Posted on 12/05/2020 4:31:11 PM PST by dynachrome
The NBA reached an agreement with the National Basketball Players Association to temporarily stop randomly testing players for marijuana use during the 2020-21 season.T
“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 will remain on the NBA’s banned substances list. Players who have previously tested positive or given the league reason to suspect use can still be tested for the drug and penalized. However, the league signaled a potential shift in philosophy last summer, when it suspended random marijuana testing for the 22 teams in the Orlando Bubble.
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Let’s legalize khat while we are at it
Now that Congress has passed legislation decriminalizing cannabis, when will the military allow it? IMO, that’s a more important topic than anything related to the NBA.
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