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Purple Drank: Is It In You?
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"Free agent" quarterback JaMarcus Russell -- I put "free agent" in quotes because saying free agent assumes that anyone in the NFL would want to sign him -- admits that he failed a drug test for codeine after the Raiders picked him first in the 2007 draft. He says it was prescribed but admits that he's taken it without a prescription, which, of course, is what "purple drank" is all about. So they knew right out of the gate that he had a drug problem, which made him a natural for the Raiders. Also in the same interview, he rips coach Tom Cable for blaming him for the team's failure to make the playoffs, and, sure, the rest of the team sucks, too, but when you're the top draft choice and you're guzzling purple drank and playing notoriously poorly, what would you expect your coach to say? (ESPN)
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