MARIJUANA USE IN ALL SPORTS, BUT DETECTION IS INCONSISTENT

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Marijuana Use In All Sports, But Detection Is Inconsistent

As controversy surrounding alleged marijuana use by players swirls
around the Mets, baseball officials have embraced a familiar mantra:
We're just a reflection of society.

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Reports about marijuana use among the Mets, Wadler said, "really
call into play the comprehensiveness of the drug-testing policy in
baseball and how the new agreement has dealt with that."

When players and owners agreed last month to establish Major League
Baseball's first drug-testing program, the only banned substance
listed was steroids. Besides raising eyebrows, the agreement
underscored the different ways various sports organizations have
dealt with drugs and, in particular, with marijuana, which enjoys an
unusual status - illegal but not performance-enhancing, and socially
acceptable by many.



Pubdate: Sun, 22 Sep 2002
Source: Newsday (NY)