Thanatos , you know that long and powerful scythe ? I get wet when I think about it . <| sep |> The real problem is why hasn ' t the NFL issued a waiver when this benefits a players safety as well as his quality of life . There are two main reasons . The first is that if they issued a waiver for it , suddenly every player in the league would come down with Crohns . The second reason is that medical marijuana isn ' t legal everywhere , so they would be offering a substantial advantage to teams in states where it is . They would also possibly face ramifications for encouraging something that ' s illegal at the federal level . EDIT To be clear , I think the NFL should completely stop testing for pot . But it does a great disservice to the discussion if everyone just responds with hurr durr Gooddell is satan instead of actually paying attention to the arguments on both sides .