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NFL bows to marijuana’s new status

Under the new collective bargaining agreement, players who test positive for marijuana will no longer be suspended. Testing will be limited to the first two weeks of training camp instead of from April to August, and the threshold for the amount of 9-delta tetrahydrocannabinol — or THC, the psychoactive compound in marijuana — needed to trigger a positive test will be raised fourfold.

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NFL player arrested for allegedly possessing 157 pounds of marijuana in a rental car

By Madeline Holcombe | CNN Cleveland Browns player Gregory Robinson was arrested after US Border Patrol agents found 157 pounds of marijuana in a car, officials said. Robinson, 27, and Jaquan Bray, 26, were charged in a federal complaint with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute marijuana and possession intent to distribute, the US […]

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Chris Long admits to smoking marijuana, calls NFL drug-testing plan “kind of silly”

Having announced his retirement last week after 11 NFL seasons, Chris Long is now even more free to speak his mind on the issues that perplex the league (though he never really was afraid of doing that during his playing days, either). So that’s what he did during an appearance Wednesday on “The Dan Patrick Show” when he said he “enjoyed my fair share” of marijuana during his playing days and became the latest player or former player to question the effectiveness of the NFL’s drug-testing policy and its policy prohibiting marijuana.

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NFL and players’ union to study potential use of marijuana for pain management

The NFL and the NFL Players Association have agreed to form two new joint medical committees, one of which is to study the potential use of marijuana as a pain-management tool for players and review teams’ policies and practices for the use of prescription medication by players.

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Browns rookie WR Antonio Callaway cited for marijuana possession

Antonio Callaway didn’t take long to run into trouble with the Browns.

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The Spot newsletter: Will Denver land the NFL draft?, Colorado legislature in its final sprint, a resolution in the Doug Lamborn ballot battle and more

Welcome back to The Spot, where The Denver Post’s politics team captures what’s happening this week — from the Colorado legislature to Denver city hall, with a stop through the halls of Congress in Washington, D.C.

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Broncos Hall-of-Famer Terrell Davis will be the keynote speaker at cannabis business summit in Denver

“As an entrepreneur myself, I am well aware of the struggles that people of color face in the business sector,” said Terrell Davis.

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Retired NFL players back new Denver nonprofit advocating for medical mairjuana

Denver’s 420 Games featured former NFL and other athletes supporting the non-profit Athletes for Care, which hopes to change public perception of medical marijuana.

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NFLPA expects to give up something in negotiating changes to marijuana policy

The NFL Players Association has been down this road before.

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Former NFL OL Eben Britton calls Roger Goodell’s marijuana comments “a big mistake”

Said Britton: “There’s a lot of positive movement, and that’s why it’s so ridiculous to see Roger Goodell’s statements.”

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