New CBA Proposal Would Eliminate Suspensions For Positive THC Tests, Shortens Testing Window

It has long been believed by some parties that the NFL was never very interested in being in the marijuana-policing game in the first place. The CBA proposal on the table allows them to take a major step back, in multiple ways, all while making it look like a concession in the players’ favor (though of course it is to the players’ benefit).

Under the new proposal, game suspensions for a positive drug test for THC have been eliminated entirely. Former Pittsburgh Steelers Le’Veon Bell and Martavis Bryant have been among the most prominent players in the NFL for having marijuana suspensions.

In Bell’s case, however, his first suspension came after he was arrested in August of 2014 on a DUI…