I can’t believe Michael Phelps, an 8 gold medal Olympic champion also smokes weed. He could possibly lose all his endorsements and medals for doing something like this. The Olympic committee doesn’t like to have it’s imaged tarnished as we all know. The worse thing is now kids are going to say “I can smoke weed and still be an Olympic champion like Michael Phelps.” Phelps was one of our main heroes from the 2008 Olympics for the U.S. and all that could be dashed because of Phelps wasn’t thinking straight in college. Michael Phelps acknowledged “regrettable” behavior and “bad judgment” pertaining to his use of Marijuana.  He also said “I’m 23 years old and despite the successes I’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.”

It is up to the Olympic committee and the public/media as to whether he will be forgiven or not.