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It’s April 20. 4/20. The unofficial marijuana holiday. It’s also the day on which the marijuana amnesty ends for all NFL players.
Players not in the substance-abuse program are subject to one test per year, from April 20 through August 9. After submitting to that one test per year, a player can smoke at will — and/or take other drugs prohibited by the substance-abuse policy (e.g., cocaine, amphetamines, morphine, codeine, hydrocodone, oxycodone, PCP, MDMA) — without fear of consequence. (During the regular season, amphetamines and MDMA become PEDs.)
That’s how Aaron Hernandez managed to chain-smoke marijuana.