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[ARCHIVES] Nick Diaz White House Petition Reaches 100,000 Signatures

[ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED OCTOBER 14, 2015, 3:18 PM] It came down to the wire, but the WhiteHouse.gov petition to lift the Nevada Athletic Commission’s five year suspension of Nick Diaz has reached the needed 100,000 signatures. Lots of petitions get started, but few reach that threshold and get an official response from President Barack Obama’s administration. […]

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[ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED OCTOBER 14, 2015, 3:18 PM]

It came down to the wire, but the WhiteHouse.gov petition to lift the Nevada Athletic Commission’s five year suspension of Nick Diaz has reached the needed 100,000 signatures. Lots of petitions get started, but few reach that threshold and get an official response from President Barack Obama’s administration. Bloody Elbow had projected that the petition would fall short, but a late search thanks to a social media push from a number of name fighters pushed it past 110,000.

#107k #ThankYouAll https://t.co/2grAslobe6 pic.twitter.com/zgdr6UUFCl

— nick diaz (@nickdiaz209) October 14, 2015

So, what does this mean? According to the White House petitions site:

The right to petition your government is guaranteed by the First Amendment of the United States Constitution. We the People provides a new way to petition the Obama Administration to take action on a range of important issues facing our country. We created We the People because we want to hear from you. If a petition gets enough support, White House staff will review it, ensure it’s sent to the appropriate policy experts, and issue an official response.

What do these responses look like? Generally, if the White House can’t do anything or doesn’t want to make a big stink, they won’t. Some petitions, like recognizing the Ku Klux Klan as domestic terrorists, led to responses that amounted to “we already do that.”

So this probably means nothing, but it’s still interesting to track.

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Florida Abandons Marijuana Tests For Boxers And MMA Fighters

The body of the Florida State Boxing Commission has decided that they will no longer test combat athletes for cannabis. Following a meeting on Tuesday the panel of voters would essentially cast a ballot on eliminating the need to test for marijuana met…

Cynthia Calvillo Sounds Off About Failed Marijuana Test

UFC strawweight Cynthia Calvillo tested positive for marijuana following her fight at UFC 219, and the fallout has been confusing and disheartening, according to Calvillo herself. Calvillo holds a medical marijuana card in her home state of California, and competed at UFC 219, which was held in Las Vegas, Nevada, where medicinal marijuana is also […]

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UFC strawweight Cynthia Calvillo tested positive for marijuana following her fight at UFC 219, and the fallout has been confusing and disheartening, according to Calvillo herself.

Calvillo holds a medical marijuana card in her home state of California, and competed at UFC 219, which was held in Las Vegas, Nevada, where medicinal marijuana is also legal. However, USADA forbids it regardless of legality or medical permission, which has naturally caused some confusion for fighters like Calvillo.

She discussed the failed test on Monday’s episode of The MMA Hour and revealed that she has lost a sponsor due to the fallout:

“I really didn’t think I was doing anything wrong. I’m not trying to be a rebel, just, I don’t know. It just really, really sucks that I’m in this position right now.”

“They say you have to be literally pretty super, super high in order to test positive the day of the fight. There’s no way in hell I smoked or took any cannabis the week of my fight at all. Let alone the day of my fight.”

“They tell us, like, they’re comfortable about how much time you would need to be cleared for in-competition testing. The last time I had consumed cannabis was on Christmas Eve, which was the week of the fight. I usually use it for sleeping, I use it for inflammation, I have had my medical card for over two years. It’s something I’ve used especially because I had an injury where I broke arm my three times in a row, and so I use it for the medical component and cannabis, CBD does help heal your bones. I was also having trouble sleeping for a long time [and it’s] better than using over-the counter stuff.”

Many athletes have praised the use of cannabis and CBD oil for recovery after grueling trainings and workouts. Nate Diaz even boldly vaped CBD oil at a post-fight press conference, so it’s use is at least somewhat prevelant amongst MMA fighters.

Calvillo was retroactively suspended for nine months from the December 30 fight date and was fined 15 percent of her fight purse following her loss to Carla Esparza at UFC 219.

Do you think Calvillo’s punishment is too harsh considering she has a medicinal marijuana card in her home state?

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Why Are We Still Testing For Weed In MMA?

Another fighter has tested positive for marijuana metabolites, and has been suspended six months by USADA for the infraction. This time it’s Cynthia Calvillo, the UFC women’s strawweight fighter who tested positive for THC in an in-competition drug test administered by USADA for her bout at UFC 219. Calvillo — who was above USADA’s decision […]

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Three Fighters Fail For Weed At UFC Houston

Three fighters have tested positive for marijuana following UFC and are now facing sanctions from the state of Texas, but curiously not USADA. Curtis Blaydes, Niko Price, and Abel Trujillo all tested positive for marijuana during in-competition screenings for their respective fights in Houston last weekend. All three have been fined $1,000 and suspended for

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Three fighters have tested positive for marijuana following UFC and are now facing sanctions from the state of Texas, but curiously not USADA.

Curtis Blaydes, Niko Price, and Abel Trujillo all tested positive for marijuana during in-competition screenings for their respective fights in Houston last weekend. All three have been fined $1,000 and suspended for 90 days by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, according to MMAFighting.com.

Both Blaydes and Price picked up wins at UFC Fight Night 104, with Blaydes defeating Adam Milstead via TKO due to a leg injury, while Price knocked out Alex Morono at the end of the second round. Both Blaydes and Price’s victories have now been overturned to no contests following the failed tests, as reported by MiketheTruth.com.

Trujillo lost to James Vick by third round submission.

According to a USADA spokesman, USADA only suspends fighters for marijuana if they test higher than 150 ng/ml of the substance’s metabolites, which comes from the World Anti-Doping Agency Code. As of Friday, it remains unclear what levels each fighter tested positive for in their system.

Greg Alvarez, the director of Texas Combative Sports, declined to comment on the matter.

None of the three fighters who tested positive for marijuana have commented either as of Friday.

The no contests put Blaydes at 1-1 (1) and Price at 1-0 (1) for their respective UFC records.

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NSAC To Review Removing Marijuana From Banned Substance List

The Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) is set to hold a hearing Friday (January 13, 2017) to discuss the possibility of removing marijuana from its banned substance list. According to the upcoming agenda for the NSAC’s meeting this weekend, the commission will review “the possible exclusion of cannabinoids (marijuana) from the list of prohibited substances and

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The Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) is set to hold a hearing Friday (January 13, 2017) to discuss the possibility of removing marijuana from its banned substance list.

According to the upcoming agenda for the NSAC’s meeting this weekend, the commission will review “the possible exclusion of cannabinoids (marijuana) from the list of prohibited substances and methods pursuant to passage of Nevada ballot initiative question 2.” Nevada recently voted to legalize marijuana state-wide in last year’s election cycle, something that could serve as an influence when it comes to Friday’s voting.

The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), however, still considers marijuana as an illegal substance while in-competition, but the exoneration of weed from the NSAC’s banned list is certainly a huge step in allowing fighters to use it recreationally.

The most famous case in which the NSAC harshly punished a fighter for the use of marijuana, was when the commission brought the hammer down on former UFC welterweight title challenger Nick Diaz. Diaz was initially suspended five years and handed a hefty $165,000 after testing positive for marijuana metabolites following his UFC 183 bout with Anderson Silva in January of 2015.

After much push-back from fellow fighters, fans, and media, however, the suspension was later reduced to only 18 months and Diaz is now clear to resume all combat sports related activities.

What are your thoughts on the NSAC’s decision to vote on legalizing marijuana? Will the vote go through? And could the trend find its way over to USADA as well?

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