{"id":1224,"date":"2012-04-28T09:23:47","date_gmt":"2012-04-28T09:23:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/?p=14934"},"modified":"2012-04-28T09:23:47","modified_gmt":"2012-04-28T09:23:47","slug":"professional-sports-seems-to-be-softening-stance-on-marijuana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/professional-sports-seems-to-be-softening-stance-on-marijuana\/","title":{"rendered":"Professional Sports seems to be Softening Stance on Marijuana"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0 5px 5px;float:right;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/professional-sports-seems-to-be-softening-stance-on-marijuana\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/professional-drug-testing.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"professional drug testing\" title=\"professional drug testing\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-14935\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/news-and-articles\/professional-sports-seems-to-be-softenting-stance-on-marijuana\/attachment\/professional-drug-testing\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-14935\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/professional-drug-testing-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>The Detroit Lions have been dealing with media backlash because several of their players have been caught with marijuana.\u00a0 American culture has changed considerably and for 20 somethings marijuana seems to be accepted, or at least not vilified.\u00a0 The Detroit Lions GM, Martin Mayhew seems to recognize the changing culture and said this week \u201cThe league has really changed over the years, . \u201cIf you go back 10, 15 years ago, and a guy had a positive test, that was a big deal. That was something to be very concerned about. It still is, but not at the level it was years ago. There are certain things we want to hear from guys. There are certain things we don\u2019t want to hear from guys. It doesn\u2019t help us to tell you (media) what those things are.\u201d\u00a0 Professional sports are played by those who in their 20&#8217;s and 30&#8217;s so it is no surprise they represent modern culture.\u00a0 The NBA has already altered their marijuana testing policy and will not<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tokeofthetown.com\/2011\/12\/nba_stops_testing_for_marijuana_in_the_off-season.php\" target=\"_blank\"> test players in the offseason<\/a>.\u00a0 If athletes are role models, will America accept that they use cannabis in their spare time?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tucsoncitizen.com\/usa-today-sports\/2012\/04\/19\/lions-gm-marijuana-no-longer-nfl-dealbreaker-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">For more click here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tucsoncitizen.com\/usa-today-sports\/2012\/04\/19\/lions-gm-marijuana-no-longer-nfl-dealbreaker-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">For more on this story click here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/professional-drug-testing.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"professional drug testing\" title=\"professional drug testing\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-14935\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/news-and-articles\/professional-sports-seems-to-be-softenting-stance-on-marijuana\/attachment\/professional-drug-testing\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-14935\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/professional-drug-testing-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>The Detroit Lions have been dealing with media backlash because several of their players have been caught with marijuana.\u00a0 American culture has changed considerably and for 20 somethings marijuana seems to be accepted, or at least not vilified.\u00a0 The Detroit Lions GM, Martin Mayhew seems to recognize the changing culture and said this week \u201cThe league has really changed over the years, . \u201cIf you go back 10, 15 years ago, and a guy had a positive test, that was a big deal. That was something to be very concerned about. It still is, but not at the level it was years ago. There are certain things we want to hear from guys. There are certain things we don\u2019t want to hear from guys. It doesn\u2019t help us to tell you (media) what those things are.\u201d\u00a0 Professional sports are played by those who in their 20&#8217;s and 30&#8217;s so it is no surprise they represent modern culture.\u00a0 The NBA has already altered their marijuana testing policy and will not<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tokeofthetown.com\/2011\/12\/nba_stops_testing_for_marijuana_in_the_off-season.php\" target=\"_blank\"> test players in the offseason<\/a>.\u00a0 If athletes are role models, will America accept that they use cannabis in their spare time?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tucsoncitizen.com\/usa-today-sports\/2012\/04\/19\/lions-gm-marijuana-no-longer-nfl-dealbreaker-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">For more click here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tucsoncitizen.com\/usa-today-sports\/2012\/04\/19\/lions-gm-marijuana-no-longer-nfl-dealbreaker-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">For more on this story click here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[52,1084,56,9,1089,51,1091,70,1,3,61],"tags":[2632,3654,2636,3659,2631,3661,5,6],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1224"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1224"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1224\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}