Our sitting POTUS smoked pot. A previous POTUS did coke.

hey ricky if pot is so bad for you and so "mind altering" how did this young man become good enough to become #1 ranked in the United States. Do you have any idea how much hard work and effort it takes to become the #1 ranked person in any sport.
nicotine, alcohol, and painkillers are all a lot more addicting and 10 times worse for you. if anything this is just proof that pot really isnt that bad for you.
ricky have you ever had an alcoholic beverage or pain killer- if so you are just as guilty as this young man for taking "mood altering chemicals".
isnt it funny that we have professional athletes who have been convicted of spousal abuse, drinking and driving, etc and they are still participating in thier sports but we are going to villian-ize a young man whos "crime" put no one else in danger

Ha, 99% of the country takes mood-altering chemicals. What do you think caffeine is!

> if pot is so bad for you and so "mind altering" how did this young man become good enough to become #1 ranked<
Steroids helped a ballplayer have the record for the most home runs ever. Just because you get a boost from chemicals doesn't mean they're great for your health in the long run. Drugs and other ingested chemicals cause damage in the long run. As for caffeine and other chemicals, yes they're part of our culture but why bring in yet another chemical and endorse it as legal? We've had enough damage done from alcohol and other mood enhancing chemicals now used among society. That was the point made.

come on ricky that just silly comparing it to steriods. steriods is proven to be performance enhancing, recovers from injuries quickly and builds muscle quickly. that is clearly giving someone an unfair advantage in athletics.
my only comment is if alcohol, caffeine, fast food, pain killers, etc are legal than pot should be too.

Agreed, ideally people should live without mood altering substances, but reality is that we all use them, I'm sure you included, whether its alcohol or caffeine, or even harder... these are all just centuries-old mechanisms to alleviate oneself. But you said it yourself.... why allow the harmful ones (i.e. opiate painkillers, benzos, alcohol), yet criminalize the least harmful one of them all (pot)? It just makes no logical sense the way the legal system rationalizes its policies on marijuana. And no one is saying "pot is harmless", it has negative effects, but nothing on the scale of alcoholism or addiction to hard drugs. There is no scientific proof of any long-term negative health effects either... altering brain chemistry? Where did you get that? You don't get wet brain from smoking too much pot... studies show that most effects of THC on the brain are short-term, and are even reversible after cessation. I respect your opinion, but your logic is another matter.....

You are too funny Scondo! But I'm afraid you neglected to mention the pot stickers!

It has happened to me several time, not that I minded. It happened to our house maid a long time ago, it happened at a party I was at as a teen....It happens.

Not in Holland. Amsterdam has pot cafes with menus to choose from. Hookers are legal too.

Stacie, incorrect: In holland cannabis is formally illegal, but Justice-guidelines show that no action is to be taken in case of possession of a small amount and sale under strict conditions. There are many countries, and of course certain states, that treat it similarly. The Olympic Committee is free to make its own rules which all participants should be well aware of. No matter what your stance is on the issue, Delpopolo should have been aware of the rules and therefore took a calculated risk.

how does a burnout become #1 ranked in the United States? how did michael phelps become the best swimmer ever (and most celebrated olympian) after smoking pot? Johny law are you ranked #1 nationally in your profession? the simple answer is pot really isnt that bad for you

a lot of lazy people have nothing better to do than smoke pot all day- pot didnt make these individuals lazy they were lazy before they started smoking. its just like alcohol- some people cant control themselves and become alcoholics, does this mean everyone who drinks is an alcoholic? just like alcohol, pot is not a problem if you do not abuse it.
its funny how a generation who fed their children with anti depressants, adderall, and other medications that REALLY alter your mind would complain about pot.
i wish you people realized how many doctors, engineers, and other very hardworking americans who contribute a lot and are considered successful actually smoke pot responsibly on their own time

so those who compete in the alympics can't drink? Where does it say that?

I probably would prefer to compete against someone who had been drinking; it would give me a better chance of defeating them.

The brownie tastes a little weird.. I ate a few bites of my friend's older brother's batch once after mistaking it for a normal one and realized something was a bit off.. not to mention I was confused why he had suddenly become Mr. Betty Crocker and made us brownies...

Brilliant

What an astoundingly stupid comment. Ironic how you call other people, "dopes".

You should identify yourself as a police officer and back up your statements with your experience with pot in the law enforcemnet community to be taken seriously.

I have a better idea, Al, how about you identify the victim in the alleged crime. This athlete is not the first to have smoked pot, no one thinks of it as a performance enhancing drug.

What kind of society do we live in when we cage people for committing "crimes" where no one is a victim? How is it there are 4x as many people living in China, and we have more people in jail then they do?

Hey, Flatfoot, "tgis", really?

So that justifies stripping him of ALL his titles and forfeiture of FUTURE matches?! Do you even read what you write?

Yeah, the guy consumed some pot and he's a druggy. Very logical.

Muddy: Sadly, consuming weed was more important to him than following the rules he was well aware of. It was his choice; he suffers the consequences.

Not arguing that. Arguing that calling him a druggie is overboard.

exactly