WADA president: caffeine will not belong to banned drugs again

The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) claims that caffeine should belong to forbidden drugs of the World Anti-Doping Agency. The president of the AOC John Coates notices that caffeine promotes addiction to sleeping pills and tranquilizers.
It is known that the Australian swimmers who competed at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics took sleeping pills Stilnox. So, the president of the AOC claims that usage of caffeine resulted in intake of Stilnox.
Stilnox is often sold under the name Zolpidem. It is a sleeping remedy which is taken in case of insomnia.
Coates claims that sportspeople use caffeine for its effects on performance. Consumption of this substance causes insomnia. So, athletes have to use sleeping remedies for treatment of insomnia.
 The AOC and Swimming Australia want to prohibit consumption of caffeine. It is their response to the disgraceful case linked with Grant Hackett. A doctor recommended taking Stilnox to this swimmer at the time of the 2003 World Championships. As a result, Grant Hackett became addicted to this sleeping remedy.
Grant Hackett is a well-known swimmer. He won numerous competitions, including the 2000 Sydney Olympics, the 2004 Athens Olympics and the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Alan Thompson, the former coach of the Australian Olympic Team, has also claimed that usage of Stilnox is widely spread among Australian swimmers.
Stilnox was never on the list of banned drugs. Anti-doping agencies didn’t conduct tests to discover intake of this drug.
But when it comes to caffeine, previously it was prohibited by the WADA. But since it became widely spread and used in society, it was excluded from the list of prohibited medications.
John Fahey, the president of the WADA, notices that the WADA made the right decision and excluded caffeine from list of prohibited preparations. He confirmed that caffeine would not be included in the list of prohibited products again.
However numerous specialists state that caffeine is a performance enhancer, John Fahey contests this statement. He confirms that caffeine doesn’t impact on performance. The president of the WADA concludes that no any scientific literature proves ability of caffeine to increase performance.