The National Football League and the NFL Players Association say there isn't going to be an immediate change to the joint drug policy, despite the growing number of states that have legalized marijuana for recreational use.
Seven states allow recreational use of marijuana and 28 states and Washington, D.C. allow it for medicinal purposes.
NFLPA assistant executive director of external affairs George Atallah says the union will continue to form a pain management committee to "look at all ailments facing our members with marijuana only one substance of a much bigger issue."
Marijuana use is banned by the NFL, and violators could be fined or suspended for missed or positive drug tests.