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...rebuff to the IOC, the court ruled that the Olympic body had no business testing athletes for marijuana ? good news for a hemp-friendly snowboarding community that had gotten all fired up over Rebagliati?s disqualification. The Japanese police were less forgiving, however, interviewing the athlete and searching his room for traces of the illegal substance. Rebagliati claims he hasn?t used marijuana in 10 months, and that the traces in his bloodstream came from secondhand smoke...
...Smoke Burns Gold Of Cannabis and Canada: A snowboarder protests that the IOC detected secondhand smoke...
...defiance of the FIS, with only one other supporter in the advisory body to support his stance. The three remaining members, including Japanese Olympic Committee president Hironoshin Furuhashi, have been "openly critical of the NAOC over the issue." Criticism has also come from the International Olympic Committee (IOC), but both the IOC and the FIS decided they would abide by Japan's decision, and the Games remained in Nagano...
...setting aside nearly $7 billion for public work projects, Greece helped assuage IOC concerns about pollution and traffic...
...IOC rules give Greece six months to decide on the structure and president of its organizing committee...