Ronda Rousey Takes Over Press Conference to Hammer the War on Marijuana

It was announced this week by the Nevada Athletic Commission that welterweight UFC fighter, Nick Diaz will be fined $165,000, and will be suspended for five years after testing positive for marijuana.

The government agency levied the ridiculous fine and multiple-year suspension, not because Diaz was cheating or using steroids, but because they found traces of a plant that grows out of the ground in his blood.

According to Sherdog.com:

The UFC welterweight failed just one of the three drug tests administered during a five-hour period on the night of the event. The two negative results came from the

Sports Medicine and Research Testing Laboratory, a World Anti-Doping Agency accredited lab, while the positive test came from Quest Diagnostics, which is not 

WADA accredited. The NAC ultimately decided that Quest’s testing methods were more “sophisticated.”

 

UFC champion Ronda Rousey responded with an epic mic-dropping backlash to the NAC’s...

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