WADA inks a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Sports Ministry of China on 3rd May 2015. This MoU has been entered to shorten the manufacture of performance-enhancing drugs (PEDS) in the country. Currently, China is world’s top producer and exporter of PEDS. PEDS are openly sold online on Chinese websites and shipped to other countries around the world by regular mail.
What are PEDS?
Performance-enhancing drugs are substances used to improve any form of activity performance in humans. They are usually used by athletes and bodybuilders.
About WADA
- Full Form: World Anti-Doping Agency.
- Formation: November 10, 1999
- Motto: play true
- Aim: Anti-sports doping
- Headquarter: Montreal, Canada
- President: Craig Reedie
- Official Language: English, French
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