK anti-doping authority

A substantial change in anti-doping policy could see athletes escape with just a month’s ban if they are caught using recreational drugs.

Next year the World Anti-Doping Authority (Wada) will implement a new code, the first change in six years. Among the measures that have been announced include a reduction in sanctions for “substances of abuse”, illegal drugs which do not have a performance-enhancing effect.

Continue reading…