A day after apologizing for using cocaine last season, Texas Rangers manager Ron Washington told ESPN's Pedro Gomez that he used amphetamines during his playing career.

Washington was randomly selected for a drug test by Major League Baseball last summer and tested positive for cocaine. After learning he failed that test, Washington told Gomez that he informed the Rangers of his amphetamine use.

Washington did not specify how often he used amphetamines during his 10-year career in the majors, which ended in 1989 with the Houston Astros. He spent the majority of his career with the Minnesota Twins.

manager jon daniels made in retaining manager ron washington. washington admitted wednesday to using cocaine during the 2009 season, and that he will submit to additional testing by major league baseball in the future. he also apologized to the team

surprise, ariz. -- texas rangers manager ron washington admitted he made a "huge mistake" when he used cocaine and failed a major league baseball drug test last season. in his first public acknowledgment, washington apologized wednesday

surprise, ariz. - texas rangers manager ron washington admitted he made a "huge mistake" when he used cocaine and failed a major league baseball drug test last season. in his first public acknowledgment, washington apologized wednesday

surprise, ariz. - texas rangers manager ron washington tearfully apologized to his players wednesday for using cocaine and failing a major league baseball drug test last season and informed the commissioner's office he would submit to testing

said it was the first time he had ever used that drug. he informed the rangers about the situation last july because he thought he might test positive after taking a drug test administered by major league baseball. "i'm a man. no one

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SURPRISE, Ariz. -- If anyone can understand what Ron Washington is going through, it's Josh Hamilton.

The Rangers' slugger, who has dealt with drug and alcohol addiction problems, found out with the rest of his teammates Wednesday morning that Washington had used cocaine during the first half last season. Players said they support their manager and have vowed not to let the issue distract them from preparing for a season with high expectations.

Texas Rangers manager Ron Washington tested positive for cocaine last season and received nine months of extensive counseling for violating Major League Baseball's substance abuse policy, according to a report published Wednesday on SI.com.

While all non-player personnel with clubhouse access are randomly tested once a year, Washington, 57, was subjected to increased testing following last July's positive and passed every subsequent test. According to the online report, Washington also called the commissioner's office and alerted the Rangers' front office before the results had come in, warning the league that he might have failed the initial test.

PHOENIX (Reuters) - Texas Rangers manager Ron Washington tested positive for cocaine last July but has since completed a drug-treatment program and will be retained by the team, the Rangers' website said Wednesday.

"I am truly sorry for my careless, dangerous and frankly stupid behavior last year," Washington said at a hastily called news conference in Surprise, Arizona.

Washington admitted to using cocaine once during the first half of last season, the website (texas.rangers.mlb.com) said. He subsequently told the Rangers about his drug use and entered a treatment program.

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SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Texas Rangers manager Ron Washington apologized Wednesday for using cocaine during the 2009 season and will voluntarily submit to additional testing by Major League Baseball in the future.

Washington told the club he used cocaine and offered to resign as soon as he was randomly selected for a drug test by MLB. Club president Nolan Ryan, general manager Jon Daniels and other officials decided not to accept the offer after they were convinced that Washington had used cocaine just once.

CARACAS - A Venezuelan police official says security forces have seized two tons of cocaine that was intended to be smuggled to the Netherlands.

Federal Police Chief Wilmer Flores Trosel says the drugs were hidden in two bulldozers at a port in the central state of Carabobo.

An Information Ministry statement released Saturday quotes Trosel as saying the bulldozers sat in the port for about five months because they didn't have the required export documents.

Maybe it wasn't a drug overdose after all. Corey Haim's mother tells Access Hollywood the L.A. County coroner told her that her son, who had an enlarged heart, died of pulmonary congestion and water in the lungs. But toxicology results are still not in.

Four prescription medicines were found in Haim's room, but the coroner could not confirm whether these were the only drugs found in his body.

Meanwhile, Dr. Drew Pinsky says producers of Celebrity Rehab reached out to the former child actor but he declined their offer to appear.

THURSDAY, March 11 (HealthDay News) -- More 12-year-olds have used inhalants to get high than marijuana, cocaine and hallucinogens combined, a new report finds.

These potentially deadly inhalants include aerosol computer cleaners, glue, hair sprays, paint solvents and gasoline. They're "huffed" or sniffed and can cause addiction or sudden death from cardiac arrest.

The U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration reported on statistics from 2006-2008 national surveys. They show that almost seven percent of 12-year-olds report sniffing inhalants.

GLENDALE, Calif. -- Police say a member of the pop group Girlicious was arrested after Glendale officers found more than a dozen plastic bags of cocaine in her Gucci purse during a traffic stop.

Police Sgt. Tom Lorenz says 21-year-old Natalie Mejia was being held Wednesday in jail in the Los Angeles suburb on suspicion of cocaine for sale or distribution.

Lorenz says Mejia was a passenger in a car driven by 28-year-old Peter Asencio Tuesday night when Asencio was pulled over for speeding.

It's important to warn children about the dangers of drugs like marijuana and cocaine, but what parents really need to worry about, researchers say, is their kids 'huffing' common household products such as shoe polish, glue and air fresheners.

In fact, more 12 year olds have used potentially lethal inhalants to get high than marijuana, cocaine and hallucinogens combined, according to data released Thursday by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) in conjunction with the 18th annual National Inhalants & Poisons Awareness Week.

Police say a member of the pop group Girlicious was arrested after Glendale officers found more than a dozen plastic bags of cocaine in her Gucci purse during a traffic stop.

Police Sgt. Tom Lorenz says 21-year-old Natalie Mejia (meh-HEE'-ah) was being held Wednesday in jail in the Los Angeles suburb on suspicion of cocaine for sale or distribution.

Lorenz says Mejia was a passenger in a car driven by 28-year-old Peter Asencio Tuesday night when Asencio was pulled over for speeding.

Jessica Simpson dated John Mayer off and on for nearly two years, but she says she barely recognized the man quoted in a recent controversial Playboy interview.

"I was so disappointed in him," Simpson tells Oprah Winfrey on The Oprah Winfrey Show Wednesday. "That's not the John I knew."

Simpson felt betrayed, and while her ex apologized for the interview in which he compared her to "crack cocaine" and revealed intimate details of their sex life, the singer says, "I haven't written back. I don't accept it ... I hope he gets his life together."

GUATEMALA CITY - Guatemala's national police chief and anti-drug czar were detained Tuesday in a case of stolen cocaine that led to the deaths of five police agents.

Attorney General Amilcar Velasquez told The Associated Press that Police Chief Baltazar Gonzalez, anti-drug czar Nelly Bonilla and a third, unidentified official were being held "for being linked to the robbery of drugs in Amatitlan in March 2009."

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) - Cocaine shipped to West Africa by Latin American drug cartels is now being traded for arms, the U.N.'s drug czar said Monday - an exchange of contraband that is especially dangerous in a region now home to cells of an al-Qaida-linked terror group.

Antonio Maria Costa, the executive director of the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime, says "there is more than just spotty evidence" indicating a link between drug traffickers and terror groups.

philadelphia (ap) - a roman catholic priest from northeastern pennsylvania is facing drug possession charges after police say he was caught buying cocaine in philadelphia. philadelphia police said friday that 50-year-old james b. shimsky, a priest