The NBA and the National Basketball Players Association have agreed to not conduct randomized marijuana tests during the 2020-21 season.
“Due to the unusual circumstances in conjunction with the pandemic, we have agreed with the NBPA to suspend random testing for marijuana for the 2020-21 season," league spokesperson Mike Bass said in a statement, "And focus our random testing program on performance-enhancing products and drugs of abuse.”
Marijuana testing with "cause" will still happen. The drug remains a banned substance within the NBA.
A similar policy was enacted during the NBA's bubble at the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida, where 22 of the NBA's 30 teams played eight seeding games and a full playoffs.