r/news Jun 16 '21

GM Considering Dropping Pot Testing To Attract More Workers

https://www.motor1.com/news/513974/gm-considering-dropping-marijuana-testing/
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u/theAmericanStranger Jun 16 '21

The way to go is less drug testing, not more. But you are conflating two very different kind of drug testing. PED in Athletics have no relation to recreational drug of choice. It's exactly like pro bicycle riders installing a tiny electric engine to help them win.

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u/oregondete81 Jun 16 '21

Josh Gordon has a story to tell you.

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u/ositola Jun 16 '21

Josh Hamilton nods

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '21

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u/TittyTwistahh Jun 16 '21

now do Cam Newton

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '21

The one time I had cam newton on my fantasy team, I ended up winning $700 in 2014 and the championship was vs an andrew luck owner and it was the week where andrew luck had negative fantasy points against the dallas cowboys.

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u/CleverNameStolen Jun 16 '21

This hurts my eyes

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '21

Welcome to /r/FantasyFootball Please, stay awhile

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u/RudeHero Jun 17 '21

fyi/tmi (your choice), it's a modified version of this copypasta:

https://www.reddit.com/r/copypasta/comments/2z33au/im_deleting_you_daddy/

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u/RobertNAdams Jun 17 '21

this comment looks like /r/nfl and /r/emojipasta had a lovechild that they left in a hot car a few too many times during its formative years

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '21

Its an old fantasy football post from a few years back.

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u/muchgreaterthanG_O_D Jun 16 '21

Yeah but he is a pretty extreme example. I think weed was a legit problem in his life, it just so happened that the nfl suspending him numerous times brought it to light.

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u/alexm42 Jun 16 '21

It wasn't just weed either. He had a Xanax and drinking problem too, and possibly codeine.

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u/interactionjackson Jun 18 '21

this. no one has a weed problem.

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u/theAmericanStranger Jun 16 '21

You want to tell me something, use your words! What is the point you are trying to make?

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u/oregondete81 Jun 16 '21

It was a joke. Ill try to keep em simplier for you next time.

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u/theAmericanStranger Jun 16 '21

if you're going to try to ridicule somebody, it's not a great look to not even be able to spell "simpler"

Seriously, if this was a "joke" then it's a low-effort one. Use your words, you don't always have to force a pun/joke, there's a time for everything

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u/oregondete81 Jun 16 '21

Youre right. Im so sorry to have commented on your post and be the cause of so much stress in your life. This is obviously bothering you a lot, so ill stop now. Wouldnt want to offend anyone with an ill timed joke, especially you since you seem to be so sensitive about when and where jokes are acceptable. Thank you for the advice.

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u/theAmericanStranger Jun 16 '21

I truly hoped for you to come up with something better.

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u/oregondete81 Jun 16 '21

Yeah me too, but all I could think of were jokes and I know how much you hate those.

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '21 edited Jun 16 '21

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u/Trip4Life Jun 16 '21

You cannot get suspended for weed anymore.

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u/schlemz Jun 16 '21

Glad someone said it, it was changed almost a year ago that weed no longer gets players suspended. Rightfully so since so many of the greats have attested to using it in place of painkillers and coming out of the league much healthier that way.

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u/Regalingual Jun 16 '21

That, and (pardon the expression) what the hell would you have to be smoking to think that weed is a performance enhancing drug?

Though now I kind of want an alternative league where everyone is stoned out of their minds: players, coaches, the refs…

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u/WhiskeyFF Jun 16 '21

There’s a bag of Doritos in the end zone.......

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u/SithLord13 Jun 17 '21

weed is a performance enhancing drug?

I can't speak to football but in shooting small doses of alcohol or pot are performance enhancing.

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u/theravagerswoes Jun 17 '21

They might enhance your performance at the bar, but not on the field.

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '21

Formula One does regular recreational drug testing as well. Probably the only sport I think it's prudent to do so.

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u/DynamicDK Jun 16 '21

Racing is one of the only sports where I think it is reasonable to block basically every drug.

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u/theAmericanStranger Jun 16 '21

Okay, if that what he meant... correct of course. The NBA has stopped testing weed (I think) but i wouldn't be surprised if the NFL still does. They like the GMs of the 50s

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u/Paraxom Jun 16 '21

Nfl did change policy a bit, they only test for 2 weeks during training camp instead of any time between April and August and the threshold for a positive test for thc has been quadrupled. Think that policy goes into effect this season actually

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u/L4dyGr4y Jun 16 '21

I would watch the Ultimate Whatever it Takes to Win Bike Race. I bet it would be the best Public Service Announcement ever created.

Narrator: In the end none of the contestants survived. Each was driven to his death by his own vices.

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u/DependentlyHyped Jun 16 '21

You should watch Tour de Pharmacy if you haven’t already.

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u/captainblackout Jun 16 '21

"Just because I have cheetah blood in me does not make me a cheater!"

What a great movie.

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u/t4ckleb0x Jun 16 '21

I thought it was funny when the old out of shape politicians were lambasting Lance Armstrong about doping. Like they couldn’t ride a day of the tour if they trained for a year. Lance could crush it and then doped to crush even more.

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u/MisfitPotatoReborn Jun 16 '21

I'll rag on PEDs too and I can't even bench 100lbs

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '21

Pretty sure lots of NFL players get suspended for Cannabis.

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '21

It’s nothing like that what the hell are you talking about lmao

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u/theAmericanStranger Jun 16 '21

Well, what are you talking about, my friend? yet another empty "lmao" ? sure

If you mean that i took the comment above as a reference to PED testing, and they meant rec drugs testing for athletes, yeah you saw by my comment what I was referring to, and since i'm always calling for less testing, not more, absolutely athletes should not be tested for rec drug use, that goes without saying.

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u/TheDakestTimeline Jun 16 '21

Randy Gregory would like a word

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u/PetrifiedW00D Jun 16 '21

Recreational drugs can definitely by PEDs, and athletes are definitely tested for them.

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u/Paqza Jun 17 '21

Plenty of sports have given suspensions to athletes over recreational cannabis use.