Banned Substance for Jocks

Credit to the NHRA for supplying each jockey with a 9-page booklet on the banned substances and prohibited drugs that could come up positive in urine or blood tests. Each jock had to sign for a received booklet.

The booklet provided info on recreational drugs, what their scientific + street names were and what effect they have on the body and/or mind short + long term

The banned substances from a medicinal view were hi-lighted with their healing properties, their side effects and recommended thresholds and withdrawal periods etc. Eg Codeine infused medicines are not to be taken a full 24hrs before racing.

The booklet also contained the names of medicines and painkillers allowed and other alternatives.

Included were also the threshold levels for alcohol in blood and urine samples which are in line with pilots and heavy machinery workers.

I hope these updated booklets are handed out every season with each jocks licenses and that the jocks keep them with their medical books and send copies to their medical doctors.
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Chippy... hope the book has pictures as well.

is that stuff they smoke from bongs banned ? ()

Chippy, just for my interests sake, what painkillers are you allowed?

There is a long list + alternatives

All the substances, good or bad, take up 2 A4 pages

I can understand alcohol or hallucinatary drugs........ but performance enhancing??......................I'll believe that is an issue the day I see a jockey jump off a slow horse ,pick it up,and pass a few in the straight with the horse in his arms! X(

@ Chippy i will understand if you dont reply to my question...but it seems like commom knowledge that many jocks have drug and alcohol abuse problems...or are people talking nonsense??

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> @ Chippy i will understand if you dont reply to my
> question...but it seems like commom knowledge that
> many jocks have drug and alcohol abuse
> problems...or are people talking nonsense??


I dont think that is reserved just for the jockey ranks,plumbers,electricians,painting and building contractors have drug and alcohol abuses within their ranks..to name a few

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> > @ Chippy i will understand if you dont reply to
> my
> > question...but it seems like commom knowledge
> that
> > many jocks have drug and alcohol abuse
> > problems...or are people talking nonsense??
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> I dont think that is reserved just for the jockey
> ranks,plumbers,electricians,painting and building
> contractors have drug and alcohol abuses within
> their ranks..to name a few


Titch answer my question if you like...dont tell me something the whole world knows!!!

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> @ Chippy i will understand if you dont reply to my
> question...but it seems like commom knowledge that
> many jocks have drug and alcohol abuse
> problems...or are people talking nonsense??

What people know + what people think they know is 2 different things...
Many people in all areas of racing have these problems.

I knew a few jocks some years ago and they would be up early riding work and by 10 am had plenty of time and nothing to do.......bearing in mind no centre raced more than twice a week then.
That left a lot of idle time to party and that is always dangerous...............it is why I don't understand why most Jocks wouldn't manage their own rides........most have enough time,even today!

My reason for asking....I can understand medicines that impair judgement as they may cause accidents to one and all. I can understand when a reason why some medication is prohibited, is provided. But I sometimes battle with the reasoning or lack thereof. I think that drugs and medication are confused sometimes, and one persons' medication is anothers' poison.