OT (kinda) - ESPN all over weed in college football

[MikeSU02]

They have TWO articles up about this. Weed? Really? This is what you are hitting on right now in college sports? With everything that could and should be investigated and reported on in college athletics, THIS is what they are charging ahead with?

And they cite this fact as a driving substantiating piece of evidence:

NCAA statistics show a bump in the number of stoned athletes. In the NCAA's latest drug-use survey, conducted in 2009 and released in January, 22.6 percent of athletes admitted to using marijuana in the previous 12 months, a 1.4 percentage point increase over a similar 2005 study. Some 26.7 percent of football players surveyed fessed up, a higher percentage than in any other major sport. (The use of other drugs, such as steroids and amphetamines, has declined or held steady.)

Article 1: http://espn.go.com/college-football...one-many-elite-college-programs-espn-magazine

Article 2: http://espn.go.com/college-football...-ducks-deny-drug-culture-eugene-espn-magazine

And with this image:

 

[orangenirvana]

It's REEFER MADNESS!!!!!

And just in time for Friday's holiday. Nice.

 

[VaSaltine]

I guarantee its a lot higher the 22.6%. Who cares?

 

[kingottoiii]

Out of curiosity what is the NCAA's policy on marijuana? Can kids who play football at a California college legally take it and still be eligible to play? If so then that explains how Stanford has gotten so good

 

[dollarbill44]

Just legalize the stuff already!!! It's such a waste of time to fight marijuana, it really is.

 

[gocraz4dasu]

Oh no!!!! A plant!!! God forbid these athletes who have to work-out, go to class, and practice smoke some weed in their down time. AMERICA'S YOUTH IS RUINED! This is shocking news ESPN, thank you for your insight.

 

[SWFLCUSE]

I saw that picture and I literally laughed out loud... In the middle of my math class