Texas Prosecutor Wants to Send Adrian Peterson to Jail Because He Admitted to Smoking a “Little Weed”

Vikings running back Adrian
Peterson, who was charged with felony child abuse after a doctor
found bruises along his four-year-old child’s leg, submitted to
drug testing as part of his $15,000 bond, and reportedly admitted
to an employee at the drug testing agency that he “smoked a little
weed.”

Now the prosecutor in Montgomery County, Texas, wants to revoke
Peterson’s bond and send him to jail because of his admission.
USA Today
reports:

“In light of this statement, and the fact that it was made
during the urinalysis testing process, and the term ‘weed’ is a
common slang term for marijuana, the state argues that the
defendant has smoked marijuana while free on bond for the current
offense,” the Montgomery County District Attorney’s office
wrote.

Peterson is on the Exempt/Commissoner’s Permission list, meaning
he’s supposed to “remain away from all team activities” and
wouldn’t have to take any tests for the NFL, which prohibits
marijuana use for its players. More than 30 players have been
suspended from the NFL for non-steroid substance use in 2014, about
half of which are for performance enhancing drugs.

Drug testing is a common condition for being released under
state supervision. Peterson’s trial is scheduled for December 1 but
may be postponed if a judge recuses himself for calling members of
the media “attention
whores.”