{"id":2579,"date":"2009-02-03T12:01:19","date_gmt":"2009-02-03T12:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/idolchatter\/2009\/02\/michael-phelps-bong-bust.html"},"modified":"2009-02-03T12:01:19","modified_gmt":"2009-02-03T12:01:19","slug":"michael-phelps-bong-bust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2009\/02\/michael-phelps-bong-bust.html","title":{"rendered":"Michael Phelps Bong Bust"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"phelpsbongpic.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/import\/imgs\/phelpsbongpic.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" class=\"mt-image-right\" style=\"float: right;margin: 0 0 20px 20px\" \/><\/span>Olympic Gold Medalist Michael Phelps is just the latest sports figure to get caught doing something stupid that could cost him his career&#8211;he was photographed at a house party smoking pot shortly after his Bejing win. This is the swimmers second brush with public embarrassment. In 2004, the then 19-year-old was <a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Health\/MindMoodNews\/story?id=6787832&amp;page=1\" target=\"_blank\">busted for DUI.<\/a><br \/>\nPhelps has apologized for his behavior, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/02\/02\/sports\/othersports\/02phelps.html?ref=sports\" target=\"_blank\">chalking it up to just poor judgment:<\/a><br \/>\n&#8220;I engaged in behavior which was regrettable and demonstrated bad judgment,&#8221; Phelps said. &#8220;I&#8217;m 23 years old and despite the successes I&#8217;ve had in the pool, I acted in a youthful and inappropriate way, not in a manner people have come to expect from me. For this, I am sorry. I promise my fans and the public it will not happen again.&#8221;<br \/>\nSo what do you think? Do you think he&#8217;ll lose his big money endorsements from Mazda, Speedo, etc? Should he become an advocate for the legalization of marijuana? <a href=\"http:\/\/community.beliefnet.com\/forums\/showthread.php?t=37834\" target=\"_blank\">Discuss your thoughts with other Beliefnet members<\/a> or in the comments section below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Olympic Gold Medalist Michael Phelps is just the latest sports figure to get caught doing something stupid that could cost him his career&#8211;he was photographed at a house party smoking pot shortly after his Bejing win. This is the swimmers second brush with public embarrassment. In 2004, the then 19-year-old was busted for DUI. 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