{"id":4282,"date":"2013-07-22T14:11:22","date_gmt":"2013-07-22T18:11:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/?p=4282"},"modified":"2013-07-22T14:26:59","modified_gmt":"2013-07-22T18:26:59","slug":"von-millers-suspension-is-for-testing-positive-for-amphetamines-and-marijuana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/2013\/07\/22\/von-millers-suspension-is-for-testing-positive-for-amphetamines-and-marijuana\/","title":{"rendered":"Von Miller&#8217;s suspension is for testing positive for amphetamines and marijuana"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_4269\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4269\" style=\"width: 580px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4269\" alt=\"Source: Streeter Lecka\/Getty Images North America\" src=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/files\/2013\/07\/vonmiller.jpg\" width=\"580\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/files\/2013\/07\/vonmiller.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/files\/2013\/07\/vonmiller-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/files\/2013\/07\/vonmiller-50x34.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4269\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Streeter Lecka\/Getty Images North America<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Denver Broncos LB Von Miller&#8217;s four-game suspension is for testing positive for amphetamines and marijuana during his rookie season in 2011, reports the Denver Post.<\/p>\n<p>Adam Schefter of ESPN reported that Miller is facing a <a title=\"Broncos LB Von Miller charged with four game suspension\" href=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/2013\/07\/22\/broncos-lb-von-miller-charged-with-four-game-suspension\/\">four-game suspension for violating a league policy<\/a>. \u00a0Schefter has yet to report whether Miller violated the substance-abuse policy or the PED policy.<\/p>\n<p>Mike Klis of the <em>Denver Post<\/em>\u00a0reports that Miller has violated both policies. \u00a0Per Klis, Miller tested positive for amphetamines and marijuana in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>The former, which is the active ingredient in Adderall and other related substances, would trigger an automatic four-game suspension under the PED policy. \u00a0The latter would require at least three violations before a suspension arises.<\/p>\n<p>It appears, then, that the suspension comes from the positive test for amphetamine.<\/p>\n<p>Miller&#8217;s case is under appeal. The NFL will not comment unless the appeal fails.<\/p>\n<p>Miller had 30 sacks in his first two seasons and is one of the NFL&#8217;s premier pass rushers. The Broncos will likely be forced to start Shaun Phillips during his absence if the suspension is upheld.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Denver Broncos LB Von Miller&#8217;s four-game suspension is for testing positive for amphetamines and marijuana during his rookie season in 2011, reports the Denver Post. Adam Schefter of ESPN reported that Miller is facing a four-game suspension for violating a league policy. \u00a0Schefter has yet to report whether Miller violated the substance-abuse policy or the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4269,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[425],"tags":[],"coauthors":[28],"class_list":["post-4282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4282"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4282\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4282"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=4282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}