cocaine metabolite

'Trace' Cocaine Positive in Winning Charles Town Horse Deemed 'Inadvertent Exposure'

The stewards at Charles Town Races on Wednesday issued a ruling that will not impose penalties against the licensure of trainer Justin Nixon after deeming that a "trace level" of a cocaine metabolite detected in a winning first-time starter he trained in March was the result of "inadvertent exposure" to that drug. West Virginia, along with Louisiana, are the only two states in America where Thoroughbred medication testing and enforcement are not subject to oversight by the Horseracing and Safety Integrity Act (HISA) and the Horseracing Integrity and Welfare Unit...

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