Comments on: Eleven UFC 96 Fighters Drug Tested

By: chrisl

chrisl — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:08:28 +0000

Alcohol is banned on competition day according to WADA. It all goes to protecting the fighters rather than just performance enhancing. I’m done here.

By: Justin

Justin — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:43:22 +0000

I think it would still be banned. They don’t let people get in the Octagon drunk, why would they let someone get in there high? Which creates a problem because it stays in your system so long they can’t really know if you were high when you fought or just two weeks before…. so yeah, it would probably still be banned even if it were legal, which it’s not, nor will it be any time soon.

By: jiujitsuMAN

jiujitsuMAN — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 06:49:09 +0000

heres the thing though… youd have to be under the influence of pot for it to affect your heart rate… some people it may raise there heart rate while others it lowers it…

having pot in your system doesnt mean your under the influence of it…

i think its a bit of a pointless arguement anyways… but it just goes to show that pot is in no way a performance enhancing drug… if it were a legal substance i doubt it would be a banned substance due to its negative affects…

By: chrisl

chrisl — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 06:46:13 +0000

haha got started when some asked why it was illegal for fighting

By: Turk

Turk — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 06:19:22 +0000

I don’t understand why were having a discussion about weed on a fight website? I have nothing against pot but, its stupid to think that getting high would help you fight better. if anything it would slow you down, trust me i’ve smoked once or twice.

By: Justin

Justin — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 04:01:08 +0000

Yeah, it’s all good, I figured you knew that, but partially that is for the benefit of other readers.

By: Justin

Justin — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 03:57:58 +0000

Actually there are documented cases of pot causing death, but they were due to ingestion (eating) not inhalation. You will pass out before you can smoke enough pot to kill yourself (just from the pot, not the self-suffocation mentioned above). If you cook it down and make liquid THC for use in food (like brownies), it becomes so heavily concentrated (plus the rate of absorption into the body is accelerated) that it is possible to OD from ingestion.

That doesn’t account for the indirect deaths caused from pot, which are much like the indirect deaths from alcohol, though probably lesser in number. It wasn’t the drug that killed them, but it sure helped cause whatever did actually kill them.

By: chrisl

chrisl — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 03:56:32 +0000

haha we seem to always have that misunderstanding (Chris L.) no worries, don’t have to apologize for that.

By: Justin

Justin — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 03:49:30 +0000

Sorry if I seemed like I was trying to argue, I was just clarifying my earlier point.

By: chrisl

chrisl — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 03:10:52 +0000

When adrenaline is released it is also released with other hormones that can combat pain as well such as cortisone(what do you think the shots are for). The higher rate of blood flow also allows endorphins to be released freely, so you are right there.

Understand I am not saying smoking pot causes death(there are literally no documented cases of pot alone causing death) but it causes the diminished reaction times, causing someone to take more punches to the head which can lead to concussion. If you have a concussion, the body intentionally slows it’s blood flow to the brain in order for the brain to “reset” itself, if your adrenaline is running your heart rate will already be elevated and the misfiring of receptors(just from the concussion minus marijuana) in the brain create an absolute disaster if increased blood flow continues and that can cause cerebral hemorrhaging. Which leads to death.

Also Marijuana does not stimulate endorphin release but dopamine release… guess what dopamine does… it raises the heart rate and blood pressure. High blood pressure and a high heart rate like I said above can spell disaster in a concussion.