East9900 Posted June 18, 2019 Share Posted June 18, 2019 (edited) No amount of drugs will make you play an instrument better or make your dots. Unless the entire judging panel is taking them which is entirely possible. Edited June 18, 2019 by East9900 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HockeyDad Posted June 18, 2019 Share Posted June 18, 2019 2 hours ago, Ediker said: Does the activity have a problem of some gaining an advantage by using performance enhancing substances? You talkin bout Viagra? 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxingfred Posted June 18, 2019 Share Posted June 18, 2019 (edited) I heard something about The Cadets who originally started a P.E. program in the 80's with mixed results. The Cavaliers developed a successful program in the early 2000's and The Blue Devils operated a successful doping program from 2007 -2018. Very similar to the programs the Russians, Chinese and East Germans ran during their Olympic runs. They say it's "Discontinued" but you can tell by that wild look in their eyes after they perform something is up. Watch the film Icarus on Netflix my friend! All the answers are there! ( let me adjust my Tin foil hat) There are many performance enhancers. Coffee,straight caffeine, Monster Energy, Red Bull, 5 hour Energy, But, This is a team sport and a few people taking anything be it EPO to Coffee will have little to no effect on the drum corps show as a whole. Maybe stimulants can help you through practice on a hard. In my many years of helping drum corps I never seen Steroids just coffee abuse. This is not a can of worms but a can of WHAT? Edited June 18, 2019 by boxingfred 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted June 18, 2019 Share Posted June 18, 2019 Could there be a potential drug abuse issue to address with the youth? Sure; with thousands of people there will be some who will engage. But here is my take: Performance enhancment drugs (steroids, etc), or recreational drugs, maybe with a few but very small chance on a larger scale. However, the misuse of common alergy meds (same ingredients in sleeping pills) to relax and sleep on the bus, or misuse of caffeine and ginseng (5 hour energy, etc) to boost adrenalin and dopamine in order to quickly wake up after floor time, quite possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sideways Posted June 18, 2019 Share Posted June 18, 2019 EPO works great for endurance sports (Le Tour and Ironman racing). Essentially allows you to do harder workouts more frequently and recover faster. Would actually be an ideal ped for DCI but the cost of getting 150 kids on it and keeping them quiet...good luck with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ediker Posted June 18, 2019 Author Share Posted June 18, 2019 3 minutes ago, Sideways said: Would actually be an ideal ped for DCI but the cost of getting 150 kids on it and keeping them quiet...good luck with that. No way that would happen. But it is conceivable that a single section (or subsection) could be enhanced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Ream Posted June 18, 2019 Share Posted June 18, 2019 3 hours ago, bandman28 said: Reading this thread is 2 minutes of my life I will never get back. give it time it's only Tuesday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Ream Posted June 18, 2019 Share Posted June 18, 2019 2 hours ago, boxingfred said: I heard something about The Blue Devils operating a successful doping program from 2007 -2018. Very similar to the programs the Russians, Chinese and East Germans ran during their Olympic runs. They say it's "Discontinued" but you can tell by that wild look in their eyes after they perform something is up. Watch the film Icarus on Netflix my friend! All the answers are there! ( let me adjust my Tin foil hat) There are many performance enhancers. Coffee,straight caffeine, Monster Energy, Red Bull, 5 hour Energy, But, This is a team sport and a few people taking anything be it EPO to Coffee will have little to no effect on the drum corps show as a whole. Maybe stimulants can help you through practice on a hard. In my many years of helping drum corps I never seen Steroids just coffee abuse. This is not a can of worms but a can of WHAT? honestly one person overdoing red bull or whatever could actually hurt more than help. Get too wired, you could over do tempos, crash mid show....no i doubt it's an issue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxingfred Posted June 18, 2019 Share Posted June 18, 2019 9 hours ago, Jeff Ream said: honestly one person overdoing red bull or whatever could actually hurt more than help. Get too wired, you could over do tempos, crash mid show....no i doubt it's an issue My comments are all tongue and cheek. Just a silly comment on a silly topic. Now let me get back to spiking the Gatorade! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn426 Posted June 18, 2019 Share Posted June 18, 2019 Now that I Think about it, It has been widely reported the Health benefits of Cannibus to help with relaxation, Chronic pain, stress, anxiety..., It is a open Secret that a certain West Coast corps and cannibus are one in the same..(Everyone will openly deny this, because of course, but If you had friends in the corps, you know) Have they been enjoying a medicinal advantage over other corps. With the stigmas associated with Cannibus going away with open and honest research being done, the use of CBD oils/ supplements as alternatives to Ibuprofen and other pain relievers yield positive results for corps? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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