Should the NFL stop marijuana testing?

[Silly]

it would cripple the cartels and reduce crime. I'm not advocating that at all, but I could see those being the main justifications if that were to ever happen.

I don't know. It is an intellectual argument that you are making.

Look here, History is an evolution. We have drug laws today because past generations have had access to drugs, and they found them to be harmful to their society. The modern generation always thinks they are smarter and more sophisticated than the previous generations and therefore history keeps repeating itself. I don't think we want to devolve into a drug free society.

But I agree with you on the money aspect. It does feel like some of the Drug Laws are more about making money than helping people.

 

[Flamma]

The problem is the NFL is a brand that is selling not just sports, but leadership, and role models to young people. What should the role of NFL players be when it comes to drugs?

But the drugs are so powerful that people can't save themselves.

And I think a lot of people are tricked into becoming addicts.

What a great post!! You got me thinking here. I just think the NFL should be reactive, not proactive. Being proactive brings things that otherwise wouldn't be known to the surface. Reactive would be better. If a player is caught with drugs and it's brought to the forefront, then act accordingly.

I don't know that people are tricked into becoming addicts. But at the same time, and knowing how ignorant people can be, I won't dismiss it out of hand. Notice I said ignorant, not stupid. As a youth growing up I've seen what drugs do to people. Not weed, other harder drugs. I could not be tricked into addiction. How sheltered must you be to not know this? I don't know. It's a mystery to me.

 

[mattjames2010]

I'm not sure what you're saying here. It doesn't take a doctor to know that weed does not enhance your playing abilities. Just the opposite.

Actually it takes studies and what organizations consider to be enhancing in each individual sport.

 

[Denim Chicken]

The problem is the NFL is a brand that is selling not just sports, but leadership, and role models to young people. What should the role of NFL players be when it comes to drugs?

But the drugs are so powerful that people can't save themselves.

And I think a lot of people are tricked into becoming addicts.

You realize the NFL has huge sponsorships with alcohol companies right?

 

[kskboys]

What a great post!! You got me thinking here. I just think the NFL should be reactive, not proactive. Being proactive brings things that otherwise wouldn't be known to the surface. Reactive would be better. If a player is caught with drugs and it's brought to the forefront, then act accordingly.

I don't know that people are tricked into becoming addicts. But at the same time, and knowing how ignorant people can be, I won't dismiss it out of hand. Notice I said ignorant, not stupid. As a youth growing up I've seen what drugs do to people. Not weed, other harder drugs. I could not be tricked into addiction. How sheltered must you be to not know this? I don't know. It's a mystery to me.

People are definitely tricked into becoming addicts, of that there is no doubt. I've talked to many of them over my lifetime, and it's often a boy/girlfriend thing, or some party buddy talking a friend into it. The worst that I've personally seen is meth, which simply ruins your life in a few short years. And meth heads desperately want others to join them in their meth addiction. Not sure why, but they go overboard is getting others addicted.

I'm sure there are worse drugs out there, fentanol I believe.

I've also seen many lives ruined by weed. Right now it's passe to talk about the negatives of weed, but they are definite and worse than most understand.

 

[kskboys]

Actually it takes studies and what organizations consider to be enhancing in each individual sport.

Doesn't take studies, it's a known fact that it does not.

 

[kskboys]

Weed is a really good relaxer for physically demanding jobs including sports. I think the NFL, sports and society are control freaks when it comes to weed because they fail to acknowledge the benefits, but rather push harmful pills (see Brett Favre).

Questionable.

 

[Flamma]

People are definitely tricked into becoming addicts, of that there is no doubt. I've talked to many of them over my lifetime, and it's often a boy/girlfriend thing, or some party buddy talking a friend into it. The worst that I've personally seen is meth, which simply ruins your life in a few short years. And meth heads desperately want others to join them in their meth addiction. Not sure why, but they go overboard is getting others addicted.

I'm sure there are worse drugs out there, fentanol I believe.

I've also seen many lives ruined by weed. Right now it's passe to talk about the negatives of weed, but they are definite and worse than most understand.

As a youth I saw what drugs did to people. I saw the conditions, the arrests, what goes with drugs in general. It terrified me. No chance I get tricked. But I can't speak for other people or their experiences.

I smoke, I drink. I was never tricked into either. I knew ahead of time what I was getting into and didn't care.

 

[mattjames2010]

Doesn't take studies, it's a known fact that it does not.

No, it absolutely is not. You realize a simple "It loosens up the joints" can be considered performance enhancing, yes?

I have never seen another drug that gets attached to literally every single thing and get talked about like a miracle cure and then get turned around and denied a performance enhancer.

 

[Reverend Conehead]

I'm with you. Marijuana is not a performance-enhancing drug, and it does have some value in pain relief. End the testing. It still could be possible for a player to get busted for pot, if he's in a state where it's still illegal. However, that would be a player's responsibility to navigate.

 

[Mr_437]

Questionable.

Your opinion.

 

[Pass2Run]

This is hilarious. It's always been hilarious...they should have never been testing in the first place.

 

[Pass2Run]

But it is still illegal in some states.

Anyway, I don't know. I used to think that making drug use legal would end all the drug wars and violence. Now I see what is happening in those west coast cities on the news with all the homeless drug addicts. That is no way to live and as a good people we should not allow our fellow human beings to live in such suffering. It is not the "Christian thing" to do. Our society needs to move away from the legalization of drugs. And NFL players should not be promoting drug use!

Just my opinion.

Your opinion is misinformed. What you're seeing on the news has zero to do with marijuana...its almost like you don't have a clue what the OP was asking..he's not talking about opioid, meth or crack..he's talking about pot.

Not even close to the same thing.

 

[LonnieElam]

Your opinion is misinformed. What you're seeing on the news has zero to do with marijuana...its almost like you don't have a clue what the OP was asking..he's not talking about opioid, meth or crack..he's talking about pot.

Not even close to the same thing.

Yeah, clearly some of these people have never even smoked weed. "I've seen someone ruin their life over weed." Yeah, no you didn't, pal. Lots of misinformation in this thread.

 

[mattjames2010]

Yeah, clearly some of these people have never even smoked weed. "I've seen someone ruin their life over weed." Yeah, no you didn't, pal. Lots of misinformation in this thread.

This is getting ridiculous now. Of course there have been people who have prioritized their high over other things in life. This isn't farfetched - it's not exclusive TO weed, but there sure as hell have been people who have ruined their lives over weed. Plenty of jobs will not employ you if you have that in your system - yet people will choose getting high rather than peeing into a cup clean.

Some of you are defending weed like it's your child here. Settle down.

 

[Flamma]

This is getting ridiculous now. Of course there have been people who have prioritized their high over other things in life. This isn't farfetched - it's not exclusive TO weed, but there sure as hell have been people who have ruined their lives over weed. Plenty of jobs will not employ you if you have that in your system - yet people will choose getting high rather than peeing into a cup clean.

Some of you are defending weed like it's your child here. Settle down.

If weed were to be legal everywhere, it would be no different than alcohol IMO. People have made life altering decisions with that as well.

 

[mattjames2010]

If weed were to be legal everywhere, it would be no different than alcohol IMO. People have made life altering decisions with that as well.

That's not relevant to what I said. The suggestion here is that people haven't ruined their lives over weed - they have. Anything associated with psychological addiction can lead you to a life of ruin. It's silly to suggest otherwise.

I will go right back to saying what I said earlier, I have never heard of a drug spoken about like weed like it's some absolute miracle working drug with no negative side effects and get the arguments here that it isn't performance enhancing.

 

[T-RO]

Legalizing weed did not create homeless drug addicts.

When I see 10% of population of many cities living on the streets in locales where drug legalization is most aggressive...I'm not so sure about that.

Anyways...to the OP... don't think the NFL is doing any serious weed testing anymore. Whatever remaining policies there may be... they are ignored.

 

[Flamma]

When I see 10% of population of many cities living on the streets in locales where drug legalization is most aggressive...I'm not so sure about that.

Anyways...to the OP... don't think the NFL is doing any serious weed testing anymore. Whatever remaining policies there may be... they are ignored.

When stuff like this happens to people, like homelessness and fractured families, the first thing you think of is not weed or alcohol. Although some obsessive behavior can lead to that. The most obvious culprit are the harder drugs like meth, heroin, and the like. Also mental health as well. Even though some will have you believe smoking cigarettes can lead to catastrophic results. Even performance enhancing!!!!

 

[Manwiththeplan]

All of which, depending on the organization, would label this as performance enhancing. You cannot on one hand be okay with many medications being banned due to falling under performance enhancing and also support studies showing marijuana gives similar effects to said banned mediation.

This is...by far one of the worst takes I have seen in regards to Marijuana