A new law sanctioned this Friday (12) by President Lula makes it mandatory to have warnings on the labels of medicines that contain substances prohibited by the World Anti-Doping Code. The text, which was approved by the Senate at the end of last year, is intended to prevent cases of accidental doping by high-performance athletes.
According to this Friday’s publication, the law will come into force in July. Before that, the government still needs to regulate the law and define how this warning will be printed on medicines.
Initially, the law voted in the National Congress made it mandatory to warn about the presence of prohibited substances on the leaflet, however, an amendment by Senator Carlos Portinho (PL-RJ) changed the project and brought the warning to the product packaging. Portinho is a lawyer specializing in sports law and has already defended famous cases involving doping, such as former players Dodô and Jobson.
According to the Brazilian Doping Control Authority (ABCD), doping, or doping, is popularly known as the use of prohibited substances or methods, capable of promoting physical and/or psychological changes that artificially improve the athlete’s sporting performance.