Last year, the NFL loosened its punitive approach to cannabis. — via TheGrowthOp
, the NFL’s chief medical officer. “But at the same time, players are significantly concerned about the impact on performance.”. Players can no longer be suspended for testing positive for cannabis, the testing window is now limited to the first two weeks of training camp and the threshold to trigger a positive result was increased from 35 nanograms of THC per millilitre of urine to 150 nanograms, bringing it in line with the standards of the World Anti-Doping Agency.
Dr. Hervé Damas, formerly a linebacker with the Buffalo Bills, and now a cannabis physician in Miami, toldearlier this year that those changes were mostly symbolic gestures, but that the request for more information shows the league is willing to have a more nuanced conversation about the role cannabis can play in athlete’s lives.
“As I get older, my body’s killing me. I’m 49 now, and I’ve got all types of stuff,” Dr. Damas said. “I have to use CBD, I literally have to use it, or my life will be miserable.” The league’s anti-cannabis stance and reliance on opioid-based painkillers has harmed more than it has helped over the years, he argued.
On the media call, Dr. Sills signalled that change is finally on the horizon. “This isn’t an NFL or a sports issue; this is a societal issue,” he said.Article content
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