Drugs and the Olympics.

In this years Summer Olympics they are going to be major changes with the drug testing portion. Summer Olympics this year are going to be held in London, England from July 27 to August 12, 2012.

Fours years ago at the Olympics in Beijing there was about 4,500 blood and urine that were taken. They had 150 scientists on site 24-7. This year they suspect to take around 6,250 samples of blood and urine. The list of drugs that are banned cover 10 to 15 full pages and there is already hundreds of drugs that are already banned.

After the Olympics are over they keep their samples for another eight years of which they re-test them so if someone wins a medal from the previous Olympics it could be wiped away if the find any drugs in the blood or urine.