NFLPA Preparing Proposal to Change Penalties for Marijuana Use
The National Football League Players Association is putting a formal structure to a growing movement within its ranks that is calling for change in how the league treats marijuana.
Mark Maske of the Washington Post reports that NFLPA leaders are drafting a proposal which will change how the league penalizes players who test positive for marijuana.
NFLPA executive director DeMaurice Smith has not provided any specifics on how the union might look to alter the penalty structure, but he has said that the union has been looking at shifting the focus of the “discipline” from a punitive approach to a treatment emphasis.
This news surfaces in concert with the league studying marijuana as a pain-management tool. These official measures are the result of individual players pressing for change on the league’s marijuana policy.
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