The NFL Players’ Association proposal to alter the league’s substance-abuse policy and take a more “lenient” approach to marijuana will seek involvement from players’ families, too.
Union executive George Atallah said in an interview with SiriusXM NFL Radio that the NFLPA believes players are using marijuana to self-medicate. To address why and how, and to better examine players’ overall health, requires involving their families, he said.
“We believe that is the result of players trying to deal with managing pain on their own as opposed to going through a medical professional,” Atallah told hosts Alex Marvez and Geoff Schwartz.