# Career-Ending Secret Snaps Party Photos of Michael Phelps Smoking a Bong Surface By Peter Tanner | Published 2009-02-01 | Pop Culture Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/michael-phelps-bong References: [newsoftheworld](http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/news/150832/14-times-Olympic-gold-medal-winner-Michael-Phelps-caught-with-bong-cannabis-pipe.html)  New photos have hit the Internet of gold medalist super-swimmer Michael Phelps smoking marijuana out of a bong at a party at the University Of South Carolina last November. These photos could potentially end Phelps’ hopes for the 2012 Olympics for an anti-doping violation. This isn’t Michael Phelps’ first run-in with drugs. In 2004, the swimmer got 18 months probation for a DUI violation in Salisbury, Maryland while driving his Cadillac Escalade. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 0.3/10 - Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial - Top markets: North America ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Pop Culture](https://www.trendhunter.com/popculture) > [Internet](https://www.trendhunter.com/internet) ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Celebrated Athletes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/michale-phelps-sports-illustrated-2009-sposrtsman-of-the-year.md) - [Historic Olympic Records](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/michael-phelps-8-olympics-gold-medals-olympic-beijing-2008.md) - [Olympic Cover Spoofs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/olympic-spoofs-michael-phelps-si.md)