Goodness sakes, doesn’t half the country smoke pot these days? Probably a lot more than half if you just count people under 60. Heck, JFK used to smoke pot in the White House.

There’s a poll up next to the ESPN article. The poll asks whether you care if athletes smoke pot. There are three responses to choose from, which I will paraphrase as follows: 1) don’t care at all, 2) care a little bit; and 3) care a lot.

As of this comment choice # 1 is leading by a large margin, with 52% of the vote. In second place is choice # 2 with about 26%.

It’s necessary reporting — can you imagine the conspiracy theories, etc if they were sent home and the NBA DIDN’T say why? Or even if the NBA just said that the guys broke the rules and didn’t give any further explanation? And apparently, one of the program rules is “no visitors” — male or female.

If it becomes a huge story, then I’ll agree with you that it’s absurd.

You can’t just toss the weed on the ground and say “not mine.”
If you are in the room or car or where ever with is, it might as well be in your hand.
That’s the way johnnyLaw used to treat me and my buddies.
It’s dumb, but true (like so many other things in the legal realm).

was never meant to be on the team.

the story in your profile about meeting KP.

:)

Is that like pot smoking 101? i think they would test out.

PISS TESTING IS WRONG! UNLESS YOU’RE A BUS DRIVER OR HAVE DONE SOMETHING TO SHOW YOU HAVE CAUSED PROBLEMS IN THE PAST WITH DRUG USE THAT HAS IN SOMEWAY EFFECTED THE QUALITY OF YOUR WORK. ALL OTHER DRUG TESTING IS USED TO CONTROL PEOPLE.

And another thing Riccc_l. You choose to work in a place that degrades you into pissing into a cup. No one made you take that job. I would piss in a cup if I absolutly had to, no other choice to feed loved ones, but even in the times when nary a drug past through my body, (which is most of the time) I would not ever take such a test. It would go against everything I believe.

These are just my personal opinions, they just happen to be right.

“Weed just sucks the drive & ambition right out of” many people. but the thing is, weed stays in the body a long time after any psychological effects have passed. Is it fair to punish someone for having a puff two weeks ago up at the lake with his/her buddy?
I don’t like to think of my NBA players as stoners. I like to picture them working everyday to be in perfect condition. but reality is, humans crave intoxicants from cradle to grave. Them’s the breaks.

Love and kisses,
-Mat

“Weed just sucks the drive & ambition right out of you.”

To generalize it like that, is wrong. Weed affects different people in totally different ways. Some people handle it well, some don’t. Those who don’t, I’ve found, don’t generally handle life well, even without the pot. Just saying, lot’s of successful, motivated people smoke. I know many……

“It’s illegal” isn’t a good example of being a moralist. Legality and morality are separate issues.

I’d actually vote “not at all.” I could care less if athletes smoke weed. I just don’t want OUR athletes smoking—at least on a regular basis, and particularly during the season. I’ve already heard rumors that one of the Blazers does smoke, and to excess. (I won’t perpetuate the rumor by naming names.) This concerns me. I think you only win championships if you’re hitting on all cylinders. It’s hard enough to pull off even then.