In May 2010 Agenţia Naţională Anti-Doping (ANAD), the National Anti-Doping Agency of Romania, has reported an anti-doping rule violation against the Player after his sample tested positive for the prohibited substance carboxy-THC (cannabis).
After notification no provisional suspension was ordered. Neither the ANAD nor the Romanian Basketball Federation took a decision in this case.
Hereafter the case was submitted to the FIBA in March 2011 and the Player was heard for the FIBA Disciplinary Panel.
The Player stated he had smoked cannabis two day before the doping test. He expressed his regret and had no intention to enhance his performance.
The FIBA Disciplinary Panel decides a 4 month period of ineligibility starting from this decision, i.e. on 25 March 2011.
