John W. Orchard, MD, PhD Biography

"WADA’s aim should be to stamp out cheating in sport. This is quite difficult to do, as the cheats are usually very clever. WADA instead is trying to maximise scalps of athletes who 'test positive for drugs', without apparent concern for whether they are actually cheating. Instead of concentrating only on the genuinely performance-enhancing (and usually difficult-to-detect) drugs, the WADA banned list is ever-expanding. It now includes commonly used medications which are much easier to detect and 'might conceivably' be used for performance-enhancing in rare circumstances. Whether these rare circumstances exist when an athlete tests positive [doesn’t] seem [to] faze WADA, as there is a presumption of guilt rather than innocence."