24/01/2008 00:00:00
RVD Speaks On WWE's Drug Testing Policy, Marijuana, More
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The Baltimore Sun has posted the second part to their interview with
former WWE and ECW World Champion Rob Van Dam. RVD gives his thoughts on
WWE’s drug testing policy, having to tell Vince McMahon he has been
charged with possession of marijuana. Shane McMahon using his Van
Terminator move and more. Below are some of the highlights of the interview:
On WWE’s Drug Testing Policy: From personal experience, being tested
probably five or six times at least in the year, year-and-a-half that I
was there and they were testing, it felt like it was very violating. For
them to actually go inside my body and take my urine and then tell me if
they’re OK with what I’m taking, it’s all very violating. At the same
time, I do realize the goal behind it, hopefully, is to help people. And
there are a lot of irresponsible wrestlers, there’s no doubt about that.
I’m responsible myself; I can take care of myself. I’m an independent
contractor, which means that I show up to work, I do my job, and then I
leave. I’ll see you tomorrow – different place, same job. And that’s
what I do. It’s a very onerous contract that they’ve amended several
times since signing it. I signed the deal, then a little while later
they said, “Oh, OK, by the way, now we’re going to add a dress code.”
Then a little while later they said, “Oh, if you’re late, you’re going
to get fined. Now we’re going to add this drug testing.” It’d be kind of
like hiring a painter to paint your house and then every couple of days
adding work for him and telling him it’s under the same deal. “Hey, by
the way, we decided you’re going to paint my neighbor’s house, too.”
Having Marijuana Legalized: Absolutely. And I think anybody that looks
into the truth, if they’re not for legalizing it then they just don’t
care about it. But anybody that says that there’s any logical reason
that a plant that grows in the wild that zero people on the planet have
overdosed from should be classified as a Schedule I controlled substance
by the [Drug Enforcement Administration] with heroin and acid, and is
one of the deadliest drugs with no medical benefits whatsoever – people
knows that’s [nonsense]. I’m strongly for the legalization. I divide the
argument into three categories: there’s recreational, there’s medicinal
and there’s even material. You can make over 25,000 products with hemp,
which doesn’t even have THC. It’s just a plant that they have outlawed
by assimilating it with marijuana.
Telling Vince McMahon About Being Charged: The day that Sabu and I
pulled into the Philly arena and had to tell Vince, and I knew how much
I had disappointed him and dropped the ball on his immediate plans, I
felt bad that day. I was feeling like I let some people down. But that’s
the way emotion is. Emotion takes the place of logic, and until you work
things out you’re a victim of it. Eventually, I could see the big
picture, and that’s how it goes down in history and I’m OK with that.
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Source:
http://www.ukcia.org/news/shownewsarticle.php?articleid=13204
Author:
Wrestling Edge via UKCIA
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