Exploring drugs and doping with Dr. Paul Dimeo

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Written By Christopher Matthews

Paul is a Reader at the University of Stirling and he’s a leader in the field of drug use in sport.

I had a great chat with Paul; we discussed a bunch of issues connected to drug use, doping regulations and various logical inconsistencies regarding the ‘war on drugs’.

We explore a range of examples and compare how drug use and users were, and are treated in very different ways to what has become normalised in the world of elite, and now sub-elite sport.

Towards the end, our conversation moves to exploring the challenges that academics face when they are expected to give simple answers. And we even touch on the problems science faces when it’s lead by funding rather than a quest for knowledge.

 
Christopher Matthews
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