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Tag Archives: Sports Drugs

Josh Hamilton’s Career Hangs in Balance After Recent Relapse

After years of substance abuse, Josh Hamilton had overcome his struggles and emerged as one of the most feared hitters in Major League Baseball (MLB). But after a recent relapse, Hamilton’s professional life hangs in […]

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UFC Drug Testing: Nick Diaz and Anderson Silva Test Positive

This was a rough week for UFC drug testing.  Anderson Silva and Nick Diaz fought one another in the octagon Saturday, but they also both failed their recent drug screenings. UFC Drug Testing Fighter Nick […]

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Josh Gordon Suspended, Breaks NFL Substance Abuse Policy Third Time

NFL Wide Receiver Josh Gordon suspended a third time for breaking substance abuse policy.  This past week, the Cleveland Browns athlete again violated the NFL’s substance abuse policy, resulting in at least a 1 year […]

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Embattled Football Star Finally Getting Help

Justin Blackmon’s battle with substance abuse all but derailed his professional football career. Four drug-related incidents in a three-year span led to an indefinite suspension from the NFL a year ago, and another arrest in […]

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Drugs In Sports Has Consequences for NFL Stars

Drug addiction does not discriminate and that is certainly the case when we start to find drugs in sports from professional athletes.  It can affect anybody, including these top athletes like the NFL’s Denver Broncos star Wes […]

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RGIII & Team Competes With Giants & Drunk Redskins Fans On Twitter

Alcoholism can rear its ugly head almost anywhere. It can be hidden from plain sight in the most inconspicuous of public places, subtly increasing its grip on hapless, helpless and willing victims. Sporting events, like […]

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Josh Hamilton: 2013 Contract May Address Addiction

Stories abound about professional athletes and drug treatment, alcohol treatment, and rehab, where tragedies and triumphs often occur. The complexity of athletics and addiction seems to surface uniquely when money is involved. In Major League […]

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College Basketball Coach Remembers Overcoming The Adversity Of Alcoholism

It is the time of the year again for college basketball, and in this highly competitive world that garners media attention, stories about substance abuse get more coverage. Nine years ago, the destructive nature of […]

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Marijuana Legalization Will Not Change Sports or College Policies

Marijuana legalization in Washington State and in Colorado may not even benefit two groups of people that historically may have benefited from pot’s decriminalization: professional athletes and college students. Colorado’s Amendment 64 and Washington’s Initiative […]

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Shaun White Arrested For Vandalism, Public Drunkenness

This past weekend, the big news from Nashville, Tennessee, was: Olympian and extreme sports athlete (snowboard and skateboard), Shaun White arrested, for a drunken night of vandalism and disturbance at a hotel. Shaun White Arrested […]

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NFL Players Get Benched For Boozing During Offseason

The 2012 NFL season kicks off this month, and many teams have high aspirations of making a deep run into this year’s playoffs. The season officially began on September 5th, when the Cowboys traveled to […]

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Melky Cabrera Creates Fake Website To Hide PED Use

Here is yet another installment in the ongoing stories of PED, performance-enhancing drugs, use in professional sports. The parallels between PED, use and drug addiction may be a stretch at times, yet the irrationality and […]

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Lance Armstrong: From Cancer to Competition to Doping Controversy

Drug use in sports is not news. Neither is doping to gain a competitive edge. Lance Armstrong is a name that has been linked in the past with words like endurance, strength, cancer survivor, perseverance, champion, […]

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Are Athletes More Susceptible to Addiction After The Olympics?

Every two years, the world gathers around their televisions to celebrate their nation's greatest athletes as they compete in the Summer or Winter Olympic Games.  Most olympic athletes train their entire lives for their one […]

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Tragedy of Drug Addiction in Professional Sports

The sports world was reminded once again about the tragic affects of drug addiction, abuse and even irresponsibility. The tragedy that shook the NFL was the sudden death of Garrett Reid, son of Philadelphia Eagles […]

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Olympic Doping 2012

The Olympics may be over, but drug abuse in athletic sports is never ending. The Olympics took place this year in London, England and it brought athletic competition, stories of personal triumphs overcoming incredible odds, […]

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