NBA/NBPA Anti-Drug Program Prohibited Substances

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The NBA and the National Basketball Players Association adopted the first anti-drug policy in major professional sports on September 28, 1983. Under the current program, all players are subject to random testing for banned substances during the pre-season period, rookies are subject to random testing three times during the regular season, and all players are subject to testing for reasonable causes at any time. Steroids were added to the list of banned substances in 1999.

Steroids: If a player tests positive for steroids for the first time during Reasonable Cause Testing, First-Year Testing, or Veteran Testing, the player will be suspended for five games and will be required to enter the Anti-Drug Program. A second positive test for steroids will result in a ten-game suspension and the player’s re-entry into the program. A third (or any subsequent) positive test for steroids will result in a twenty-five game suspension and the player’s re-entry into the program. A player will be dismissed and disqualified from the NBA if he is convicted of, or pleads guilty, no contest or nolo contendre to, a crime involving the use or possession of steroids.

The following is a list of substances banned under the NBA/NBPA’s Anti-Drug Program:

A. Drugs of Abuse

• Amphetamine and its analogs (including, but not limited to, methamphetamine and MDMA)
• Cocaine
• LSD
• Opiates (Heroin, Codeine, Morphine)
• Phencyclidine (PCP)

B. Marijuana and its By-Products

C. Steroids

• Androstenedione
• Bolasterone
• Boldenone
• Clenbuterol
• Clostebol
• Dehydrochlormethyltestosterone
• Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA)
• Dromostanolone
• Ephedra (also called Ma Huang,Bishop’s Tea and Chi Powder)
• Ephedrine
• Ethylestrenol
• Fluoxymesterone
• Furazebol
• Gestrinone
• Mesterolone
• Methandienone
• Methandriol
• Methenolone
• Methylephedrine
• Methyltestosterone
• Mibolerone
• Nandrolone
• Norpseudoephedrine (also called Cathine)
• Oxandrolone
• Oxymesterone
• Oxymetholone
• Phenylpropanolamine (PPA)
• Pseudoephedrine
• Stanozolol
• Testosterone
• Tetrahydrogestrinone (THG)
• Trenbolone