From the NBA, a nice roundup of the reactions to a coach using marijuana for back pain after surgery. (This was during recovery, not while he was coaching. He also reported that the use of marijuana did not relieve his pain.)
This is going to be a somewhat important debate in baseball eventually. A positive marijuana test in baseball brings a slap on the wrist.
For players in a treatment program for marijuana, hashish or synthetic THC, however, Section 7.D provides that any violations of the treatment program will not result in a suspension. Instead, players will face a series of escalating fines not to exceed $35,000 for marijuana-related violations. The only way that a player could face a suspension for violating a marijuana-related treatment program under Section 7.D would be if both (i) he was determined to have flagrantly disregarded his treatment program, and (ii) the commissioner were to determine that the player’s drug use presents a threat to the safety of other players. In that case, the commissioner could suspend the player for his marijuana use.
As marijuana moves toward the legal status of alcohol and tobacco, it will become tougher to fine for that use at all. In addition, no doubt players will get medical exemptions for marijuana use. I suspect everyone would rather players use pot to fight pain rather than opioids. Maybe THC gummies in the club house will be a prevalent as amphetamines were in the 1970s.
from baseballmusings.com http://ift.tt/2gDh3Yx
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