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British and Japanese Implement Drug Testing For Major National Sporting Venues

Britain
Golfers who wish to swing their clubs in this year's British Open will need to undergo substance abuse testing. Drug testing will be implemented for the first time ever in the event's regal history. Golfers will be tested based on the European Tour's anti-doping procedures. Testing is nothing new to the Tours golfers as they are tested for performance enhancing drugs as well as other illegal substances at other major events. The British Open will be held July 16 - 19 of this year.

Japan
The Japan Sumo Association recently implemented random drug tests for all of its members as drug related incidents have been on the rise lately. Mitsubishi Chemical Medience Corp., Japan's only institution certified by world anti-doping agency (WADA) is in charge of all drug testing. Recent substance abuse violations include the arrest of wrestler Wakakirin for suspicion of possessing marijuana. Wakakirin became the first Japanese wrestler to be arrested in a marijuana related case and the latest to be expelled from the Sumo Federation. In 2008, three Russian wrestlers were dismissed from the Sumo organization for allegedly smoking marijuana. Two of them, brothers Roho and Hakurozan, tested positive in a urine screening although they denied using drugs.
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