PFT: NFLPA will study marijuana as a pain-management tool for players

[conner01]

I think there are medical benefits to it. As someone who grew up when everyone smoked I don't know that pain management is that much of a benefit from it. But I do wish the NFL would just stop testing for it. Worry about PED and wife beaters. Let the weed guys have their fun

 

[zrinkill]

Good ....... hope it goes through

 

[gmoney112]

It's funny how the approach to marijuana has changed since even I was in grade school (about 15 years ago).

Even in the age of phone zombies and social media, common sense is starting to show. There are going to be those that abuse it, for psychological reasons, but there are plenty of users who use it medically, or even recreationally that are highly functioning members of society. In the grand scheme of things, there are many other avenues I'd prefer to spend tax dollars on than criminalizing someone with 50$ worth of pot, and it's great to see progress.

Now, if we can just begin smarter treatment for opiates and stop treating them like dirty addicts, we'll really be cooking with gas.

 

[marchetta]

About frickin' time!

 

[Aven8]

So the NFLPA is going to smoke it for a month to study it???

 

[MarionBarberThe4th]

I think if we stop giggling about this we can start enacting change

You know what you don't do when you smoke? Hit your wife.

 

[Broges74]

I think if we stop giggling about this we can start enacting change

You know what you don't do when you smoke? Hit your wife.

I'd hope you are providing contrast from alcohol here but even then, the percentage of men that abuse their wives is extremely low even with alcohol .

Are you more likely to act impulsively on alcohol than THC-CBD? Absolutely .

 

[Hailmary]

Maybe from the makers of prescription pain killers.

Also the prison guards union. If Joe rogan is correct, the guards union has opposed legalization because of the number of people incarcerated because of weed. To them, weed = incarceration = jobs.

 

[65fastback2plus2]

I <3 most of the responses in this thread

 

[DogFace]

Wow. It's almost like it's the 21st century. On this issue exclusively. Many others we've went back in time. Way to America!!

 

[dogunwo]

Is there even one argument against this?

The children! My God, what about the children???!!!

 

[Alexander]

Maybe from the makers of prescription pain killers.

Like everything else it comes to money.

With relation to the NFL, opioid use is rampant and there have been high profile cases like Favre. The fact a low contact sport like the NBA is tolerant and the NFL is not defies logic.

 

[BotchedLobotomy]

Can the NFL profit from this decision? That is always the deciding factor.

 

[Bullflop]

It's well past time for the world to get past the "Reefer Madness" idiocy that pervaded the opinions of its populace in the past. Marijuana is an herb that has proven medicinal qualities that can no longer be denied. Its pain-management qualities are well known to many in the medical field and would be far more favorable for the NFL players than the opiates now being implemented for that task.

I'm relieved to finally see some sound evidence that we're now, at long last, waking up to the truth. The absurdly harsh penalties currently being assessed by the league office for its use by their players are destined to be subjected to ever-increasing scrutiny in the months and years ahead.

 

[dagreat1_87]

could you imagine randy gregory going through all these struggles to quit marijuana and then the NFL stops testing for it?

 

[Aven8]

Can the NFL profit from this decision? That is always the deciding factor.

You mean sell it and put their logo on it?? You bet! I got my official Cowboys Brownie for 2017 in the mail yesterday!! I can't wait to eat it!! Too bad it cost me $120!!

 

[Bullflop]

The children! My God, what about the children???!!!

Age and medicinal limits on its use could easily be well defined by governmental regulatory sanctions.

 

[dogunwo]

Like everything else it comes to money.

With relation to the NFL, opioid use is rampant and there have been high profile cases like Favre. The fact a low contact sport like the NBA is tolerant and the NFL is not defies logic.

NFL is all about image control. Now that the perception of weed is changing, all of the sudden it's not a big deal.

 

[Bullflop]

could you imagine randy gregory going through all these struggles to quit marijuana and then the NFL stops testing for it?

LOL -- Randy Gregory approves of this message . . . he might be shaking his head at this moment upon hearing of this.

 

[Zimmy Lives]

Far out, man! Now they can have skull/toke sessions at the same time. Groovy.