Tag: performance enhancing drug

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July 19, 2013
07/19/2013
Professional Sports Committees Rethinking Marijuana Rules

Professional Sports Committees Rethinking Marijuana Rules

In May, the organization that regulates the Olympics – the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) – made headlines when it ruled to increase the threshold of permissible marijuana in an athlete’s system...
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April 1, 2013
04/01/2013
Cannabis and Athletics – The Tyrann Mathieu Debacle

Cannabis and Athletics – The Tyrann Mathieu Debacle

I’d like to take a moment and talk about marijuana and athletics. I was reading the news today and came across this article about Tyrann Mathieu, a former...
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October 9, 2012
10/09/2012
UPDATE: Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. Fined, Suspended by WBC

UPDATE: Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. Fined, Suspended by WBC

When Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. tested positive for cannabis after losing the WBC middleweight title to Sergio Martinez on September 15, it was reported that Chavez would likely...
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September 24, 2012
09/24/2012
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. Tests Positive for Cannabis

Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. Tests Positive for Cannabis

Professional boxer and former WBC Middleweight Champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. tested positive for cannabis following his loss to Sergio Martinez on September 15, 2012. The Nevada...
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August 7, 2012
08/07/2012
Banned Olympian: “A Good 50 Olympic Athletes” Use Marijuana Regularly

Banned Olympian: “A Good 50 Olympic Athletes” Use Marijuana Regularly

CraveOnline talks with American wrestler Stephany Lee who was banned from the 2012 London Olympics for marijuana use. Unlike Nicholas Delpolo, however, Lee fully admits to using the drug...
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August 7, 2012
08/07/2012
Olympic Athlete’s Expulsion for Marijuana Raises Questions

Olympic Athlete’s Expulsion for Marijuana Raises Questions

05:23pm An American Olympic judo contender, Nick Delpopolo, was expelled from the London 2012 Olympic Games Monday after he tested positive for marijuana, and that has...
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