UFC FIGHTER NICK DIAZ GOT CAUGHT WITH MARIJUANA IN
HIS SYSTEM, NOT ONE TIME, BUT THREE TIMES.
NOW OF COURSE THERE ARE PENALTIES FOR THAT, EVEN
THOUGH MARIJUANA IS NOT A PERFORMANCE ENHANCING DRUG.
HIS PENALTY, IF YOU ASK ME, IS RIDICULOUS.
"UFC FIGHTER NICK DIAZ HAD HIS PUNISHMENT FOR A THIRD POSITIVE
MARIJUANA TEST REDUCED TO AN EIGHTEEN MONTH SUSPENSION AND A
$100,000 FINE AFTER REACHING A SETTLEMENT WITH THE NEVADA STATE
ATHLETIC COMMISSION."
MARIJUANA FOR MEDICINAL USE IS NOT ILLEGAL
IN NEVADA; HOWEVER, THE KEY WORD IN THAT GRAPHIC WAS PRODUCED.
HOW BAD WAS IT BEFORE?
"DIAZ WAS INITIALLY HANDED A FIVE-YEAR SUSPENSION AND A
$155,000 FINE IN SEPTEMBER."
"THE NEVADA STATE ATHLETIC
COMMISSIONS SPOKESWOMAN EVEN CONSIDERED BANNING DIAZ FOR
LIFE, REPORTEDLY BECAUSE SHE SIMPLY FELT DISRESPECTED BY THE
FIGHTER."
THAT IS THAT, RIGHT THERE.
I KNEW THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG WITH
THIS STORY.
SHE HATES THE GUY.
SHE CONSIDERED A LIFE BAN.
I'VE GOT POWER OVER YOU.
IN THIS CASE, I GET TO DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT YOU GET TO
YOUR PROFESSION OR YOU DON'T.
A1 HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FINE FOR SMOKING MARIJUANA WERE
STILL LET ALONE EIGHTEEN MONTHS WHEN HE CANNOT WORK AT HIS
PROFESSION?
THAT IS BEYOND CRAZY.
AT SOME POINT, AND EVERYBODY AT THIS POINT KNOWS IT, EVEN
PEOPLE WHO ARE OPPOSED TO MARIJUANA, KNOW THAT THE
WRITING IS ON THE WALL.
THAT ONE DAY MARIJUANA WILL BE SEEN JUST LIKE ALCOHOL.
ONE DAY WE WILL LOOK BACK AND GO, YOU GUYS DID WHAT TWO
PEOPLE SMOKING MARIJUANA?
ARE YOU CRAZY?
END THIS STUPID WAR ON DRUGS.
APPARENTLY THE ORGANIZATION HAD PASSED REGULATIONS FOR
POSITIVE MARIJUANA TESTS A FEW MONTHS BEFORE HE TESTED POSITIVE
FOR THE THIRD TIME, AND THERE WAS THAT THERE SHOULD BE A
THREE-YEAR SUSPENSION FOR A
THIRD POSITIVE MARIJUANA OFFENSE.
BUT THEY DIDN'T GIVE HIM THE THREE YEARS, THEY DECIDED
FIVE YEARS INITIALLY.
I THINK NICK DIAZ MAKES A GREAT POINT.
I DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT THE UFC, I KNOW THERE ARE ALLEGATIONS OF
STEROID USE, BUT HE SAYS, I HAVE NEVER DONE STEROIDS, AND A BUNCH
OF PEOPLE IN THE UFC ARE DOING STEROIDS AND THEY ARE NOT
GETTING PUNISHED AT ALL.
WHY IS IT THAT A PERFORMANCE ENHANCING DRUG IS TAKEN
MUCH MORE LIGHTLY THAN MARIJUANA USE.
MARIJUANA IS NOT A PERFORMANCE ENHANCING DRUGS.
FOR THE VAST MAJORITY PEOPLE, IT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT IS
GOING TO MAKE YOU ENERGETIC.
IT STAYS IN THE SYSTEM FOR A RIDICULOUSLY LONG PERIOD OF
TIME.
BUT YOU ARE NOT HIGH WHEN YOU ARE FIGHTING, USUALLY.
AND IF YOU ARE, I CANNOT IMAGINE THAT IT IS ANYTHING
BUT A DISADVANTAGE.
SOME PEOPLE LOSE THEIR TRAIN OF THOUGHT.
WHAT HOLD WAS I GOING TO PUT ON HIM?
AM I SUPPOSED TO TAP OUT?
I THINK MY LEG IS GETTING NUMB.
NO, YOU HAVE TO REINSTATE HIM.
I LIKE HIS STRONG WORDS.
HERE IS HIS DIRECT QUOTES.
"I NEVER DID STEROIDS IN MY LIFE.
I KNOW ALL THE FIGHTERS, AND THEY ARE ALL ON STEROIDS.
ALL YOU MOTHER FUCKERS ARE ON STEROIDS."
WHICH IRONICALLY SOUNDS LIKE ROID-RAGE.
BUT IN TERMS OF
MARIJUANA, LET HIM GO!