NBA Drug History

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The NBA and the established a landmark program in sports to battle drug abuse in 1983, providing treatment and rehabilitation that also mandated expulsion of repeat offenders and players convicted of using or selling drugs. The league’s drug policies have since continued to set the precedent for other pro sports organizations.

September 28, 1983: The NBA and the Players’ Association established a landmark program in sports to battle drug abuse, providing treatment and rehabilitation that also mandated expulsion of repeat offenders and players convicted of using or selling drugs: Amphetamine and its analogs (including, but not limited to, methamphetamine and MDMA), Cocaine, LSD, Opiates (Heroin, Codeine, Morphine), and Phencyclidine (PCP).

January 7, 1999: The NBA/National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) added Marijuana and its By-Products as well as Steroids (Bolasterone, Boldenone, Clenbuterol, Clostebol, Dehydrochlormethyltestosterone , Dromostanolone , Ethylestrenol, Furazebol, Mesterolone, Methandienone, Methandriol, Methenolone, Mibolerone, Oxymesterone, Trenbolone) were added to the banned substances list.

March 30, 2000: The NBA/National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) Prohibited Substances Committee has added Androstenedione (Andro), Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), Fluoxymesterone, Methyltestosterone, Nandrolone, Oxandrolone, Oxymetholone, Stanozolol, and Testosterone to the list of steroids banned by the NBA/NBPA Anti-Drug Agreement.

Beginning with the 2004-05 NBA season: The following substances will be added to the list of Prohibited Substances: Ephedra (also called Ma Huang, Bishop’s Tea and Chi Powder), Ephedrine, Methylephedrine, Norpseudoephedrine (also called Cathine), Phenylpropanolamine (PPA), Pseudoephedrine.