Pubdate: Tue, 09 Feb 2021
Source: USA Today (US)
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Author: Jeff Zillgitt

TIME RIGHT FOR NBA TO ABOLISH POT TESTS

No more than five players have been suspended for violating the NBA's
and National Basketball Players Association's marijuana policy in the
past four seasons.

The issue isn't if NBA players do or don't use marijuana. It's just
that players don't have serious issues with violating the policy.

After not conducting random testing for marijuana to finish the
2019-20 season inside the bubble near Orlando, Florida, the league is
not doing random testing for marijuana this season.

It's time the NBA and NPBA permanently altered their policy on
marijuana and stopped penalizing players for using it.