Bonds Wanted Permission To Take Banned Drugs For Medical Reasons
15th April, 2007 - 7:58 pm
New York Daily News - According to several sources, Barry Bonds said he knew that several of his teammates had permission to take banned drugs for medical reasons, and he wanted that permission, too.

Bonds never applied, but that permission, known as a therapeutic use exemption, or TUE, is a fragile loophole in any league's anti-doping system. Every sports league, even those that follow the strict World Anti-Doping Agency code, allows athletes to take drugs for a legitimate medical need. The question is whether the need is always legitimate, and how TUEs are given out.

"There are some guys who (have exemptions) that probably don't need it," Chicago Cubs reliever Scott Eyre, who takes medication for attention-deficit disorder, said during spring training. "It bothers me a little bit." [READ]

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