NBA Resumes Drug Testing After Talks

The NBA resumed testing its players for marijuana use Wednesday after a six-day hiatus during which the league and union met to discuss a breach of the confidentiality agreement.

The identities of two players who tested positive for marijuana were revealed to the New York Times, although the newspaper did not name them in a story about testing being suspended.

Testing should be completed by early next week. This is the first season in which players are being tested for marijuana and steroids.

A first-time offender must undergo mandatory counseling, and a second positive test would include a $15,000 fine. Subsequent positive tests would result in five-game suspensions.

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Washington Wizard point guard Rod Strickland was fined an undisclosed amount by the team for missing practice. Strickland also did not travel to Cleveland for an exhibition game tonight. . . . A Clipper last season, veteran point guard Sherman Douglas, 33, returned to the New Jersey Nets, signing a multiyear deal.