Two Arizona churches are fighting in federal court to establish a right to use a sacramental tea brewed from plants containing a hallucinogenic compound in their religious practice. They claim their religion has been violated by federal agencies’ seizure of their ayahuasca, an herbal tea that contains a small amount of dimethyltryptamine. Read more
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Olympic Gold – Is cheating here to stay?
Friday, August 17th, 2012
New Zealanders are so happy the Valerie Adams has got her Gold. Some of them are angry about the cheating. One high profile commentator has even got himself into trouble for an “expletive-laden tweet calling for Olympics drug cheat Nadzeya Ostapchuk to hand over her shot put gold medal.” Was Ostapchuk just unlucky? The former Read more
- Olympic success breeds doubt and suspicion
- Adams slams cheat, wants medal pronto
- Adams' gold a victory for fair play
- Time to re-evaluate gender segregation in athletics?
- Are we genetically literate enough for gender verification in Sport?
- legalise drugs in sports says ethicist
- Should the use of performance-enhancing drugs in sports be legalised?