Monday, November 12, 2012

Marijuana Law and NFL and NCAA players in Colorado and Washington


Once election day was over and it was said that marijuana was legalized for the use of adults in Colorado and Washington, NFL Players were asking for trades immediately. Ricky Williams called Dan Marino and said if you need me to be backup for Willis I will.

The NFL wasted no time for them to address the players in those cities.
"The NFL's policy is collectively bargained and will continue to apply in the same manner it has for decades," said NFL spokesman Greg Aiello. He goes along to apply that the laws in Colorado and Washington will not have any impact on the rule set in the operation policies.

The drug remains illegal under the league's substance abuse policy whether a player is on the Broncos, and Seahawks. As they will still be punished as some think with the other 30 NFL teams. That means players would still be subject to fines or suspensions for failing drug tests because they have marijuana in their system.

Well NCAA are not compiling with the law either. Marijuana will remain illegal under federal law, so it will still be a banned substance by the NCAA. NCAA released a statement saying, "The legalizing of marijuana in Colorado and Washington does not impact the drug testing rule. They go on to explain, "The NCAA banned drug and testing policies are not tied to whether a substance is legal for general population use, but rather the substance is considered a threat to the student athletes health.

NCAA representative said that they have banned several legal over the counter items also such as Muscle Milk, Sudafed, Midol, Airborne, some flavors of Vitamin Water and tobacco.

Well players will not have the experience to smoke it, but I know the 2 states are possibly having marijuana parties like crazy. 

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