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Home 🌿 Recreational Marijuana News 🌿 Many Power 5 schools easing athlete penalties for marijuana, report says 🌿Many Power 5 schools easing athlete penalties for marijuana, report says
The newly autonomous Power 5 conferences may have changed the rulebook with cost-of-attendance stipends, but many of the 65 schools also have been lax about penalties for marijuana use by their student-athletes.Â
According to The Associated Press, at least one-third of Power 5 conference schools are not punishing athletes as harshly as they were 10 years ago for testing positive for marijuana and other so-called recreational drugs.Â
The study analyzed policies for 57 of the 65 schools and found that 23 schools since 2005 have either reduced penalties or allowed an athlete to test positive more times before he or she is suspended or dismissed.Â
"It's a moving target, and we have to find that balance between being too punitive and not punitive enough, and making sure that we help people that have a problem," Utah athletic director Chris Hill told The AP.
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