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On February 17, 2004, Webber was suspended five games for violating the NBA's drug policy and suspended three games for pleading guilty to lying to a grand jury about making an illegal loan when he was a college basketball player for University of Michigan. He served both suspensions together. [212] Darren Collison: 2016 2016–17
The drug testing policy dealt with the perception that the NBA had a drug problem, which it admitted, and it was cleaning it up. [18] The NBA was the first of the major sports leagues in North America to implement a drug testing policy. [ 9 ]
So a lot of the policies in the Len Bias law were disingenuous even in terms of how they framed Len Bias’ background. ... Abdul Malik, "The NBA's Drug Testing Must End," Jacobin (Aug. 25, 2021)
The National Basketball Association (NBA) first developed its anti-drug policy with the NBA Players Association in 1983. Only eight players have been caught and suspended for the use of performance-enhancing drugs, most serving 5-, 10-, and 20-game suspensions: [58] 2000: Don MacLean (steroids) 2001: Matt Geiger (steroids)
Basketball player Tristan Thompson has been suspended without pay for 25 games after he violated the NBA’s anti-drug program. The NBA confirmed on Tuesday, January 23, that Thompson, 32, tested ...
The NBA announced on Monday that it has cleared Tyreke Evans to return from a drug ban handed down nearly three years ago. The NBA "dismissed and disqualified" Evans on May 17, 2019, for "for ...
Major League Baseball 's drug policy—the Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program —was established by agreement between the MLB Players Association and the Office of the Commissioner of Baseball. The goal was to deter and end the use of banned substances, including anabolic steroids and other illegal drugs, and to "provide for, in ...
In February 2004, Major League Baseball announced a new drug policy which originally included random, offseason testing and 10-day suspensions for first-time offenders, 30 days for second-time offenders, 60 days for third-time offenders, and one year for fourth-time offenders, all without pay, in an effort to curtail performance-enhancing drug use (PED) in professional baseball.