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Josh Gordon's suspension needs to prompt NFL, players to finalize drug policy
Mike Garafolo
FOX Sports
AUG 29, 2014 9:22a ET
http://www.foxsports.com/nfl/story/...pt-nfl-players-to-finalize-drug-policy-082914
In the three-plus years since the new NFL collective bargaining agreement brought with it the hope of HGH testing and a new drug policy, there's been plenty of private and public posturing between the players and the league. The only thing that's been missing has been the pressure of a high-profile case to highlight the need to finalize the policy.
Enter Josh Gordon.
On Wednesday, the Cleveland Browns' wide receiver was officially suspended for the 2014 season after arbitrator Harold Henderson upheld the league's decision on appeal. Gordon's absence marks the first time since 1966 a player who led the NFL in rushing or receiving missed the following season.
And the worst part is it doesn't have to be that way.
Currently, the NFL's threshold of THC levels to trigger a positive marijuana test is 15 nanograms per milliliter, which mirrored the World Anti-Doping Agency's level until last summer when WADA raised its threshold to 150 ng/ml. Sources have confirmed to FOX Sports what ProFootballTalk.com reported recently -- that Gordon's "A" sample came in at roughly 16 ng/ml, or just 1 nanogram above the limit...
Mike Garafolo
FOX Sports
AUG 29, 2014 9:22a ET
http://www.foxsports.com/nfl/story/...pt-nfl-players-to-finalize-drug-policy-082914
In the three-plus years since the new NFL collective bargaining agreement brought with it the hope of HGH testing and a new drug policy, there's been plenty of private and public posturing between the players and the league. The only thing that's been missing has been the pressure of a high-profile case to highlight the need to finalize the policy.
Enter Josh Gordon.
On Wednesday, the Cleveland Browns' wide receiver was officially suspended for the 2014 season after arbitrator Harold Henderson upheld the league's decision on appeal. Gordon's absence marks the first time since 1966 a player who led the NFL in rushing or receiving missed the following season.
And the worst part is it doesn't have to be that way.
Currently, the NFL's threshold of THC levels to trigger a positive marijuana test is 15 nanograms per milliliter, which mirrored the World Anti-Doping Agency's level until last summer when WADA raised its threshold to 150 ng/ml. Sources have confirmed to FOX Sports what ProFootballTalk.com reported recently -- that Gordon's "A" sample came in at roughly 16 ng/ml, or just 1 nanogram above the limit...
