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Re: [RC] [RC] Pain killers - Jo Ann KnightWell it would get the old foggies out of the way so the young can get up the trail without us being in their way or remiding them of how it will be or can be when they get their! I for one love to compete with youngsters at computer games I am familiar with that uses fast action. I can sometimes beat their (*&l off! They really don't think "old people" have good reflexes. We don't, not like we want to have anyway! The sport would be full of teens and 20 somethings and that is it! And it sure wouldn't allow the yoiung ones with injriies or illnesses like arthriits, and the such to compete either. It is one thing to need to medicate to the edge of being able to get around and another to medicate to the point your vision is messed up or you brain is truely zonked! People drink and think they can drive too! Again, use of good judgement, keeping aware of what your using and what it does to you and knowing limits. Otherwise if you use a narcotic and can't make rational judgements and react fast enough to control your horse then don't use it and ride. Or lower your dose. Safe is the word I am getting at and some people are not illegally enhanced by the use of one vicodin a day or thru a number of hours. They might be if they used 2 or more and then the consequences could be deadly to the horse and rider if they hit a spot that challenged their abilities at that point. Jo Ann -------Original Message------- From: Barbara McCrary The exact words I was searching for to answer a previous post on the subject. If anti-inflammatories and pain-killers are banned from riders' use, this whole sport would collapse. And to what purpose, I cannot imagine. Barbara ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mel Cochran" <brio_gal@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2006 8:16 AM Subject: RE: [RC] [RC] Pain killers I just don't see how pain killers would be considered performance enhancing. I think of them as performance enabling. Mel =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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