UFC fighter Nick Diaz keeps testing positive for marijuana use. He recently just had his last punishment reduced to an 18 month suspension and $100000 fine.
========== 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 S...