I can’t say I’m in favor of this, I may be in the minority, though.
I’ve always considered Marijuana to be a performance deperessing drug… like alcohol.
Sure wouldn’t want to be on a NASCAR track with a bunch of stoners.
Go B1GCats
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The effects of marijuana (short and long term) have not been studied much, in large part because it is a Federal Schedule I drug, so research on it is very difficult to get approval (or funding) for.
If you have an established career/job I think the use of recreational marijuana is very similar to alcohol as it can be part of a work-life balance.
I think if you are just starting out in life marijuana will inhibit growth and it will hinder you from having success.
I am generally a libertarian, but I think drug use has societal implications where we all pay the costs through healthcare, safety, and lost productivity.
That being said the NCAA should concentrate of things that give an unfair advantage and marijuana definitely doesn’t.
Ismaeli was our most well know pothead that I knew. In 1995 he was crazy disruptive to offenses, but in 1996 as more of a straight DB it did not seem to fit his talents. I believe he had pot problems during his short NFL career also.
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The effects of marijuana (short and long term) have not been studied much, in large part because it is a Federal Schedule I drug, so research on it is very difficult to get approval (or funding) for.
It doesn’t affect people remotely as much as the scourge of humanity known as tobacco does.
I don’t know that there’s been enough research to conclusively state that yet, as noted earlier, research into marijuana effects is very limited due to its classification as a Schedule I drug. There are hundreds of chemicals in tobacco smoke, and many of them are also in marijuana smoke, along with others. No, it doesn’t have the highly addictive chemical nicotine, but it may have other chemicals that in the long run prove to be as bad if not worse.
Vaping was initially touted as safer than smoking, that’s not as certain these days, especially for younger vapers, who are prone to develop a type of lung damage from vaping.
I was at NU in the late 60’s and early 70’s, when drug use among college students was just becoming widespread, and was considered a way of rebelling against the ‘establishment’. That was true of alcohol when I was a teenager as well, but I’ve never particularly felt the need for any of them. Like many others, I’ve lost relatives to both tobacco and alcohol abuse. I’ll stick with chocolate. 
Mike Nolan