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Frog Cells Turned Drug Detectors
An Anonymous Coward writes: "Saw on Webdrift that New Scientist has an article on color-changing frog cells and that they could be used to drug test athletes. Apparently the cells are particularly good at detecting opiate drugs, and you don't even have to know which one you're testing for!"
I'm not a doctor or a pharmacologist, but since when have opiates been a performance-enhancing drug? The article seems to make a leap from catching cheaters in sporting events to testing for opiates. I didn't see anything connecting the two. The only point it made was that opiates can be used in rehab, which is obvious, but I've never heard of someone gaining a competitive edge by being smacked out on morphine.
OK, so Brett Favre had a good season while high on hydrocodone, but I doubt you'll see many players from other sports where speed, agility and mental clarity are more important than avoiding pain using these drugs.
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