{"id":582222,"date":"2021-07-04T15:35:59","date_gmt":"2021-07-04T19:35:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=582222"},"modified":"2021-07-04T15:36:00","modified_gmt":"2021-07-04T19:36:00","slug":"dems-urge-u-s-anti-doping-agency-to-reconsider-ban-on-olympic-sprinter-after-testing-positive-for-marijuana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dems-urge-u-s-anti-doping-agency-to-reconsider-ban-on-olympic-sprinter-after-testing-positive-for-marijuana\/","title":{"rendered":"Dems urge U.S. Anti-Doping Agency to reconsider ban on Olympic sprinter after testing positive for marijuana"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdems-urge-u-s-anti-doping-agency-to-reconsider-ban-on-olympic-sprinter-after-testing-positive-for-marijuana%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=582222&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2446003\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2446003\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sha\u2019Carri Richardson looks on after winning the Women\u2019s 100 meter final on day 2 of the 2020 U.S. Olympic Track &amp; Field Team Trials at Hayward Field on June 19, 2021 in Eugene, Oregon. (Patrick Smith\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 12:21 PM PT \u2013 Sunday, July 4, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Several Democrats have called on the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency to reconsider their ban placed on a U.S. sprinter after a positive marijuana test was brought to light. In a letter sent on Friday, Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) asked the agency to overturn its one-month ban of Sha\u2019Carri Richardson.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe urge you to reconsider the policies that led to this and other suspensions for recreational marijuana use, and to reconsider Ms. Richardson\u2019s suspension. Please strike a blow for civil liberties and civil rights by reversing this course you are on,\u201d wrote the lawmakers.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We worked with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepRaskin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RepRaskin<\/a> and the Subcommittee on Civil Rights &amp; Civil Liberties to formally ask <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/usantidoping?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@USAntiDoping<\/a> to end Sha&#8217;Carri Richardson&#8217;s suspension.<\/p>\n<p>Their decision lacks any scientific basis. It&#8217;s rooted solely in the systemic racism that&#8217;s long driven anti-marijuana laws. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/F28c5ScI1D\">pic.twitter.com\/F28c5ScI1D<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@RepAOC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepAOC\/status\/1411121868795518977?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 3, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>They argued anti-marijuana laws have a history of racism. Additionally, the Democrats claimed alcohol and cigarettes should be prohibited too if the agency wanted to stay consistent with abused substances standards.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are also concerned that the continued prohibition of marijuana while your organizations allow recreational use of alcohol and other drugs reflects anti-drug laws and policies that have historically targeted Black and Brown communities while largely condoning drug use in white communities,\u201d Ocasio-Cortez and Raskin said.<\/p>\n<p>Richardson accepted the suspension, saying she took the substance to cope with the death of her mother.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/violence-breaks-out-at-l-a-spa-in-response-to-transgender-complaint\/\">Violence Breaks Out At L.A. 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