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Prosecutor: Greek Olympians Should Be Convicted in Doping Scandal

ATHENS, Greece -- A prosecutor here called today for the conviction of two former Greek sprinters for staging a motorcycle accident and then lying about it to avoid a doping test at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Kostas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou, both medalists at the 2000 games in Sydney, Australia, are accused of...

Woman: Poppy Seeds, Not Drugs, Led to Losing Child

(Nov. 10) -- The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a civil rights lawsuit on behalf of a Pennsylvania couple whose baby was taken away from them after the mother failed a drug test. The ACLU says the mom is drug free and blames the failed test on a poppy-seed bagel. "This was devastating on our whole family,"...

Report: Lohan Fails Drug Test, Could Go Back to Jail Soon

(Sept. 17) -- Did she or didn't she? According to the Los Angeles Times, actress Lindsay Lohan is under investigation for drug use less than a month after being released from court-ordered drug and alcohol rehabilitation. TMZ reported that Lohan tested positive for cocaine use during mandatory monitoring, and that,...

Jeremy Mayfield: 'I Was Worth More ... As A Failed Drug Test'

In his first national one-on-one television interview, suspended NASCAR driver Jeremy Mayfield continued to deny drug use and accused NASCAR of using him as a "a good pawn who wasn't going to cost them any money at all.'' Mayfield, who was suspended indefinitely by NASCAR for testing positive in a pair of drug tests this...

Might Wanna Get Yer Selvin On

Per the House's Michael David Smith (via several sources), Travis Henry has reportedly failed a drug test for marijuana and could face up to a year suspension from the NFL. He has also reportedly sued the NFL to keep it under wraps, but as MDS points out, there's probably a lengthy Ricky-style suspension coming down the...

Background on drug test

A drug test is a technical analysis of a biological specimen – for example urine, hair, blood, sweat, or oral fluid / saliva – to determine the presence or absence of specified parent drugs or their metabolites.

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