[quote=tiggerv]Latest article from Andrew Beyer. Apologies if this was already posted.
"Yet despite the evidence that the U.S. medication policy has been a failure, horsemen have regularly resisted most efforts to curb the use of medications. American racing is addicted to drugs, and American horses will never again be fueled by hay, oats and water alone. But until the industry faces the medication issue seriously, all of its efforts to address equine safety will be misguided."
QUOTE] he is right on and it goes way beyond horses. the whole damn nation is hooked on "meds". unfortunatley 3 years ago i came down with a chronic illness with no cure(menieres disease-chronic vertigo,deafness and balance loss). they had me on 6 to 8 different pills a day. probably only 2 of them did **** for me. since theres no cure, i feel like some kind of test market ginea pig. the drug companies are making a fortune whether this crap is good for people or the horses. race day meds should be a definite no-no. if a horse has to be doped up to run it probably should not be racing. but this whole drug and anything for the bottom line is a big problem for the whole society. it goes way, way beyond horse racing. capitalism is great, but greed and hypocrosy rule the country right now. instead of doing the right thing, its all about money,short cuts and doing the easiest thing. as long as theres a profit to be made. look for more horses to be carted off unless things change. and i don't care if they run them on down pillows!
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