On 22 June 2015 la Fédération Française de Basket-Ball (FFBB) – the French Basketball Federation – decided to impose a 2 year period of ineligibility on the Respondent M59 after his sample tested positive for the prohibited substance cannabis in an concentration above the WADA threshold. The Respondent was already sanctioned before in 2009 and 2012 for the use of cannabis.
Hereafter in September 2015 the French Anti-Doping Agency (AFLD) opened disciplinary proceedings against Respondent M57.
The Respondent admitted he used cannabis the day before the doping control for his chronic pain he suffered after a motorcyclye accident in October 2014. He realized his mistake and argued that he used the cannabis without intention to enhance his performance.
Considering the previous two violations the AFLD decides on 5 November to reform the FFBB decision of 22 June 2015 and to impose a 10 year period of inelgigibility on the Respondent M59 starting on the date of the provisional suspension.
