Pubdate: Wed, 17 Jul 2002
Source: Huntsville Times (AL)
Copyright: 2002 The Huntsville Times
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THE QUESTIONS NOT ASKED

Did Darryl Kile Regularly Use Marijuana? Did Teammates?

You may have heard about the autopsy results on Darryl Kile, the St. 
Cardinals' pitcher who was found dead in July in his hotel room. You may 
have heard that he died of blocked coronary arteries. But you may have 
missed something.

In the wire service reports, though not in many radio and TV accounts, it 
was noted that tests showed Kile had used marijuana some weeks before his 
death. It was also reported that a substance believed to be marijuana was 
found in Kile's room.

It's almost as if the sports media and Major League Baseball don't want to 
talk about this. But if we are going to talk about performance-enhancing 
drugs, we also need to talk about street drugs. Did Kile regularly use 
marijuana? Did his teammates? Can marijuana exacerbate arterial disease? 
What is baseball's policy on street drugs? Is it baseball that's America's 
pastime? Or is it drug use?

The point is not to smear a dead man. Still, there are obvious questions 
that someone needs to ask and answer - and that no one seems to want to.
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