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Considering the national stats on how people feel about marijuana, they might get the pain management issue passed without allowing recreational use but who's going to monitor that? What players aren't hurting by the halfway point of the season? The long snappers will get scripts for it, if they want it. And if it helps and keeps them off prescription painkillers, how can that hurt?
There is no definitive or conclusive stance from the medical community on the effects of marijuana and all they care about is the medicinal use. You won't find many endorsements for the AMA about anything recreational except abstinence. However, a lot of people using it for medicinal purposes are improving their quality of life.
Say they do stop testing for it and hire shrinks that can write scripts, is that going to help states with bans still in place? How is a shrink going to write a script in Texas for marijuana? Not aware of any stipulations for professional athletes in this state. And some of the "legalized" for medicinal purposes laws are very different from state to state.
As far as how this helps Gregory if they take action, that is an unknown but from what I know about him, he's been self-medicating for some mental issues so he might get a pass or they might say he broke the law when it was a law.
There is no definitive or conclusive stance from the medical community on the effects of marijuana and all they care about is the medicinal use. You won't find many endorsements for the AMA about anything recreational except abstinence. However, a lot of people using it for medicinal purposes are improving their quality of life.
Say they do stop testing for it and hire shrinks that can write scripts, is that going to help states with bans still in place? How is a shrink going to write a script in Texas for marijuana? Not aware of any stipulations for professional athletes in this state. And some of the "legalized" for medicinal purposes laws are very different from state to state.
As far as how this helps Gregory if they take action, that is an unknown but from what I know about him, he's been self-medicating for some mental issues so he might get a pass or they might say he broke the law when it was a law.