Don't Taze Me, Bro! wrote:
> "Terraholm" <TerraholmSPAMNOT@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:67fbcrF2olabkU1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Don't Taze Me, Bro! wrote:
>>> This is what is so silly about MARIJUANA being illegal. Most people
>>> don't care.
>>
>> Nor should we...
>>
>>> The NBA does not screen for weed... The NFL does.
>>
>> The NBA has been testing for weed since the 1999 CBA.
>> Used to be just one drug test during camp for veterans, but now
>> they also do at least one random test during the season. Once
>> entered in the anti-drug program they test often... 3rd strike for
>> pot is a 5 game suspension.
>>
>
>
> Guess I never heard when it changed.
Here are excerpts from the rules
http://nbpa.com/cba_articles/article-XXXIII.php
Section 6. Random Testing.
(a) In addition to the testing procedures set forth in Section 5 above, a
player shall be required to undergo testing for Prohibited Substances at
any
time, without prior notice to the player, no more than four (4) times each
Season.
Section 5. Reasonable Cause Testing or Hearing.
(a) In the event that either the NBA or the Players Association has
information that gives it reasonable cause to believe that a player is
engaged in the use, possession, or distribution of a Prohibited Substance,
including information that a First-Year Player may have been engaged in
such
conduct during the period beginning three (3) months prior to his entry
into
the NBA, such party shall request a conference with the other party and
the
Independent Expert, which shall be held within twenty-four (24) hours or
as
soon thereafter as the Expert is available. Upon hearing the information
presented, the Independent Expert shall immediately decide whether there
is
reasonable cause to believe that the player in question has been engaged
in
the use, possession, or distribution of a Prohibited Substance. If the
Independent Expert decides that such reasonable cause exists, the Expert
shall thereupon issue an Authorization for Testing with respect to such
player.
Section 8. Marijuana Program.
(a) Voluntary Entry.
(i) A player may enter the Marijuana Program voluntarily at any time by
Coming Forward Voluntarily; provided, however, that a player may not Come
Forward Voluntarily for a problem involving the use of marijuana (A) until
he has been selected in an NBA Draft or invited to an NBA training camp;
(B)
during any period in which an Authorization for Testing as to that player
remains in effect pursuant to Section 5 above; or (C) during any period in
which he remains subject to in-patient or aftercare treatment in the
Marijuana Program.
(ii) If a player who has not previously entered the Marijuana Program, or
a
player who has been notified by the Medical Director that he has
successfully completed that Program, Comes Forward Voluntarily for a
problem
involving the use of marijuana, he shall enter the Marijuana Program.
(iii) No penalty of any kind will be imposed on a player as a result of
having Come Forward Voluntarily for a problem involving the use of
marijuana. The foregoing sentence shall not preclude the imposition of any
penalty called for by this Article XXXIII as a result of conduct by the
player that occurs after he has Come Forward Voluntarily.
(b) Treatment.
(i) A player who enters the Marijuana Program shall be required to submit
to
an evaluation by the Medical Director, provide (or cause to be provided)
to
the Medical Director such relevant medical and treatment records as the
Medical Director may request, and commence the treatment and testing
program
prescribed by the Medical Director. Such program may include random
testing
for Prohibited Substances other than SPEDs, and for alcohol, and such
non-testing elements as may be determined in the professional judgment of
the Medical Director.
(ii) If a player, within five (5) days of the date on which he was
notified
that he had entered the Marijuana Program and without a reasonable excuse,
fails to comply (in the professional judgment of the Medical Director)
with
any of the obligations set forth in the first sentence of Section 8(b)(i)
above, he shall be fined $10,000; if the player thereafter fails to
comply,
without a reasonable excuse, with such obligations (in the professional
judgment of the Medical Director) within eight (8) days of such
notification, he shall be fined an additional $10,000; and for each
additional day beyond the 8th day that the player, without a reasonable
excuse, fails to comply with such obligations (in the professional
judgment
of the Medical Director), he shall be fined an additional $10,000. The
total
amount of such fines may not exceed the player’s total Compensation.
(c) Penalties.
Any player who (i) tests positive for marijuana pursuant to Section 5
(Reasonable Cause Testing), Section 6 (Random Testing), or Section 14
(Additional Bases for Testing), (ii) is adjudged by the Grievance
Arbitrator
pursuant to Section 5(e) above to have used or possessed marijuana, or
(iii)
has been convicted of (including a plea of guilty, no contest or nolo
contendere to) the use or possession of marijuana in violation of the law,
shall suffer the following penalties:
(A) For the first such violation, the player shall be required to enter
the
Marijuana Program;
(B) For the second such violation, the player shall be fined $25,000 and,
if
the player is not then subject to in-patient or aftercare treatment in the
Marijuana Program, be required to enter the Marijuana Program;
(C) For the third such violation, the player shall be suspended for five
(5)
games and, if the player is not then subject to in-patient or aftercare
treatment in the Marijuana Program, be required to enter the Marijuana
Program; and
(D) For any subsequent violation, the player shall be suspended for five
(5)
games longer than his immediately preceding suspension for violating the
Marijuana Program and, if the player is not then subject to in-patient or
aftercare treatment in the Marijuana Program, be required to enter the
Marijuana Program.
>Whatever the case, it should be
> legalized. It's a ridiculous freedom that is stripped from us.
Agreed from a 60s hippy... =)
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