Mayfield Was Suspended For Amphetamines

[wilson89]

CUP: Report - Mayfield Was Suspended For AmphetaminesWritten by: Tom Jensen 05/29/2009 - 05:33 PM
Charlotte, NC
According to a broadcast report NASCAR driver Jeremy Mayfield tested positive for amphetamines. (Photo: LAT Photographic) » More Photos
According to a report by Charlotte, N.C., television station WCNC, NASCAR suspended driver Jeremy Mayfield for testing positive for amphetamines.

Mayfield, through attorney Bill Diehl, filed suit against NASCAR and its drug testing company Aegis Sciences Corp. on Friday, “accusing NASCAR of unfair trade practices, negligence, defamation, breach of contract and breach of the Persons with Disabilities Act. Mayfield has said in the past that he has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder,” the television station reported.

In the court filing, Mayfield claimed he used the prescription drug Adderall for ADHD and Claritin-D for his allergies. His attorney claimed the suspension was for amphetamines, but NASCAR’s attorneys referred only to a “dangerous illegal substance.”

On Friday a Mecklenburg County (N.C.) judge denied Mayfield’s request for an injunction against NASCAR that would lift his suspension. But the judge did issue a gag order barring both sides from discussing the case publicly.

According to the television station, Diehl claimed in court that NASCAR's testing was erroneous, and NASCAR didn't give Mayfield a chance to disprove the test results.

 

[PettyBlue]

"According to a broadcast report "...
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[BobbyFord]

CUP: Report - Mayfield Was Suspended For AmphetaminesWritten by: Tom Jensen 05/29/2009 - 05:33 PM
Charlotte, NC
According to a broadcast report NASCAR driver Jeremy Mayfield tested positive for amphetamines. (Photo: LAT Photographic) » More Photos
According to a report by Charlotte, N.C., television station WCNC, NASCAR suspended driver Jeremy Mayfield for testing positive for amphetamines.

Mayfield, through attorney Bill Diehl, filed suit against NASCAR and its drug testing company Aegis Sciences Corp. on Friday, “accusing NASCAR of unfair trade practices, negligence, defamation, breach of contract and breach of the Persons with Disabilities Act. Mayfield has said in the past that he has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder,” the television station reported.

In the court filing, Mayfield claimed he used the prescription drug Adderall for ADHD and Claritin-D for his allergies. His attorney claimed the suspension was for amphetamines, but NASCAR’s attorneys referred only to a “dangerous illegal substance.”

On Friday a Mecklenburg County (N.C.) judge denied Mayfield’s request for an injunction against NASCAR that would lift his suspension. But the judge did issue a gag order barring both sides from discussing the case publicly.

According to the television station, Diehl claimed in court that NASCAR's testing was erroneous, and NASCAR didn't give Mayfield a chance to disprove the test results.

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[Eagle1]

Doesn't it strike you as VERY odd, that NASCAR has always refused to make public what the drug was, and Jeremy and his attorney are the only ones spouting off what they want you and the media to believe, but yet THEY sue for a GAG order so NASCAR can't tell what it is???

Don't it just make you go Hmmmmm????????

 

[mike honcho]

Doesn't it strike you as VERY odd, that NASCAR has always refused to make public what the drug was, and Jeremy and his attorney are the only ones spouting off what they want you and the media to believe, but yet THEY sue for a GAG order so NASCAR can't tell what it is???

Don't it just make you go Hmmmmm????????

and after the gag order the drug in question is finally revealed.

 

[Clutch]

Doesn't it strike you as VERY odd, that NASCAR has always refused to make public what the drug was, and Jeremy and his attorney are the only ones spouting off what they want you and the media to believe, but yet THEY sue for a GAG order so NASCAR can't tell what it is???

Don't it just make you go Hmmmmm????????

Mayfield sued to get the suspension rescinded.

The judge imposed the gag order....what exactly about the facts are you missing?

 

[Joniki]

Adderall is an amphetamine. So why didn't he disclose it? Hmmmmmmm!

 

[Eagle1]

Mayfield sued to get the suspension rescinded.

The judge imposed the gag order....what exactly about the facts are you missing?

Well Clutch that's simple, because this is the second thread with "Almost" the same article. The other on though is more complete and states this;

The judge did grant Mayfield's request for a gag order to prevent NASCAR from talking about what drug was involved and set a hearing for a preliminary injunction for Wednesday.

I guess that's what makes it so confusing when people post double topics huh?

Guess it wasn't me that missed the facts.


Judge denies Mayfield's restraining order request
By The Associated Press
May 29, 2009
05:33 PM EDT
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- A North Carolina Superior Court judge denied NASCAR owner/driver Jeremy Mayfield's request for a temporary restraining order against NASCAR to have his indefinite suspension for a positive drug test overturned Friday afternoon.

The judge did grant Mayfield's request for a gag order to prevent NASCAR from talking about what drug was involved and set a hearing for a preliminary injunction for Wednesday.

During the hearing Friday, a Mayfield attorney disputed the results of the drug test administered May 1, which Mayfield's attorney said was a positive test for amphetamines. NASCAR's attorney said in court that it was a dangerous illegally banned substance, but did not specify what it was.

Mayfield's legal team argued that Mayfield should have been allowed to have his second sample tested at a different lab than the first test and that the seal on the second sample had been broken prior to the test.

NASCAR indefinitely suspended Mayfield on May 9 over the positive test. NASCAR chairman Brian France indicated May 15 that an indefinite suspension such as the one Mayfield received is for a positive test of performance-enhancing drugs or illegal recreational drugs.

Mayfield denied May 16 that illegal drugs caused the positive test and suggested that a combination of a prescription drug (which in court was revealed today to be Adderall, which is commonly prescribed as a treatment for Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) and Claritin-D allergy medicine resulted in the positive test.

Mayfield is the first Sprint Cup driver to be suspended for violating NASCAR's substance-abuse policy since Tim Richmond in 1988 and the first suspended since NASCAR instituted random drug testing this season.
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[buckaroo]

Wow, and here we all thought it was a dangerous drug, or maybe a performance enhancing drug. We all know how MLB is about performance enhancing drugs and how there are those who will go to their death beds denying anyone who uses PEDs from going to the HOF. Amphetamines can't then be called a PED because the Baseball Hall of Fame is rife with amphetamine users from a long time ago.

 

[WNY24Fan]

My son took adderal for years and believe me, he could focus a hellava lot better taking it than not. We're considering having him put back on it for work. People with ADHD get the opposite effect of an amphetamine than those without it. My son would be bouncing off the walls w/o it and couldn't focus on anything. Plus, if he took Clariton D - that is kept behind the counter at drug stores because of the decongestant in it which can be used to make crack with enough of it.

Thing is, we only buy allergy meds that are not kept behind the counter figuring those were OK, but my daughter got a positive for amphetamines and that's all she took. There is the possibility those two could have put him way over the top with an amphetamine level.

 

[barelypure]

Wow, and here we all thought it was a dangerous drug, or maybe a performance enhancing drug.

From what WNY relates it is a PED. Without Adderall JM wouldn't be able to focus so he would arguably have a hard time driving. But, then I don't know that we have enough information to form an opinion yet.