Dear
Stoner: ESPN just did a survey of players that shows they
prefer medical marijuana to prescribed medications to deal with pain.
So if a player gets legal medical marijuana and then fails an NFL
drug test, who wins?
Sports
Fan
Dear
Fan: Compared with other professional sports entities, the
National Football League has a pretty harsh policy. Even the World
Anti-Doping Administration has increased its tolerance for cannabis,
allowing international athletes competing in events such as the
Winter and Summer Olympics to have up to 150 nanograms in their
system. Now all the pro snowboarders can smoke up until the week of
the superpipe event and still be eligible to compete.
According
to the NFL Players Association, the NFL is listening to "science
and medical experts" regarding the efficacy of medical marijuana
in dealing with pain. But marijuana use is still prohibited by the
collective bargaining agreement between the NFL and its association,
and players are subject to a fine or suspension without pay for
positive or missed tests.
In
other words, the NFL would treat a player smoking medical marijuana
to deal with pain from running full-speed into another human being
again and again over a three-hour stretch every Sunday much the same
as it would treat a player who's lighting up just to get baked. That
is, the NFL would freak the fuck out.
Dear
Stoner: Can NBA players smoke weed?
No
Nugs
Dear
NN: The NBA, like most American pro sports leagues, does not
allow marijuana use among players — even in states that have
legalized possession of small amounts of pot. Players caught smoking
herb three times get a five-game suspension. But that's not to say
that players aren't getting high. The NBA tests players four times
during the season for drugs, but the testing is random, so some
players end up getting their fourth drug test early in the season,
which basically gives them a hall pass to toke up the rest of the
year.
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