26CornerBlitz Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 @MarkMaske NFL tells NFLPA it's willing to work cooperatively on research on marijuana as a pain-management tool for players... https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/sports/wp/2017/07/31/nfl-offers-to-work-with-players-union-to-study-marijuana-for-pain-management/ IRVINE, Calif. — The NFL has written to the NFL Players Association offering to work in tandem to study the potential use of marijuana as a pain management tool for players, according to people familiar with the situation. It is the clearest indication to this point that the league may be willing to work cooperatively with the union toward such marijuana use, which is currently banned by the sport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 (edited) About freaking time. But it's also likely happening to distract from the NFL pulling funding from CTE research. Edited August 1, 2017 by PromoTheRobot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby Jackson Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 This was inevitably coming and everyone wants it. So it begins... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 So does Seantrell's suspension get reduced now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted August 1, 2017 Author Share Posted August 1, 2017 About freaking time. But it's also likely happening to distract from the NFL pulling funding from CTE research. This was inevitably coming and everyone wants it. So it begins... Especially overdue given the toxic combination of drugs administered to the players to keep them on the field. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BillsFan4 Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 Especially overdue given the toxic combination of drugs administered to the players to keep them on the field. Exactly. They dole out narcotic pain mess like they're candy from what I've read. MJ is undebatably safer and less addictive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby Jackson Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 Exactly. They dole out narcotic pain mess like they're candy from what I've read. MJ is undebatably safer and less addictive.I don't know how much info is out there on it but you should google the mess that the Saints had with the pain mess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDIGGZ Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 I found official footage of the top secret NFL research on the subject Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aristocrat Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 yea nobody has ever died from weed but booze and pills just rack up the body count. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay_Fixit Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 Congrats on becoming humans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALF Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 Great news , opioids are out of control and more dangerous . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby Jackson Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 Here's bits and pieces of the Saints story: http://www.espn.com/nfl/news/story?id=5153943 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDIGGZ Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 Here's bits and pieces of the Saints story: http://www.espn.com/nfl/news/story?id=5153943 i wonder that never became a big thing. sounds like a pretty juicy story. lots of players get addicted to the pills given to them by the team. Brett Favre for instance. my wife was prescribed oxycodone after a surgery and after taking it for one day she couldnt believe how much her body needed it and how sick she felt if she didnt take it so she got scared and stopped completely. just imagine an NFL player taking it for weeks, months, even years to try and stay on the field. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BillsFan4 Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 I don't know how much info is out there on it but you should google the mess that the Saints had with the pain mess. Here's bits and pieces of the Saints story: http://www.espn.com/nfl/news/story?id=5153943 Interesting stuff. Thanks for sharing. I wasn't aware of that story. Makes you wonder about Payton, though. I don't know if he was supposedly taking those pills for himself or the players or someone else but I could see him being the type of guy that would pop pills...lol. Did yo ever see this article about the pain pill abuse in the NFL? Bud Carpenter is quoted in it - https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/redskins/nfl-abuse-of-painkillers-and-other-drugs-described-in-court-filings/2017/03/09/be1a71d8-035a-11e7-ad5b-d22680e18d10_story.html?utm_term=.5dc0930d106b Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby Jackson Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 i wonder that never became a big thing. sounds like a pretty juicy story. lots of players get addicted to the pills given to them by the team. Brett Favre for instance. my wife was prescribed oxycodone after a surgery and after taking it for one day she couldnt believe how much her body needed it and how sick she felt if she didnt take it so she got scared and stopped completely. just imagine an NFL player taking it for weeks, months, even years to try and stay on the field.Yeah, I had a good friend on that team and he said that it was way worse than this. They had bags of pills and Joe Vitt was functionally a drug dealer and Payton a pill head. There are lots of dirty stories about them around that time. Interesting stuff. Thanks for sharing. I wasn't aware of that story. Makes you wonder about Payton, though. I don't know if he was supposedly taking those pills for himself or the players or someone else but I could see him being the type of guy that would pop pills...lol. Did yo ever see this article about the pain pill abuse in the NFL? Bud Carpenter is quoted in it - https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/redskins/nfl-abuse-of-painkillers-and-other-drugs-described-in-court-filings/2017/03/09/be1a71d8-035a-11e7-ad5b-d22680e18d10_story.html?utm_term=.5dc0930d106b Payton also knocked up a cheerleader and that's why his family moved to Dallas. I haven't seen that story but it's interesting. Thanks for sharing!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeF Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 So does Seantrell's suspension get reduced now? Definitely should appeal.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby Jackson Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 (edited) Definitely should appeal....Agreed and he's the PERFECT poster child for the NFL to hide behind. "After extensive research we've come to the conclusion that marijuana can be an effective pain management tool. We've had players, such as Seantrel Henderson argue that it's helped manage the pain that he suffers from Crohn's Disease. In lieu of this new information we will cease testing for marijuana and rescind outstanding discipline. We hope to continue working with the NFLPA to do what's best for the health of our players." Edited August 1, 2017 by Kirby Jackson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaBillsFanSince1973 Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 not surprising really and good news. opiates kill about time they start using their senses when it comes to the many positive uses of marijuana. the too good misinformed folks will whine but who cares about them anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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