The Tampa Tribune reports that Bucs receiver David Boston has tested positive for GHB in connection with a urine sample that he provided after being arrested last month for DUI. GHB is often referred to as liquid Ecstasy. It is a common date-rape drug.
On August 23, Boston was found asleep at the wheel of a Range Rover. He failed a field sobriety test, but a breathalyzer showed no evidence of alcohol in his system.
The concentration was 870 mcg/ml. "We're told by the experts that that is a level that would make you impaired," Bruce Bartlett, chief assistant state attorney at the Pinellas-Pasco State Attorney's Office, told the Tribune.
Boston faces immediate scrutiny under the substance-abuse policy, since the presence of GHB in his system possibly constitutes the kind of behavior that could get him placed into Stage One of the program. If/when he is convicted of or pleads guilty to DUI, Boston will be subject to discipline under the league's Personal Conduct Policy.
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