There is significant belief that the NFL is interested in getting out of the marijuana-policing game, something that will surely be addressed with the NFLPA during the next Collective Bargaining Agreement negation period. There was potentially a key step in that direction announced yesterday.
As part of the establishment of a new Joint Pain Management Committee that will include medical experts appointed by both the league and the union, they will among other things “conduct research concerning pain management and alternative therapies”. One of those alternative therapies is the use of marijuana for pain management, which, frankly, many players already do without getting caught.