New York ? Mets general manager Steve Phillips denied there is widespread drug use on the team following a report that at least seven players smoked marijuana this season.

“In my opinion, there is not rampant drug use on our major league roster,” Phillips said Friday.

Tony Tarasco, Mark Corey and reliever Grant Roberts were identified by Newsday as among those who had used marijuana. The paper, which did not name any other Mets, cited unidentified sources close to the team.

“I guarantee you no one was in uniform and smoking marijuana, unless they were running around with a whole lot of Visine in their eyes,” manager Bobby Valentine said. “I grew up in the ’60s. I think I could tell by looking in a guys’ eyes if he was smoking dope.”