The South African Institute for Drug-Free Sport (SAIDS) has reported an anti-doping rule violation against the Athlete after his sample tested positive for the prohibited substance cannabis.
After notification a provisional suspension was ordered and the Athlete was heard for the Disciplinary Committee.
The Athlete pleaded guilty and stated prior to the match he was at a party where he took some puffs of a hubbly bubbly apparatus which contained dagga (cannabis) without his knowledge.
Hereafter he admitted he had smoked cannabis daily since his injury some three week prior to the testing.
Considering the Athlete had used cannabis many weeks prior to the match and without intention to enhance performance the SAIDS Disciplinary Committee decides to impose a 3 month period of ineligibility on the Athlete starting on the date of the provisional suspension starting on the date of the notification, i.e. on 2 February 2012 to 3 May 2012.
