From Dr. Roy Spencer:

Performance-enhancing drugs in sports:

There is an aspect of the Simone Biles controversy in the Tokyo Summer Olympics that I just learned of... Simone had been using Adderall for years, with a medical exemption for ADHD, and that its use was disallowed for the Tokyo Olympics. This med is widely used to improve concentration and alertness in sports, college, and in the general population (I can attest to its effectiveness).I suspect that Simone had become dependent on it for top performance, and she got psyched out over not having it available in Tokyo. IMO, the old sex abuse story is a diversion (not that it didn't happen, only that it did not play a major role in her decision to drop out... this is just my suspicion)....if I am demonstrably wrong about this, I apologize in advance and will take this down.

adderal has become a popular drug for athletes trying to gain an edge

I really couldn't care less about this story until this bit of interesting news. Frankly, I have little use for the Olympics. I have plotted for years the dousing of the torch as it passes, and in my fantasies I completely extinguish in numerous ways. Ahhh...

And I've found a compatriot in my niece, who is equally eager to snuff the torch!

So my Olympian vision is pretty much limited to that and I really haven't cared about this story. But I find it interesting to learn there is potential drug issues here.

I do think everyone should lay off the girl. She admitted she couldn't do something, and that takes bravery. Too often today mediocres believe they are gods and that there are no limits to what one can achieve. It's a form of hubris infecting modernity. We all have limits and need to accept them. I'm never going to win a beautiful body contest, for instance. At least not unless I'm entered into a beauty pageant where my chief competitor is the Elephant Man.

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