Trainers and drugs

Originally Posted by DaHoss9698

Do you honestly want me to answer why that is harsh? Let me ask you, and I am really not trying to start an arguement here, but you said you own horses. Do they run with any drugs?
Like I said, I am totally against illegal drugs, and I am not really knowledgable on all of the different legal and illegal. But I know that there are drugs out there that truly do help horses, so to ban all would be kind of nuts. It'd be like banning all medicine because people are abusing codeine. Mistakes happen, and a lifetime ban seems harsh. Now if you are a multiple offender fine, but what if someone who has a squeeky clean record makes a mistake. Seems harsh to ban someone for life. No one is perfect.

There is a huge difference between an overage of a legal drug that was withdrawn in time according to the vet's instructions and lingered, and a guy stepping into a stall and "mainlining" a horse with a hopper on race day.
EPO also doesnt "accidentally" make its way into a horses system. Its not like EPO is like Clen or BUte which can be given quite legally and sometimes lingers.
People who talk about lifetime bans on stuff like this usually have no idea what they are talking about.