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Ken Shamrock & Kimbo Slice Both Fail Bellator 149 Drug Tests, Because MMA


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Well, if we weren’t being forced to reconsider the moral implications of this whole “freakshow fight” concept before, we sure as Hell are now.

You guys remember Bellator 149, right? The card with the one fight where the guy almost died and the other fight where one of the guys probably should have died, but instead one of them just got kneed in the nuts? It was truly one of the peak moments in our sport’s young history, but as they say, “nothing stays gold forever.”

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(To maximize your experience here at CagePotato, we ask that you read this article with this song in the back of your mind.)

Well, if we weren’t being forced to reconsider the moral implications of this whole “freakshow fight” concept before, we sure as Hell are now.

You guys remember Bellator 149, right? The card with the one fight where the guy almost died and the other fight where one of the guys probably should have died, but instead one of them just got kneed in the nuts? It was truly one of the peak moments in our sport’s young history, but as they say, “nothing stays gold forever.”

According to a report by MMAFighting that broke Friday evening  – and would have been covered by us had we not been face deep in a hot wing eating competition at Dave & Buster’s at the time (we took 3rd out of 12, not that you care) — both the guy who didn’t almost die (Kimbo Slice) and the guy who suffered his first career loss via test-nical knockout (Ken Shamrock) failed their pre-fight drug tests.

Slice and Shamrock had banned substances in their system per the results of pre-fight drug tests, multiple sources said.

Both men have been administratively suspended by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) pending an adjudication process, sources said. The official test result documents, showing the exact substances Slice and Shamrock tested positive for, have been withheld by the TDLR due to potential pending litigation. Athletes on the card had urine samples taken before their bouts.

You said it, bird character from The Muppets whose name escapes me.

Honestly, we probably should have seen this coming in the case of Shamrock, who aside from having previously tested positive for banned substances following a 2009 win over a guy who actually *did* die shortly thereafter (the connections are everywhere!), turned 52 just 8 days prior to his bout with Royce Gracie. At that age and with that much wear-and-tear from both his fighting and professional wrestling days, I’d imagine old Shammy would need a Pulp Fiction-esque shot of adrenaline straight to the heart just to get out of bed every morning, let alone fight.

No word yet on how this result will affect Shamrock’s plans to appeal the loss, but I’m guessing…it certainly won’t help.

As for Kimbo, well, let’s just hope that that “banned substance” in question is a little harmless Mary Jane that entered his system while he was working security for one of those club-centric porn shoots, or we are going to be sorely disappointed in him. Say what you want about Mr. Kevin Ferguson, but the guy has always come across as an honest sportsman in our eyes. I mean, sure, who knows what say he had in EliteXC’s decision to bribe Seth Petruzelli, but we’re going to guess “nada,” which is EXACTLY the amount of steroids he would need to beat “Dada” on even his worst day, which conveniently happened to be the night he actually fought Mr. 5000. I mean, did you see his opponent hit pads? KFerg could have walked into that fight drunk and on shrooms (and very well might have) and still emerged victorious without *barely* needing an oxygen tank after.

In conclusion, Kimbo Slice is a hero who name is clearly being dragged through the mud by the Dada 5000 team, and Ken Shamrock needs to quietly go away forever.

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Alexander Shlemenko Suspended Three Years by CSAC After INSANE T/E Ratio Revealed


(via Bellator)

So not too long ago, it was revealed that former Bellator middleweight champion Alexander Shlemenko had tested positive for elevated testosterone following his win over Melvin Manhoef at Bellator 133. While our initial shock appeared to stem from the fact that the man above, not his cut from steel counterpart was the one juicing, yesterday’s CSAC hearing regarding Shlemenko’s punishment unveiled some rather mind-blowing information to say the very least.

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(via Bellator)

So not too long ago, it was revealed that former Bellator middleweight champion Alexander Shlemenko had tested positive for elevated testosterone following his win over Melvin Manhoef at Bellator 133. While our initial shock appeared to stem from the fact that the man above, not his cut from steel counterpart was the one juicing, yesterday’s CSAC hearing regarding Shlemenko’s punishment unveiled some rather mind-blowing information to say the very least.

Despite Shlemenko’s vehement deinal that he had taken any illegal substances, the results of his drug test revealed an absolutely bonkers 50/1 T/E ratio, as well as Oxandrolone and synthetic testosterone in his system.

That’s right. 50. To 1. If our steroid bust timeline is to be believed, that places Shlemenko second only to NFL receiver-cum-one-and-done MMA fighter Johnnie Morton’s 68.9 ratio on the list of highest T/E ratios ever. It should be reiterated that the average ratio for an athlete is 6/1.

So yeah, Shlemenko dun effed up, and he picked quite possibly the worst time to do it. As a result of NSAC’s newly-implemented guidelines regarding steroid infractions, Shlemenko was hammered with a three year suspension and a $10,000 fine. Additionally, Shlemenko’s win over Manhoef will be changed to a No Contest, which he can try to redeem when he is eligible to return to competition on February 13, 2018.

“Our job here is to protect the fighters, period,” said CSAC commissioner John Frierson. “The guy that he knocked out, he could have killed him.”

Honestly, this is probably a fitting end for Shlemenko’s MMA career…knocking out Manhoef with his patented spinning sh*t, I mean, not the lethal concoction of drugs running through his system while he did it. But so the saying goes: If you can’t do the time, don’t inject yourself with enough testosterone to give a rhinoceros cardiac arrest.

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ICYMI: NSAC Reveals Anderson Silva Failed His UFC 183 Post-Fight Test As Well [FROWNY FACE]

If you didn’t happen to catch last night’s NSAC hearing because you don’t even work part-time for an MMA blog and have a life, then boy did you miss out (not really). Set to a soothing soundtrack of nearby construction work, the 3-hour meeting was as much of a non-factor as it possibly could have been. At one point, Pat Lundvall’s phone went off and it was the Benny Hill theme song. Seriously. It happened. Check out the “blooper reel” (a blooper reel!) above for another highlight.

And the NSAC themselves, my God (*kisses fingers*). In a meeting that was supposed to determine the fighting futures of Anderson Silva and Nick Diaz, the chairmen and women of the most frustratingly incompetent organization outside of a Comcast call center spent over an hour discussing the idea of placing a computer chip in MMA gloves in order to more accurately score fights. They spent another hour arguing about whether or not judges should be scoring fights with iPads, because penciling in a number between 8 and 10 is just getting too damn confusing. Did I mention the cosmic irony of the Benny Hill theme song?

But in the few moments when NSAC wasn’t struggling to take a piss without dribbling on their shoes, they did actually manage to reveal some information regarding Anderson Silva’s post-fight drug test. No spoilers, but it will breaka you heart.

If you didn’t happen to catch last night’s NSAC hearing because you don’t even work part-time for an MMA blog and have a life, then boy did you miss out (not really). Set to a soothing soundtrack of nearby construction work, the 3-hour meeting was as much of a non-factor as it possibly could have been. At one point, Pat Lundvall’s phone went off and it was the Benny Hill theme song. Seriously. It happened. Check out the “blooper reel” (a blooper reel!) above for another highlight.

And the NSAC themselves, my God (*kisses fingers*). In a meeting that was supposed to determine the fighting futures of Anderson Silva and Nick Diaz, the chairmen and women of the most frustratingly incompetent organization outside of a Comcast call center spent over an hour discussing the idea of placing a computer chip in MMA gloves in order to more accurately score fights. They spent another hour arguing about whether or not judges should be scoring fights with iPads, because penciling in a number between 8 and 10 is just getting too damn confusing. Did I mention the cosmic irony of the Benny Hill theme song?

But in the few moments when NSAC wasn’t struggling to take a piss without dribbling on their shoes, they did actually manage to reveal some information regarding Anderson Silva’s post-fight drug test. No spoilers, but it will breaka you heart.

In addition to testing positive for Drostanolone and Androsterone a month out from his UFC 183 headliner, Silva also tested positive for Oxazepam and Temazepam, two Benzodiazepines, in his post-fight test administered Jan. 31. Drostanolone metabolites were also present in his Jan. 31st sample.

Basically, Silva was on a cocktail of drugs that would’ve killed all of Van Halen. Oxazepam is a moderate anxiety drug, anticonvulsant, and skeletal muscle relaxant, while Temazepam is mainly taken to relieve insomnia. But here’s where it gets interesting; neither Oxazepam nor Temazepam are considered banned substances in *or* out of competition according to WADA standards. By failing to disclose that he was taking these drugs on his pre-fight medical questionnaire, however, Silva actually forced the NSAC to change their classification to a banned substance. MMAJunkie explains:

The medical questionnaire is part of the standard paperwork a Nevada licensee fills out prior to a contest. Among other things, it asks if a fighter has used “any medication, drug, cream, inhalant, or injection, whether prescription” or “over-the-counter” in the past month.

The paperwork can be used against a fighter if a substance that has not previously been approved by the commission — or is banned by WADA — is found in their urine or blood.

“Silva failed to disclose his use of one or more anabolic steroids and or one or more benzodiazepines, and thereby he provided false or misleading information to the commission or a representative of the commission,” the complaint, which MMAjunkie obtained, stated.

Of course, it’s the drostanolone metabolites still present in Silva’s system on fight night that should cause the most concern.

As for Silva’s punishment? Well, that’s still TBD. Silva, Diaz, and Hector Lombard were all handed “temporary suspensions” pending formal hearings to be held for each of them at a later date. Ashlee Evans-Smith, however, was handed a 9-month suspension and a 30% fine of her purse following her positive test for the banned diuretic hydrochlorothiazide (aka “flowers and weird sh*t) at UFC 181.

The UFC is planning to hold a meeting to “address a lot of issues” currently facing the promotion this afternoon, so swing by CagePotato at 1 p.m. EST for a live stream of the event.

On Anderson Silva, Nick Diaz, and Compounding the Misery of MMA Fans

By CP Reader Farooq Ahmed

The UFC and its “war on drugs” continues.

MMA fans by now know that both Anderson Silva and Nick Diaz failed drugs tests leading up to/after their UFC 183 headlining act. On a fight card that promised so much leading up to the main event, the fight itself turned out to be more of a frustration between the two middleweights than anything to write home about.

But hey, no big deal right? Anderson Silva is back, Nick Diaz gave the people what they wanted and we all felt like we got our money’s worth.

Disaster.

By CP Reader Farooq Ahmed

The UFC and its “war on drugs” continues.

MMA fans by now know that both Anderson Silva and Nick Diaz failed drugs tests leading up to/after their UFC 183 headlining act. On a fight card that promised so much leading up to the main event, the fight itself turned out to be more of a frustration between the two middleweights than anything to write home about.

But hey, no big deal right? Anderson Silva is back, Nick Diaz gave the people what they wanted and we all felt like we got our money’s worth.

Disaster.

The post fight drug test results showed that Silva, 39, had tested positive for two types of performance enhancing drugs, while Diaz’s positive test (to nobody’s surprise) failed for marijuana metabolites with the Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) director confirming that Diaz came in at double the 150 nanograms per millilitre limit.

If you recall, Silva went on record last October that fighters who test positive should receive lifetime bans:

“When the guys test for the steroids, (they should have) no more fights,” Silva said. “When you use the steroids, you use them for a long time. When you use the steroids for a long time, you have a problem. It’s a drug and it’s not good for the sport.”

Talk about hypocrisy. It’s hard to understand why Silva would risk sullying his reputation under the circumstances of that quote, especially after he had suffered one of the most gruesome sports injuries anyone had ever seen. The whole world was pulling for him.

“(Steroids) make the sport bad,” Silva said. “If you do the sport in a good light, you have a good life. That is my opinion.”

It’s probably easy to have empathy for Silva, he was the greatest we had ever seen in the sport for the best part of a decade — alongside the likes of Georges St. Pierre and Fedor Emelianenko — and the fall from the top was about as quick and strange as they come.

Many Dubbed Silva’s knockout defeat to current middleweight champion Chris Weidman as a ‘fluke’, and the rematch of that fight ended in even more bizarre circumstances. Silva’s leg was snapped in half is a moment that those who bared witness will likely never forget — the images plastered over social media and news outlets the next day, the sound of Silva screaming in agony as he was being taken away from the octagon on a gurney, many assumed for the last time in his career.

It was one of those moments where you’ll never forget where you were when it happened.

It was an unceremonious end to a career that deserved better. But such is the life of a professional fighter. Rarely do they ever go out on top.

So when months later Silva pledged his return, videos of his recovery and training camps circulated. The improbable was going to happen. Silva would return to the Octagon months after a devastating compound fracture and fight again. The MMA community stood arm-in-arm awaiting his triumphant return.

Silva has no previous history of failed drugs tests. For so many years he has embodied the picture of perfect health. But coming off over a year out due to injury, he stated post fight, his son is begging him to stop.

“My son talked to me serious,” Silva said at the post-fight press conference. “When I talked to my son, my son cried. ‘Dad, stop, please. Back home. Please. You don’t need more fights.’”

Clearly despite his best intentions, this is not the end for Silva, who considers himself to be a man of great integrity and honour. His statement went as far as confirming it.

“I’ve been competing in this sport for a very long time. This is my nineteenth fight in the UFC. I have been thoroughly tested many times and have never had a positive drug test. I have not taken any performance-enhancing drugs. My stance on drugs is, and will always be, the same. I’m an advocate for a clean sport.”

Perhaps it won’t tarnish his image, to many; perhaps he will still be seen as the greatest MMA fighter of all time. The Muhammad Ali of his generation. Perhaps for his next fight, he’ll go fully vegan, gluten-free and still dismantle his opponent, just to prove that he is capable, not to you or me, but to himself. But for many more, questions will always remain in regards to the legitimacy of Silva’s legacy.

For Nick Diaz, getting popped for the old ‘Mary Jane’ is nothing new; this is now the third time he’s been caught in his pro career. But nobody really cares about Diaz right now. It’s unlikely you were in total shock and hysteria when the results came in.

Diaz, who when it came to fight week did the usual Nick Diaz thing of missing his flights and open workouts, then proceeded to shit talk his way through the fight with Silva. And now, he’ll be forced to surrender part of the purse that he spent over a year convincing the UFC he was worth.

Maybe it is time for Diaz to finally once and for all walk away from the sport. He’s stated in the past that ‘he’s done’ with fighting (and did it again recently), only to come back for a paycheck. It was abundantly clear at UFC 183 that was the case.

So where do we go from here? Coming off the high that was UFC 183, only to come to crashing halt a couple of days later. It’s a depressing reality that the UFC has had to deal with following two of its four 2015 events.

When it’s Anderson Silva, one of the most recognizable athletes to grace the sport, and Nick Diaz, one of its most marketable fighters, who are testing positive for banned substances, you see just why the UFC has a long way to go.

Farooq Ahmed is a writer for GiveMeSport and Bleacher Report you can follow him on Twitter @farooq09.

Four Fighters Fail Drug Tests at Bellator 127, Including Rob Emerson and Keith Berry


(The man with the most ironic nickname in MMA has gotten himself into trouble yet again. / Photo via Bellator.com)

Drug test results are in from October 3rd’s Bellator 127 event in Temecula, California, and brother, they are embarrassing. Sherdog reports that four fighters on the card failed their post-fight drug screenings for banned substances, according to information released by the California State Athletic Commission. Those fighters are…

– UFC veteran Rob Emerson, who popped positive for Modafinil, a sleep disorder drug that is used recreationally as a pep-pill. Emerson lost a decision to Rafael Silva at Bellator 127, and his loss will stand.

– Strikeforce/KOTC vet Keith Berry, who tested positive for elevated testosterone levels and marijuana. His split decision win against Joe Pacheco will be changed to a no contest.

– Light-heavyweight Nick Moghaddam, who also tested positive for elevated testosterone levels and marijuana. Moghaddam’s unanimous decision loss to Ray Sloan will stand.


(The man with the most ironic nickname in MMA has gotten himself into trouble yet again. / Photo via Bellator.com)

Drug test results are in from October 3rd’s Bellator 127 event in Temecula, California, and brother, they are embarrassing. Sherdog reports that four fighters on the card failed their post-fight drug screenings for banned substances, according to information released by the California State Athletic Commission. Those fighters are…

– UFC veteran Rob Emerson, who popped positive for Modafinil, a sleep disorder drug that is used recreationally as a pep-pill. Emerson lost a decision to Rafael Silva at Bellator 127, and his loss will stand.

– Strikeforce/KOTC vet Keith Berry, who tested positive for elevated testosterone levels and marijuana. His split decision win against Joe Pacheco will be changed to a no contest.

– Light-heavyweight Nick Moghaddam, who also tested positive for elevated testosterone levels and marijuana. Moghaddam’s unanimous decision loss to Ray Sloan will stand.

– Welterweight Fernando Gonzalez, who tested positive for marijuana. Gonzalez scored a first-round TKO against Karo Parisyan at Bellator 127; at this point, the CSAC has not confirmed whether or not Gonzalez’s win will be overturned.

I don’t understand it; Bellator is usually such a professional operation (LOL J/K). So, is it just a fluke that the CSAC caught four fish on the same event? Well, not exactly. As Sherdog explains, “All 22 fighters competing at Bellator 127 provided urine samples that were sent to a UCLA Olympic analytical lab that is World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) accredited.”

Yes, all of the fighters were tested — a marked contrast from the way that Bellator used to run drug testing, which was basically not at all. In other words, the more shows that Bellator runs in which its fighters are actually held accountable for what’s in their bodies, the more we’ll see multiple fighters pissing hot on the same card. 2014 is indeed the druggiest year in MMA history, and we’ve still got two more months to get through.

Cung Le Denies Using HGH, Questions UFC’s Independent Testing Methods Following Failed Drug Test


(Photo via Getty)

In the wake of Cung Le‘s year-long suspension for an excess level of Human Growth Hormone, the UFC middleweight and his manager Gary Ibarra have publicly denied that he’s a doper. Amazingly, Le isn’t blaming his failed drug test on inept doctors or tainted supplements. Instead, his team is arguing that the procedures used by the UFC’s independent testing were suspect, and not as reliable as the World Anti-Doping Agency‘s methods. Here’s the official statement that Le and Ibarra released yesterday:

Cung Le Statement Regarding Positive hGH Test at UFC Fight Night, Macao, China

San Francisco – October 2, 2014 Gary Ibarra, Cung Le’s manager, confirmed the UFC’s statement regarding the failed hGH test results of Cung Le collected post-fight at UFC Fight Night, Macau China on August 23rd. In response to the UFC’s recent statement regarding Cung’s drug test results, our client would like to release this statement.

“I was completed surprised at the results of my recent drug test. I was informed by the UFC that I passed my pre and post-fight drug test as well as the majority of the blood tests with the only abnormality being an elevated level of hGH being determined to be present. I tested negative for Anabolics, Stimulants, Diuretics, Masking Agents and my Testosterone levels were within World Anti- Doping Agency and Nevada State Athletic Commission Approved limits a total of three times over two urine tests and a blood test collected both before and after my fight which is what makes these hGH result so difficult for me to accept as correct. This has also caused me to call the testing procedures into question. I have been informed that there are many possible reasons for a level of hGH to exceed what is allowed unknowingly and my doctors are researching those possibilities, which may include a much more serious health concern. I have also been informed about the unreliability of the current hGH testing that exists and it’s high rate of inaccuracy. I want to reiterate to my fans and the fans of mixed martial arts everywhere that I did not take any performance enhancing drugs or anything that would cause my natural level of hGH to exceed normal levels. ”

Upon our independent review of the laboratory procedures when testing for PED’s, it has been clear that the possibilities for incorrect test results are many. We were informed that the laboratory was advised to use the WADA approved rules and procedures when conducting the testing that they administer, yet the lab in Hong Kong contracted to do the testing was not WADA approved, which was surprising since there was a WADA approved lab available in Beijing China. The blood sample was collected post-fight when the natural hGH levels are the least reliable as the body in an attempt to heal itself will naturally release more hGH, but even more of a concern is that the more reliable and WADA required test for hGH known as the IGF-1 test was never conducted on the sample…


(Photo via Getty)

In the wake of Cung Le‘s year-long suspension for an excess level of Human Growth Hormone, the UFC middleweight and his manager Gary Ibarra have publicly denied that he’s a doper. Amazingly, Le isn’t blaming his failed drug test on inept doctors or tainted supplements. Instead, his team is arguing that the procedures used by the UFC’s independent testing were suspect, and not as reliable as the World Anti-Doping Agency‘s methods. Here’s the official statement that Le and Ibarra released yesterday:

Cung Le Statement Regarding Positive hGH Test at UFC Fight Night, Macao, China

San Francisco – October 2, 2014 Gary Ibarra, Cung Le’s manager, confirmed the UFC’s statement regarding the failed hGH test results of Cung Le collected post-fight at UFC Fight Night, Macau China on August 23rd. In response to the UFC’s recent statement regarding Cung’s drug test results, our client would like to release this statement.

“I was completed surprised at the results of my recent drug test. I was informed by the UFC that I passed my pre and post-fight drug test as well as the majority of the blood tests with the only abnormality being an elevated level of hGH being determined to be present. I tested negative for Anabolics, Stimulants, Diuretics, Masking Agents and my Testosterone levels were within World Anti- Doping Agency and Nevada State Athletic Commission Approved limits a total of three times over two urine tests and a blood test collected both before and after my fight which is what makes these hGH result so difficult for me to accept as correct. This has also caused me to call the testing procedures into question. I have been informed that there are many possible reasons for a level of hGH to exceed what is allowed unknowingly and my doctors are researching those possibilities, which may include a much more serious health concern. I have also been informed about the unreliability of the current hGH testing that exists and it’s high rate of inaccuracy. I want to reiterate to my fans and the fans of mixed martial arts everywhere that I did not take any performance enhancing drugs or anything that would cause my natural level of hGH to exceed normal levels. ”

Upon our independent review of the laboratory procedures when testing for PED’s, it has been clear that the possibilities for incorrect test results are many. We were informed that the laboratory was advised to use the WADA approved rules and procedures when conducting the testing that they administer, yet the lab in Hong Kong contracted to do the testing was not WADA approved, which was surprising since there was a WADA approved lab available in Beijing China. The blood sample was collected post-fight when the natural hGH levels are the least reliable as the body in an attempt to heal itself will naturally release more hGH, but even more of a concern is that the more reliable and WADA required test for hGH known as the IGF-1 test was never conducted on the sample. When we contacted the UFC to request that this more reliable test be conducted, we were informed that this was not possible as the lab only retained the sample for a week following the fight. WADA regulations require that samples are to be frozen and held for 10 Years, so that they can be retested in the event of a challenge. WADA rules state that when testing for hGH, the lab must use the “Isoform Differential Immunoassays” or “the Isoforms Test” a procedure which requires the IGF-1 test be performed. Again, this test was not performed by the lab and was could not subsequently be performed as the sample had been destroyed. The WADA regulations also state that:

“Since the total levels of hGH secreted into circulation vary naturally, are widely fluctuating over time and may be influenced by several factors not associated with doping, it is practically impossible to develop an anti-doping test based simply on the measurement of increased total hGH concentrations.”

There is a reason why hGH is still not tested for in all major sports leagues, the tests that exist are unreliable and present many opportunities for inaccuracy for a multitude of reasons. As was stated in the UFC’s press release in regards to our client, the results of the testing they conducted showed an elevated level of hGH, but as WADA states, the possibility for incorrect results are more than probable when testing for elevated levels of hGH especially when a non-WADA approved lab is used.

Cung Le has been a professional martial artist for over 20 years and has always conducted himself with honor showing a deep respect for his supporters and opponents, to have him made a public example based on suspect testing procedures conducted by a lab unfamiliar with the WADA rules is irresponsible. With the results of such testing having such a powerful effect on athletes reputations and futures we believe it would be better served to have future testing conducted by a WADA approved laboratory that knows and follows the established procedures to the letter so as to ensure something like this doesn’t happen again. Cung is extremely disappointed at the results of the test and that the UFC would make such an unprecedented decision to extend his suspension from 9 to 12 months when the testing procedures remain unclear.

*****

We’ll update you if Cung Le’s argument earns him a reduced sentence. It actually sounds like he’s got a decent case, and it raises a very important question: Is the UFC’s new push towards overseeing its own random drug testing credible or not? Shouldn’t the promotion rely on a truly independent testing body that 1) has no financial interest in who gets busted and when, and 2) uses the highest standards for testing?