The NFL should allow Medical Marijuana during the offseason.

This is what I want to see players doing during NFL games:

How LSD Microdosing Became the Hot New Business Trip

Can't see it happening anytime soon. The league has proven itself to be extremely regressive.

thecore762 said:

Painkillers kill more people each year than any other drugs out there. The league probably has a big pact with this pharma companies and of course the government as well.

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Not too mention that painkillers are the actual gateway drug to street heroin...

betterthanthealternative said:

This is what I want to see players doing during NFL games:

How LSD Microdosing Became the Hot New Business Trip

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It worked for Dock Ellis.

Stop testing for it, period. Johnny Manziel didn't need to be tested for alcohol for everyone to know he shouldn't be allowed on a football field.

betterthanthealternative said:

It has nothing to do with being a better player. It is about marketing image. The NFL owners make more money off of the image of the player being squeaky clean. Having them busted for illegal substances would cut into their revenues. They may or may not be right about that, but it has nothing to do with performance.

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I don't mind suspending for a conviction, but testing for it only hurts the league's image. plus no one cares anymore

Legalize It.

Part of the NFL-ESPN merchandising agreement to make up for lost revenue....

I'm against the legalization of marijuana.... once the federal govt and big pharma are involved the price of legally regulated marijuana will most likely go up and the quality will most likely go down.

XLIX said:

Exactly. So stop hiding behind "medical marijuana" when what you really mean is "legal marijuana."

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Although the majority of medical marijuana is consumed for recreational purposes, there are a number of ailments for which people legitimately use it; insomnia, some types of migraines, a counter to nausea from things like chemo, appetite disorders etc...

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Although weed can help with insomnia, it actually decreases the quality of sleep for most people if smoked within a few hours of going to bed. Weed actually interrupts the first sleep cycle. People typically go through all the stages of sleep 4 times in a night. The first cycle of the stages of sleep is where short term memories are consolidated and converted to long term memories. This is why people who smoke a lot before bed have worsening long term memories. Unless you have insomnia, you shouldn't smoke before bed.

mosey threetupu said:

I'm against the legalization of marijuana.... once the federal govt and big pharma are involved the price of legally regulated marijuana will most likely go up and the quality will most likely go down.

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If it's legal, you can grow it yourself for a fraction of the cost. I think people growing their own will keep the price down once it is legalized.

NFL executives should do a lot of things, like not be corrupt, ****ty people. Medical marijuana? Sure, that too.

I live in California where it's legal medically (sorry, not sure what states in New England have medical) I don't really like weed that much, but I'm 100% for it just being recreationally legal. Putting people in jail for smoking a plant is insane, especially when alcohol is available on every corner. But I digress - what I don't understand is how the NFL can discipline a player for using doctor prescribed MJ. Seems like with the Rams coming back to LA, there may be a lawsuit in the very near future.

PatsBoy12 said:

It would compromise the integrity of the game.

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Too funny.

thecore762 said:

Painkillers kill more people each year than any other drugs out there. The league probably has a big pact with this pharma companies and of course the government as well.

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That's a major oversimplification. When you say pain killer you add to the now hysteria surrounding "pain killers" and the government's rules and even slight overreach on it. Pain Killers go from tylenol with codein (quite weak) to fentanyl. Fentanyl is a pain killer of almost singular strength. It is said by some it is significantly above the 'effect' of heroin. Being a relatively small percentage of pain killers prescribed overall, fentanyl accounts for a significant number of the ODs you speak of. However, the abuse of this product resulting in OD is almost always accompanied by simultaneous abuse of other products (alcohol for example). As deaths directly by a 'drug' are really the number that matters, alcohol is the winner. Pot in smoked form, despite the DEA and anti drug PACs push to have everyone believe otherwise, accounts for virtually nothing.
Pain Killers were very abused going back some years. The government put pretty strict controls in place....going overboard in some spots but that is government. The spigot was largely cut off. Rules surrounding pain killers is now as such that maintaining an addiction is difficult. However, getting heroin in on going sufficient quantities is possible....even more so now as the peddlers/money makers feed those looking for the high but no longer able to get pain killers in sufficient quantities to maintain an addiction.

Not that pain killer addiction was good, but the rules put in place by DEA/FDC subsequently made this heroin spike. Despite what the media might portray the heroin spike is the major problem, the pain killer one is/and/or will be steeply declining.
That pot is considered a drug for 'scary' concern (the business of anti drug) is laughable given liquor is ubiquitous and heroin can be obtained in far too many places.

TheBostonStraggler said:

That's a major oversimplification. When you say pain killer you add to the now hysteria surrounding "pain killers" and the government's rules and even slight overreach on it. Pain Killers go from tylenol with codein (quite weak) to fentanyl. Fentanyl is a pain killer of almost singular strength. It is said by some it is significantly above the 'effect' of heroin. Being a relatively small percentage of pain killers prescribed overall, fentanyl accounts for a significant number of the ODs you speak of. However, the abuse of this product resulting in OD is almost always accompanied by simultaneous abuse of other products (alcohol for example). As deaths directly by a 'drug' are really the number that matters, alcohol is the winner. Pot in smoked form, despite the DEA and anti drug PACs push to have everyone believe otherwise, accounts for virtually nothing.
Pain Killers were very abused going back some years. The government put pretty strict controls in place....going overboard in some spots but that is government. The spigot was largely cut off. Rules surrounding pain killers is now as such that maintaining an addiction is difficult. However, getting heroin in on going sufficient quantities is possible....even more so now as the peddlers/money makers feed those looking for the high but no longer able to get pain killers in sufficient quantities to maintain an addiction.

Not that pain killer addiction was good, but the rules put in place by DEA/FDC subsequently made this heroin spike. Despite what the media might portray the heroin spike is the major problem, the pain killer one is/and/or will be steeply declining.
That pot is considered a drug for 'scary' concern (the business of anti drug) is laughable given liquor is ubiquitous and heroin can be obtained in far too many places.

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The decline in "pain killers" is because they are much more expensive than heroine or fentanyl. People get hooked on "perks" and "OCs", but turn to heroine and now fentanyl because they are so cheap and readily available. Opiates are extremely addictive, but more often than not, the people that get hooked them have other negative stuff going on in their lives that isolate them. Once hooked, the stigma associated with it isolate them further and makes is very hard to come back from.

Galeb said:

If it's legal, you can grow it yourself for a fraction of the cost. I think people growing their own will keep the price down once it is legalized.

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Good point but I have my doubts. It's not easy or cheap to grow good quality and I think most people will be too lazy. Also, the government will still look to regulate and tax similar to tobacco.

mosey threetupu said:

Good point but I have my doubts. It's not easy or cheap to grow good quality and I think most people will be too lazy. Also, the government will still look to regulate and tax similar to tobacco.

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Once you have the methodology down and a good plant to cut clones from, it's not hard to grow killer weed. Yes, there's some difficulty getting high yields from plants, but that comes with experience.

There's tons of resources out there to learn from, and advances in techniques and grow light efficiency have driven the cost way down . It's also not expensive at all if you build your own boxes. If you buy a good box, it pays for itself in less than a year for moderate smokers.

Even growing under the restrictions of the medical card today, one can still grow much more than they need, and many tend to share. This will only increase when the restrictions are lifted. Once it's legal, you will be able to grow as much as you want. You won't be able to sell without meeting government regulations and paying taxes, but there's nothing preventing from people pooling resources and sharing the harvests.

At least that's what I heard.

Weed is a threat to NFL stadium beer sales.
Weed is a positive for NFL stadium food sales

Expect $2 beers and $11 slices at the Full 32's publicly funded gladiator pit food courts in the near future. Krafty is gonna get his one way or another.

I do expect the NFL to embrace weed very soon…..with hopes that the NFLPA members get so stoned they forget their heads are scrambled…………………………………. ……………………..…."did someone say scrambled eggs……and hash……..You gonna eat that?"

Galeb said:

Once you have the methodology down and a good plant to cut clones from, it's not hard to grow killer weed. Yes, there's some difficulty getting high yields from plants, but that comes with experience.

There's tons of resources out there to learn from, and advances in techniques and grow light efficiency have driven the cost way down . It's also not expensive at all if you build your own boxes. If you buy a good box, it pays for itself in less than a year for moderate smokers.

Even growing under the restrictions of the medical card today, one can still grow much more than they need, and many tend to share. This will only increase when the restrictions are lifted. Once it's legal, you will be able to grow as much as you want. You won't be able to sell without meeting government regulations and paying taxes, but there's nothing preventing from people pooling resources and sharing the harvests.

At least that's what I heard.

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under the MA rules, you can 'only' buy 10 ounces every 60 days.......and the products they have a NETA are all quite powerful.....

registering/certifying for med use is quite easy though it works out to $175 per year...at least where I went