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Methadone is Schedule II in the United States. This means it is illegal to sell without a DEA license and illegal to buy or possess without a license or prescript. Methadone may be prescribed for pain in the U.S. as well as a treatment for drug addiction. "Possible mitigating circumstances" They don't even know IF there were "mitigating circumstances"!!! Whoever came up with this ruling should have Methadone injected into their temples, to see how the horse felt. Not only should this clown be gone forever, but law enforcement should also have been notified. To add insult to injury, Roger Hammer got hit with a class 3 positive, and got THE EXACT SAME PENALTY!?! Another wonderful reason why harness racing deserves its fate. Sincerely, Silent One
From what I have been told, the commission knew that the groom was on methadone because it was disclosed about the prescription by the groom before he or she had a commission ordered urine test, The commission did not notify the trainer that the groom was toxic and thus the positive. The law might prevent the commission from notifying the trainer that he had and addict in his employ.I am not defending the trainers, I am defending the situation that leaves a trainer exposed and with no way to protect himself. The purse should be returned, The employee should be fired or isolated from hands on work with the horses and a warning should be issued. You would have to be a moron to give your horse Methadone and whatever Mark and Tyler might be. neither of them is a moron.Neither Methadone, Buprenorphine or Vivitrol will show up positive on a standard drug screen commonly used. There are more specialized drug tests that specifically can detect these medications. Typical whoresmen bullshit. "Don't blame me, blame somebody else because I'm a moron. "Don't blame me because I hired a heroin addict" The whole defense boils down to either the trainer is a moron, OR an incompetent moron. Sincerely, Silent One