CPU OUT-OF-COMPETITION DRUG TESTING PROGRAM

[Justin Gray]

Lifters and coaches,

Please see forwarded message below from Chris Robb, Chair of the CPU
Anti-Doping Committee regarding out-of-competition drug testing.

Justin Gray
BCPA President
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IMPORTANT NOTICE TO ALL CPU MEMBERS

CPU OUT-OF-COMPETITION DRUG TESTING PROGRAM

This is to notify the membership that the CPU Out-Of-Competition
Testing Program will be beginning shortly, and to advise and remind
all members of the following important information:

1. All CPU members are subject to In-Competition and Out-Of-
Competition urine testing as a condition of membership.

2. All members are expected to comply with the testing Program and
CCES Doping Control Officers as a condition of membership. A failure
to comply could result in a sanction.

3. CPU Anti-Doping Bylaws can be found on the CPU website at
http://www.powerlifting.ca/constitution.html also the CPU follows
guidelines of the Canadian Anti-Doping Program (CADP) which can be
viewed on the CCES website at http://www.cces.ca and http://www.cces.ca/cadp

4. A link to the 2011 WADA Prohibited Substance List can be found on
the CPU website under ‘Doping Control’, and also on the World Anti-
Doping Agency website at http://www.wada-ama.org/Documents/World ...
011_EN.pdf

5. Under the World Anti-Doping Code, athletes are responsible for any
prohibited substance that may be found in their sample; this is known
as strict liability.

6. If athletes are unsure or want to know the status of a given
substance, they are encouraged to contact CCES at subst...@cces.ca.,
or call toll-free from anywhere in North America at 1-800-672-7775.

7. In addition, athletes can search the status of substances using the
‘Global DRO’ website at http://www.globaldro.com/ which can assist in
learning if a substance is prohibited.

Should anyone have any questions regarding the Program, feel free to
direct them to
Chris Robb and the Anti-Doping Committee at cr...@powerlifting.ca