Singapore swimmer Joseph Schooling gets schooled after admitting to using cannabis while overseas

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Swimmer Joseph Schooling, the only person to have ever won Olympic gold for Singapore, has been barred from competition after admitting to using cannabis overseas. According to The Straits Times, Sport Singapore revealed this week that the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) had investigated both Schooling and fellow national swimmer Amanda Lim, 29, for consuming cannabis. This past July, a 49-year-old man in a Singapore prison since 2015 for trafficking cannabis was put to death. Sport Singapore and the Singapore Swimming Association have noted they will “review the facts of the case and determine appropriate steps to take,” CNN adds. With regards to cannabis, a mandatory death penalty applies if convicted of trafficking 500 grams or more of weed.

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Swimmer Joseph Schooling, the only person to have ever won Olympic gold for Singapore, has been barred from competition after admitting to using cannabis overseas.

According to Reuters, the 27-year-old swimmer “will not be given further leave from national service to compete because he admitted to using cannabis.”

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