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Rousey: Marijuana testing an ‘invasion of privacy’
Ronda Rousey: “The athletic commission is there to make sure we compete fairly and they are testing us for something that has nothing to do with athletic competition.”
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Chris Palmquist
This week two UFC fighters have had fights over turned after testing positive for marijuana metabolites. Today UFC champion Ronda Rousey weighed in her with her opinion on the subject:
Honestly I feel like weed is not a performance-enhancing drug at all, Rousey told MMAjunkie. We are tested for it for entirely political reasons. The athletic commission is there to make sure we compete fairly and they are testing us for something that has nothing to do with athletic competition.
It is beyond their rights [to test for marijuana], Rousey said. It’s actually an invasion of privacy.
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