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I read the NHL is doing best with weed and are basically allowing it with no regular testing for it. They do screen for it randomly when doing -- (edited)

Posted by Krusty (aka Krustylu) Mar 9 '19, 05:14

their normal testing for performance enhancing drugs. But they don't test for drugs of abuse normally. They just want to see if there's a problem with drugs of abuse. They say the weed numbers aren't bad but they are seeing more positive tests for cocaine than they expected or would like.

The other sports need to get on board and stopping penalizing them for using weed instead of opiates.

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60% of its players come from and 22% play in a place where it's 100% legal. - Reagen Mar 9, 05:20 2
- Plus another 22% where it’s essentially entirely legal and you’re getting into “why bother?” territory. -- nm - mafic Mar 9, 05:57 1
  - Seems like the other sports need to look to the NHL on this and stop penalizing and suspending their talent. - Krusty Mar 9, 06:07

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