The newsletter reports that the sanctioning body’s contract for the rights to screen for illicit recreational and performance-enhancing substances has been accepted by a WADA (World Anti-Doping Agency)-certified laboratory on the campus of the University of California – Los Angeles.

Though the previous thresholds once deemed “failed” were not explained, Meltzer confirmed that those thresholds would go down drastically.

”Marijuana, for example, is going to go from 50 ng/ml down to 15,” Meltzer is quoted as saying.

Complete details about the new agreement are yet to be fully released.

The state sanctioning body has come under fierce criticism for a wide array of reasons. When sanctioning was approved in 2005 and implemented one year later, Executive Director Armando Garcia caught Hell from fans when he disqualified a contestant at a small MMA promotion for performing a cartwheel pass. The train of thought was that the move gave the notion that said move could be construed as part of a 'fix'.

The most controversial battle the agency was involved in dealt with Sean Sherk's disputed positive screening for perofrmance-enhancing drugs after his first lightweight title defense against Hermes Franca (who also tested positive) at UFC 73 in 2007.

Sherk vehemently denied the screening and retained Howard Jacobs, who has represented a number of athletes who have allegedly tested positive.

Jacobs' case centered about the previous testing method and handling of his clients samples by the CSAC and Quest Diagnostics. That firm is not certified by WADA.

Furthermore, the executive committee did not review alleged results Jacobs wanted to supply them with which screened the supplements Sean Sherk took. Those results purportedly showed that some of his supplements would test positive for performance-enhancing drugs.

Finally, Jacobs attempted to present evidence which showed that under the CSAC's screening process, a glass of water would test positive. This evidence was not reviewed and the executive committee handed Sherk a six-month suspended sentence and a $2,500 fine.

To make matters worse, noted heavyweight pugilist James Toney disputed the results of his positive screening with little more than a garbled speech to the committee, who then found in favor of the boxer.

Since the Sherk debacle, the CSAC's method of handling urine samples for drug screenings has changed. Two samples - "A" and "B" - would be sent to two different facilities: Quest Diagnostics and the Laboratoire de Controle du Dopage in Montreal, respectively. The latter being a WADA-approved facility.

The samples are independently screened, and reports are also independently sent to the CSAC for their review and assessment of any and all fines and punishments subject to their jurisdiction and policies.