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UFC's Mayra Bueno Silva calls for change after failed drug test due to ADHD medication (mmajunkie.usatoday.com)

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UFC contender Mayra Bueno Silva is upset by the failed drug test due to her ADHD medication and calls for a change in rules.

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[–] ameisenigel@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

“If I don’t take this medication, I won’t hear. I won’t stop (moving). It’s not good for training or fighting. It’s nothing. It doesn’t improve my performance.”

While this might be the most oxymoronic sentence I have heard in a while, her plea makes sense to me. Prohibiting a medication for a mental illness that would only marginally improve performance does not seem like the way to go.