Anderson Silva and Nick Diaz fail UFC 183 drug tests

[Matt Thomas]

So it looks like both Anderson and Nick failed a drug test. Nick failed for marijuana (shocking) while Anderson Silva tested positive for Drostanolone - an anabolic steroid as well as Androsterone (according to Ariel Helwani).

So much for a Silva return, pretty heart breaking. Found this quote on the MMA subreddit from Silva back in October:

“When the guys test for the steroids, (they should have) no more fights,” "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.”

Thoughts?

http://www.ufc.com/news/UFC-Statement-Anderson-Silva

https://twitter.com/KevinI/status/562787498091610113

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[Trez "Rat" Reyna]

Silva is claiming he's innocent. Diaz should get less punishment than Jones. It's dumb that thc is a banned substance but cocaine isn't. If you get stop by the cops and your riding dirty the charge for cocaine is heavier than a charge for possession of marijuana. The AC should do the same

[derrick hornick]

Is this going to be one of those things where Diaz was in competition and Silva wasn't?

[NameLikeNoOther]

Cannibinoids should not be considered a banned substance for Athletics. In my opinion they should be in the same Class as tylenol, advil, nicotine or alcohol are.

[Joey Wren]

It sucks that the whole sport is riddled with this problem. I think the best solution would be transition to allowing steroids so long as the athletes fully disclose that they are using steroids. If caught using while not disclosing the fighter should be banned for life from competition. Stop handing out 9 month suspensions. Get serious about it or don't test at all. If they really wanted to clean up the sport they would make the punishments a lot more harsh. The marijuana fail is laughable.

[Arman Fathi]

The criteria for what makes a substance banned is totally subjective. There's a ton of stuff on sale at GNC that could get you busted. Marijuana only gets busted because it's not yet legal in certain states. It's not physiologically addictive*, isn't particularly performance enhancing (at least, physically), and does not pose any documented harm to its users. Honestly, my image of a fighter only takes a turn if I see steroids or something of the like, not weeds. I heard Diaz's hearing is the 17th of February and since it's his 3rd offense, I wouldn't be surprised if they kicked him out of the UFC. It would be a travesty.

Side note: I learned in Pharmacology class that the hallmark of physiological addiction as it relates to the brain is 'dopamine stimulation in the nucleus accumbens,' which is the almond sized 'reward center' of your brain. Most drugs stimulate this, including alcohol, coke, heroin, vicodin, painkillers, and a ton of others. The reason Sex Addicts exist is because brain-wave activity taken from people experiencing an orgasm is strikingly similar to brain-wave activity of someone who's high on heroin, albeit for roughly 3 seconds compared to heroin or coke, which would last 5-10 minutes with a lot of residual effects afterwards. 3 seconds is a natural process with how we've evolved. 5-10 minutes is unnatural. It's like if you floored the gas on your car pedal for 100-200 times longer than you usually would. It could cause your brain to fuse out. People get used to this feeling and want to chase it as much as possible. It is the maximum stimulation of the reward center of your brain. This is why ecstasy can be dangerous if taken a good amount in a short amount of time, because the brain can effectively relapse due to the overstimulation of dopamine/serotonin receptors and what happens is these receptors literally Prune Up, so you can't experience 'happy' feelings as much as you used to. Another way of putting it is that your brain becomes 'desensitized' to experiencing rewards. This is why food might not taste as good, a joke might not seem as funny, or a chick might not seem as hot. It's why you experience a 'crash' if you ever take a drug of abuse. Marijuana has been PROVEN to not be physiologically addictive as it pertains to what PRECISELY defines a drug with the potential of abuse. So anybody that categorizes Marijuana as a drug of abuse (as do several drug testing organizations) is ignorant of it's addictive potential. Much like what Joe Rogan said. "Are you gonna outlaw cheeseburgers cuz there are fat people that eat a lotta cheeseburgers?"

[Paul.Hannan]

The ring girls should hold up boards showing a fighter's main drug. Prozac v amphetamine, growth hormone v cannabis, caffeine v cocaine, lsd v alcohol - the possibilities are endless, especially if the fighters are tested to make sure they have huge amounts of their chosen drug in their system while fighting. I'd definitively pay to see that shit.

[Craig Murray]

I don't understand Diaz and THC... it's your fucking career man, and regardless if it's a stupid rule or not, risking your career to smoke some weed is just downright stupid.

I say this as a guy who's been using cannabis on nearly a daily basis for over 20 years. I love the shit. It's helped me in countless ways.

But fuck man, if everything I've worked my whole life for was hanging in the balance I would just stop using it.

[Kyle Spalla]

I don't understand Diaz and THC... it's your fucking career man, and regardless if it's a stupid rule or not, risking your career to smoke some weed is just downright stupid.

I say this as a guy who's been using cannabis on nearly a daily basis for over 20 years. I love the shit. It's helped me in countless ways.

But fuck man, if everything I've worked my whole life for was hanging in the balance I would just stop using it.

See that is where you are different from him.
You:
CAREER> GIVES NO FUCKS
Nick Diaz:
CAREER<GIVES NO (ABSOLUTELY ZERO) FUCKS

At this point I just want to see how high he is going to be at the Athletic Commission hearing. If he even shows up.

[Matt Thomas]

Diaz put a pic up on instagram along with “Love my people #mma #lodi #dunfighting”. Guess this is it for him.