Sinister
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Because a majority of them that already use street level marijuana, which is very potent, would not qualify as medically needing it. How would the league be able to stop or control them? These players would show up high every day to practice, plus the games. How would the league be able to control them at that point? It would simply open the floodgates.
According to who? Where are you getting your information that a majority of NFL players use street level Marijuana? Source your opinion.
"What can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence."
CBD maybe most important pain relieving component in Marijuana does not get you high, which is why Cannabidiol is being looked at in major pain relieving studies; the FDA about a year ago approved Cannabidiol in the form of Epidiolex to help treat intractable forms of Epilipsy.
CBD and THC are not a miracle drugs it is a molecule in the Marijuana plant that may help against not only chronic pain, but head injuries and CTE which is a major problem in the NFL and which has resulted in lawsuits (see Juniour Seau):
Cannabis Therapeutics and the Future of Neurology
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6200872/
This review will examine the intriguing promise that recent discoveries regarding cannabis-based medicines offer to neurological therapeutics by incorporating the neutral phytocannabinoids tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), cannabidiol (CBD), their acidic precursors, tetrahydrocannabinolic acid (THCA) and cannabidiolic acid (CBDA), and cannabis terpenoids in the putative treatment of five syndromes, currently labeled recalcitrant to therapeutic success, and wherein improved pharmacological intervention is required: intractable epilepsy, brain tumors, Parkinson disease (PD), Alzheimer disease (AD) and traumatic brain injury (TBI)/chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). Current basic science and clinical investigations support the safety and efficacy of such interventions in treatment of these currently intractable conditions, that in some cases share pathological processes, and the plausibility of interventions that harness endocannabinoid mechanisms, whether mediated via direct activity on CB1 and CB2 (tetrahydrocannabinol, THC, caryophyllene), peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma (PPARγ; THCA), 5-HT1A (CBD, CBDA) or even nutritional approaches utilizing prebiotics and probiotics.
Here is the problem; in today's world an NFL player cannot get a prescription for CBD or THC. It is currently illegal for any physician in any state to give a prescription for CBD or THC (any strain of marijuana).
However, Doctors can give a prescription for Marinol ( which is synthetic THC which as been around since the 80's), however; it has been shown that Marinol has not been as effective as "medical marijuana". Also because it is THC, it can get the user high.
https://www.goodrx.com/blog/marinol-vs-marijuana-whats-the-difference/
Do Marinol and marijuana work for pain?
Marinol (dronabinol) has been studied for post-surgical pain, nerve-related pain, and chronic non-cancer pain. For the first two types of pain, Marinol was not found to be any better than placebo. For chronic non-cancer pain, it has been found to be only slightly better than placebo.
Marijuana has not been studied as much as cannabinoid pharmaceuticals, partly due to regulatory restrictions, but in the few studies that have been done, smoked marijuana was found to be better than placebo at relieving pain. A study that examined the effects of vaporized (not smoked) marijuana found that it too was better than placebo at relieving nerve-related pain.
Doctors can give an authorization to use Marijuana, but a person using Marijuana in a state in which it is outlawed can still be arrested, even using in a state where it is legal federal authorities still have the ability to arrest and indict any user or seller of Marijuana. Theoretically a Doctor can give an NFL player a recommendation to take Marijuana, but since the league has a ban on Marijuana the player can still be suspended.
The NFL has a duty to the players and my argument is that if there is even a small chance that Marijuana can protect against head injuries and CTE than the NFL should not test for Marijuana.
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