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Today's news:
Boston tested positive for GHB
PINELLAS PARK – Buccaneers wide receiver David Boston was under the influence of GHB when found asleep behind the wheel of his SUV last month, police say.
Boston was arrested and charged with misdemeanor DUI on Aug. 23, pending the results of a urinalysis. The test results came back last week and Pinellas Park police said the DUI charge would stand. But police refused to disclose the substance that Boston was alleged to have taken, saying the case was still being investigated. Police on Monday released the details of those tests.
GHB, or gamma hydroxybutyrate, has been abused in the U.S. since about 1990 for its euphoric, sedative, and anabolic (body building) effects. It is a central nervous system depressant that was widely available over-the-counter in health food stores during the 1980s and until 1992. It was purchased largely by body builders to aid in fat reduction and muscle building. Street names include "liquid ecstasy," "soap," "easy lay," "vita-G," and "Georgia home boy."
Boston has declared his innocence, saying in a statement last week, “I have done nothing wrong. I was not impaired.”
Pinellas Park police officers were called to the intersection of Park Boulevard and 49th Street N on Aug. 23 after his red Range Rover did not move when the light changed to green. When officers arrived, they woke him and had him get out of the vehicle. They suspected he might be under the influence of drugs or alcohol when they noticed his eyes were fluttering, consistent with a condition known as nystagmus.
Boston was taken into custody and given a Breahalyzer test, which came back negative. An officer known as a drug recognition expert tried to test Boston, but he refused as was his right because, he said, was innocent. Officers then took a urine sample.
Boston pleaded no contest to two misdemeanors in 2002 after he tested positive for cocaine and marijuana found during a traffic stop.
While with the Dolphins, he was suspended for four games in 2004 for violating the league's steroid policy. Boston, who had a season-ending knee injury at the time, denied taking an anabolic steroid but his appeal was denied. He was charged with simple assault in Burlington, Vt., later that month, and eventually pleaded no contest to striking a ticket agent at the airport.
This is Boston's second stint with the Bucs. He was cut before the start of last season.
http://tbo.com/video/xml/MGBMLUB3R5F.html
Today's news:
Boston tested positive for GHB
PINELLAS PARK – Buccaneers wide receiver David Boston was under the influence of GHB when found asleep behind the wheel of his SUV last month, police say.
Boston was arrested and charged with misdemeanor DUI on Aug. 23, pending the results of a urinalysis. The test results came back last week and Pinellas Park police said the DUI charge would stand. But police refused to disclose the substance that Boston was alleged to have taken, saying the case was still being investigated. Police on Monday released the details of those tests.
GHB, or gamma hydroxybutyrate, has been abused in the U.S. since about 1990 for its euphoric, sedative, and anabolic (body building) effects. It is a central nervous system depressant that was widely available over-the-counter in health food stores during the 1980s and until 1992. It was purchased largely by body builders to aid in fat reduction and muscle building. Street names include "liquid ecstasy," "soap," "easy lay," "vita-G," and "Georgia home boy."
Boston has declared his innocence, saying in a statement last week, “I have done nothing wrong. I was not impaired.”
Pinellas Park police officers were called to the intersection of Park Boulevard and 49th Street N on Aug. 23 after his red Range Rover did not move when the light changed to green. When officers arrived, they woke him and had him get out of the vehicle. They suspected he might be under the influence of drugs or alcohol when they noticed his eyes were fluttering, consistent with a condition known as nystagmus.
Boston was taken into custody and given a Breahalyzer test, which came back negative. An officer known as a drug recognition expert tried to test Boston, but he refused as was his right because, he said, was innocent. Officers then took a urine sample.
Boston pleaded no contest to two misdemeanors in 2002 after he tested positive for cocaine and marijuana found during a traffic stop.
While with the Dolphins, he was suspended for four games in 2004 for violating the league's steroid policy. Boston, who had a season-ending knee injury at the time, denied taking an anabolic steroid but his appeal was denied. He was charged with simple assault in Burlington, Vt., later that month, and eventually pleaded no contest to striking a ticket agent at the airport.
This is Boston's second stint with the Bucs. He was cut before the start of last season.
