NFL Awards $1 Million to Study Impact of Cannabis and CBD on Pain Management February 1, 2022 AggregatedNews Cannabis & Hemp Research 0 Comments The National Football League today announced the award of $1 million in research funding to two teams of medical researchers at the University of California San Diego and University of Regina. The studies will investigate the effects of cannabinoids on… Read More→
NFL and cannabis: League, union offer $1 million for pain management research June 9, 2021 AggregatedNews Cannabis & Hemp Research 0 Comments The NFL and NFLPA are jointly offering up to $1 million in grants to researchers who can help the league move forward with alternatives to opioid-based pain management. Dr. Allen Sills, the NFL’s Chief Medical Officer, on Tuesday listed cannabis… Read More→
N.F.L. Bows to Marijuana’s New Status April 14, 2020 AggregatedNews On the Move 0 Comments The 10-year labor agreement between the N.F.L. and players union that was ratified on March 15 is filled with dozens of incremental changes, most notably the one-percentage-point increase in the share of league revenue that the players will receive. One of the… Read More→
Report: NFL CBA Proposal Includes Reduced Penalties for Positive Marijuana Tests February 16, 2020 AggregatedNews News & Insights 0 Comments The proposed NFL collective bargaining agreement reportedly features far less stringent policing of marijuana use by players. According to Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk, the proposed CBA calls for "dramatically reduced penalties, with suspensions happening only in the event of extreme and repeated disregard… Read More→
Will the NFL allow players to use marijuana? League wants science to determine drug policy September 9, 2019 AggregatedNews Policy & Legal 0 Comments The question is simple enough: Should the NFL soften its hard-line stance on marijuana? No one with the Chargers cares to answer, a team spokesman says. Same goes for the Rams where, at a summertime practice, one player after another declines to… Read More→
NFL and marijuana: Players hope for change in punishing policy May 16, 2019 AggregatedNews On the Move 0 Comments The pain wasn't the same as a midair smack from a hulking linebacker while coming across the middle, but former Detroit Lions superstar receiver Calvin Johnson said he needed some serious relief during his 2016 season on "Dancing with the Stars." … Read More→
NFL Offers to Work with NFLPA to Study Potential Uses of Marijuana for Pain Management August 1, 2017 AggregatedNews Industry People 0 Comments 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… Read More→
More States Say Yes to Marijuana as NFL Continues to Say No November 21, 2016 AggregatedNews Organizations & Associations, Policy & Legal 0 Comments Voters in seven more states said "yes" to marijuana this month. Pot now is legal for recreational or medicinal use in more than half the country. It's still against federal law and classified as a Schedule 1 drug, meaning U.S.… Read More→
A Look Into the NFL’s Tumultuous Relationship With Marijuana September 22, 2016 AggregatedNews Organizations & Associations, Policy & Legal 0 Comments At the conclusion of North Dallas Forty wide receiver Phil Elliott, played by Nick Nolte, gets blackballed by his team owner for "smoking a marijuana cigarette." After being presented with a photo that shows Elliott toking up, the team owner… Read More→