Testing for pot is a relic of a different era, and the stigma fades more every day. It's time to stop treating a drug safer than alcohol more harshly than we do boozing.
The NCAA policy on drugs and drug testing is what happens when you need near consensus of hundreds of institutions to move forward on an issue. It's a patchwork of rules that don't make a lot of sense at 30,000 feet, and the experience of two NCAA athletes at two different schools in two different sports is rarely the same. Testing basically falls into three categories:
* Division I and II student-athletes can be tested year-round, but only for performance-enhancing drugs.