Chris Long enjoyed a nice NFL career and even won a Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year and now the former Philadelphia Eagles star admits he enjoyed his fair share of marijuana during his career. It's been only a few days since Long has retired from the NFL and now it appears he is going to try and get the league to change their policy on weed.
In an interview with the Dan Patrick show via Yahoo Sports Long talked about how marijuana isn't that dangerous and is something that needs to be allowed.
“I think from a standpoint of what’s safer for people and the player, certainly people in the spotlight, it is far less harmful than alcohol, it is far less harmful than tobacco, and at various points in the league’s history, they have engaged in partnerships on different levels with those respective industries.”
Long also points out how silly the testing process is for drugs in the NFL. Players not in the drug program are tested one time around April 20th and then can go the rest of the year not taking another drug test.
“I think testing is arbitrary. The league, speaking plainly, knows damn well what they’re doing,” Long said. “Testing players once a year for ‘street drugs’, which is a terrible classification for marijuana, is kind of silly because, you know, players know when the test is, we can stop, and in that month or two that you stop, you’re going to reach for the sleeping pills, you’re going to reach for the pain killers, you’re going to reach for the bottle a little bit more.
The NFL has announced they are going to start researching medical marijuana for pain but until it is allowed to be used by players playing in the NFL expect more and more former players to come out and talk about how they smoked during the season.
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