In September 2015 the Spanish Agency for the Protection of Health in Sport (Agencia Española de Protección de la Salud en el Deporte, AEPSAD) has reported an anti-doping rule violation against the respondent E39 after his sample tested positive for the prohibited substance cannabis.
After notification a provisional suspension was ordered. The respondent admitted the violation and stated that he took a few puff of a cannabis cigarette with friends without intention to enhance his performance.
AEPSAD did not accept the respondent’s statement because the concentration cannabis found his sample was not consistent with his statement that he only took a few puffs before the competition. Therefore on 1 December 2015 AEPSAD decides to impose a 1 year period of ingeligibility on the respondent without a fine and starting on the date of the sample collection.
