The league and union are working together via two new medical committees, which will include looking at monitoring teams' use of prescription medication.
Commissioner Roger Goodell has said the league would consider allowing players to use marijuana for pain management only if that approach is supported by medical and scientific research.
“I think it’s a proud day for the NFL and the NFLPA to come together on these issues in a very public way,” Allen Sills, the league’s chief medical officer, said in a phone interview. “I think it demonstrates the spirit of cooperation we have around our health and safety issues. … Both of these committees are about providing the best health care we can to players.”
“We’re asking our pain management committee to bring us any and all suggestions,” Sills said. “We’ll look at marijuana.”Marijuana remains on the league’s list of banned substances, and players can be suspended for positive tests. But some players and former players have said that marijuana helps to cope with the rigors of playing the violent sport and that the NFL should relax its standards.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has said that the league would consider allowing players to use marijuana for pain management for pain management if it is established as valid by medical and scientific experts. The league and union have begun talks about a new collective bargaining agreement. Their current labor deal runs through the 2020 season. Any significant changes to the sport’s marijuana policy could come within the context of those CBA negotiations. Or they could come via the two sides’ yearly deliberations about their drug policies.
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