In SUSSEX, Virginia, suspended NFL quarterback Michael Vick must adhere to tightened restrictions after he tested positive for marijuana use, a federal judge said Wednesday.
Suspended Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick tested positive for marijuana in a September 13 drug test.
Vick tested positive for the drug on September 13, a court document from the Eastern District of Virginia shows.
As a result, U.S. District Judge Henry E. Hudson ordered Vick to “submit to any method of testing required by the pretrial services officer or the supervising officer for determining whether the defendant is using a prohibited substance.”
Those methods could include random drug testing, a remote alcohol testing system “and/or any form of prohibited substance screening or testing,” the order said.
Vick, 27, must participate in substance abuse therapy and mental health counseling “if deemed advisable by the pretrial services officer or supervising officer” at his own expense, the order said.
Vick was also ordered to stay home between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m., “or as directed by the pretrial services officer or supervising officer,” the order said. He is to be electronically monitored during that time.
The conditions are to apply until Vick’s sentencing, which is set for December 10.
“This is a very difficult time for Mr. Vick,” said Billy Martin, Vick’s lead defense counsel, in a written statement. “He will comply with the court’s new conditions regarding release.”
Vick faces a possible prison term of 12 to 18 months after his August guilty plea to federal conspiracy charges related to dogfighting on his property in Surry County, Virginia. The original terms of the pretrial release, set in July by U.S. Magistrate Dennis W. Dohnal, required that Vick not use narcotic drugs or other controlled substances unless prescribed by a doctor.
Vick’s guilty plea in the federal case came after three associates, Purnell Peace, 35, of Virginia Beach, Virginia; Quanis Phillips, 28, of Atlanta, Georgia; and Tony Taylor, 34, of Hampton, Virginia, admitted their roles in the operation and agreed to cooperate with prosecutors.
On Tuesday, a Virginia grand jury indicted Vick and the three co-defendants on state charges of running a dogfighting ring at the home.
The Surry County grand jury brought two charges against Vick: one count of unlawfully torturing and killing dogs and one of promoting dogfights. Each is a felony charge that could result in a five-year prison term.
Vick will be arraigned October 3 in state court in Virginia.
Vick’s attorneys say they are fighting the state charges on the grounds that he can’t be convicted twice of the same crime.
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Thank you CNN News and CNN’s Eric Fiegel, who contributed to this report.
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Michael Vick…when are you going to quit making bad decisions…if you have pancakes for breakfast, they are going to know it! If you are NOT supposed to eat pancakes for breakfast, don’t eat them for breakfast! It is just that simple.
YOU are on their radar…so get smart and quit doing what they expect you to do.
Personally, I think alcohol and pharmaceuticals should be considered far worse than marijuana…and banned…yes I am a 60’s chick.
Peace out.
~The Baby Boomer Queen~
September 27, 2007 at 12:11 pm
Steroids & weed go together.
You already knew that.
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October 4, 2007 at 12:24 pm
If you were going through all of this drama, you would have a drink or smoke a joint, too.
It’s amazing how weed is such a bad thing when the natives of this country, before it was settled by folks like Columbus and Laura Ingalls Wilder, smoked peace pipes. Weed is not a bad thing. I never hear of people crashing into school buses because they are high. But if they are drunk, then yes! And it’s amazing that that is legal. Oh and let’s not forget cigarettes and second hand smoke. I live in an apartment building and the man underneath me is an alcoholic and smokes cigarettes. It is the nastiest stuff and especially when used together, but hey, he’s legal, so what’s the problem?
Hemp used to be the number one crop in states like Missouri in the early 1900’s but when the government saw that brown people could make a lot of money from it, they made it illegal.
Vick is suffering from a cancer, the cancer of making a stupid mistake, and the cancer of being a black man in America with a media that has nothing better to do.
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