Recently, Olympic gold medallist Ross Rebagliati decided to sue CTV for its television series Whistler. He claims that this 13-part series is damaging his reputation and causing great distress and embarrassment

I hate to break to him, but I think his reputation might have suffered a greater loss at the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics when he tested positive for marijuana.

Even though Rebagliati claimed he only inhaled second-hand smoke and was eventually given back his gold medal after the International Olympic Committee ruled that at the time marijuana was not a banned substance, Rebagliati is today synonymous with marijuana.

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