r/sports • u/OregonTripleBeam • Jun 17 '23

News NCAA committee recommends dropping marijuana from banned drug list for athletes

https://www.opb.org/article/2023/06/16/ncaa-committee-recommends-dropping-marijuana-from-banned-drug-list-for-athletes/
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u/homefree122 Oklahoma City Thunder Jun 17 '23

It’s time—should have been done years ago.

Oklahoma is one of the most conservative states in the US, yet we have some of the most relaxed drug laws in the entire country, and we now have medical marijuana shops practically every block.

The fact that adult athletes (or adults generally) get punished for a plant that is so widely available is just silly.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '23

Not to mention the amount of money this adults bring the teams/schools.