The NFL and the NFL Players Association have tweaked the substance abuse coverage. Among the modifications, the edge for a constructive take a look at has been considerably elevated.
PFT has obtained the brand new insurance policies negotiated by the league and the NFLPA.
The prior restrict for THC focus was 150 ng/ml. As of Friday, it’s 350 ng/ml. Generally talking, it takes per week after common use to get beneath 350 ng/ml.
Fines can even be lowered for constructive exams. For the primary violation, the prior penalty of a 50-percent recreation examine will drop to $15,000. For a second violation, the tremendous of a full recreation examine reduces to $20,000. For a 3rd violation, a two-game tremendous falls to at least one. And for 4 or extra violations, the three-game tremendous shifts to 2.
Fines for missed exams can even be lowered.
In 2020, the NFL dramatically restricted the circumstances that will lead to suspensions for violations of the substance-abuse coverage. It now not often if ever occurs.
Still, the monetary penalties was extra important. That’ll change as of Friday. Most importantly, it can take much more THC in a participant’s system to set off a constructive take a look at.
It’s nonetheless not an elimination of the final prohibition towards marijuana use, but it surely’s getting nearer and nearer to being decriminalized. It’s now permitted, so long as the participant is beneath 350 ng/ml when examined.
