Eugene Monroe has been trying to get the NFL to take medicinal marijuana seriously for some time now. And he finally might have the league’s official ear. Outwardly, the NFL is still keeping its distance from marijuana, despite the nation’s softening attitudes and a pile of research pointing to the potential medical benefits.
Behind the scenes, the Washington Post reports, the league’s senior vice president for player health and safety — the NFL’s first big wig to acknowledge the link between CTE and head injuries — had a call with researchers recently to learn more about the study Monroe is funding. It was the NFL that requested the call too.
We’re still a long way from the NFL normalizing its view of pot, but given the glacial pace the league moves on these kinds of issues, it’s hard not to see this as a first step in the right direction.
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