Category Archives: Drugs – Marijuana
Harper, Derek
Charge: Marijuana possession
Arrest Date: June 28, 1991
Franchise: Dallas Mavericks
Age 29
Shackleford, Charles
Charge: Marijuana possession
Arrest Date: March 1, 1990
Franchise: New Jersey Nets
Age 23
Details: Shackleford was found in his car with a small amount of marijuana after police were informed by an informant. At the time he was already under investigation for a point-shaving scandal from several years earlier while he attended North Carolina State.
Matthews, Wes
Charge: Marijuana possession
Arrest Date: June 10, 1981
Franchise: Atlanta Hawks
Age 21
King, Bernard
Charge: Marijuana possession, prowling, and resisting arrest
Arrest Date: July 15, 1977
Franchise: New Jersey Nets
Age 20
Details: This was King’s second arrest that week, both since being drafted by the Nets only a month earlier. This time he was arrested after a man told police King had attempted to break into his apartment. He was subsequently found to possess marijuana and resisted arrest. King had previously been arrested twice while in college with the University of Tennessee, and would subsequently be arrested two more times during his playing career.
Green, Mike
Charge: Cocaine possession, marijuana possession
Arrest Date: December 9, 1976
Franchise: Seattle Supersonics
Age 25
Allen, Lucius
Charge: Marijuana Possession
Arrest Date: October 6, 1972
Franchise: Milwaukee Bucks
Age 25
Details: While Allen and fellow Milwaukee Buck and NBA superstar Kareem Abdul-Jabbar smoked a joint while driving, cops pulled them over and arrested both for marijuana possession.
Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem
Charge: Marijuana Possession
Arrest Date: October 6, 1972
Franchise: Milwaukee Bucks
Age 25
Details: While Abdul-Jabbar and fellow Milwaukee Buck Lucius Allen smoked a joint while driving, cops pulled them over and arrested both for marijuana possession.
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