Browns wide receiver Josh Gordon estimates that he's taken about 180 drug tests since his first season in the NFL in 2012. Gordon's taken so many drug tests during his 26 months in the league that he flat-out calls it 'harassing.'
"It's definitely harassing for sure," Gordon told ESPN the Magazine. "You're, like, on probation."
The 23-year-old receiver might be facing drug tests every week, but that doesn't mean he has a drug problem. Gordon said he hasn't done drugs since he signed with the Browns and that he's not addicted to anything.
"Definitely not," Gordon said of having a drug problem. "I wouldn't know what I was addicted to because I don't do anything."
Doctors at Cliffside Malibu, a five-star luxury rehab facility in California, seem to back up Gordon's claims. Back in mid-September, Gordon said they told him he didn't have a problem.
"They made their diagnosis and said I wasn't addicted to anything, and I didn't have any drug problems," Gordon said.
If you're wondering what Gordon did while he was in rehab, here's a small list: He did music therapy, acupuncture and he was even assigned a horse that he was responsible for feeding.
"It's definitely some hippie s---," Gordon said of his time in rehab. "People there definitely had heavier problems than anything I've done. [The media] want to create this monster. Every story about me seems so harsh. 'He's an addict, a junkie, a cokehead.' That's not who you really are."
If Gordon passes every drug test he's given, then he'll be back on the field for Cleveland in November. The Browns receiver is in the middle of a 10-game suspension that ends on Nov. 17.
