just saw it on sports center........as long as he does it in the off-season only and doesn't get into trouble with it(hasn't yet) i dont see a big problem.........thoughts?
It doesnt stay in your system for long, so if they dont test during the offseason as long as you stopped soon enough you'd be clean by training camp.
Id still assume theyd be checking quite often though during the season and/or the offseason. Oh well.
Because he was already "getting prepared" for the offseason considering how badly Dallas has been playing.
i think there were rumors, that he did..so i guess he just gave the truth? if you stay active, and sweat alot. it doesnt stay in your system for long at all
if they did a hair test he would be in deep **** but if it is a urine test all he had to do is drink water and v8 and in about 8 days he would be clean i dont have a problem with him smoking weed as long as he doesnt hang out with ricky when the mavs are eliminated
not true. If he smoked a small amount one time in the offseason then yea it might not even show up if they gave him a urine test the next day. But if you smoke a few times it can take up to 4-5 weeks to get all the THC traces out of your urine. But yea a hair test and hes screwed most likely. I really could care less if he smokes in the offseason. He obviously knows the system and goes around it. Its not effecting his performance or breaking any rules so who cares? This whole country is uptight about weed. The fact is it would most likely be legal if it wasnt for the fact that the gov would never be able to make money off selling it when people could easily just grow their own. In reality, this country should be treating it similiar to alcohol IMO.
Incase anyone wants to read up on it, heres the link. http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3368139 Howard joined "The Michael Irvin Show" on ESPN Radio 103.3 FM on Friday afternoon and told the Hall of Fame wide receiver that he "probably" would not smoke marijuana in-season even if the league did not have a random testing program. But Howard also described "smoking weed in the offseason sometimes" as his "personal choice and personal opinion." "I don't think that's stopping me from doing my job," Howard told Irvin. The 28-year-old from Wake Forest, selected by NBA commissioner David Stern to fill a roster spot created by injury on the Western Conference All-Star team in 2007, added, "I think that everybody in the media world and in the sports world knows that NBA players do smoke marijuana." It was not immediately clear what sort of punishment Howard could face for his candor, either from the league office or his team. But one source close to the situation told ESPN.com that the league likely "can't" suspend Howard for simply talking about marijuana usage. Mavericks owner Mark Cuban said before Friday's game against the Hornets that any punishment from the club will be meted out "internally."
i know someone who is a heavy smoker and he had to have a drug test, he drank a messload of water and a messload of v8 juice and in 8 days he pissed clean he has done it more than once hair tests are worse THC can stay in you hair follicles for a long time but i think sports only do piss tests this country is is too uptight about weed, the govt uses it as a scapegoat for every other major drug problem it should be treated like alcohol i have no problem with howard smoking it just as long as he stays away from ricky
Id say thats pretty lucky then. Theres a few diff kinds of piss tests, the instant ones and the ones that have to be processed. I believe the instant ones are a little easier to fudge. Regardless, I wouldnt recommend it unless you know which kind your gonna have to do. Even then its still a pretty risky way to do it. Just buy a wizzinator! lol