The Seattle Seahawks came from behind in the
fourth quarter against the San Francisco 49ers in tonight’s NFC
championship game,
joining the Denver Broncos, who defeated the New England
Patriots in the earlier AFC championship game, in heading to the
Super Bowl. Both teams hail from states, Washington and Colorado,
that legalized marijuana at the ballot box in 2012. Recreational
marijuana went on sale at government-licensed shops in Colorado
at the start of this year. But you won’t be able to light up at
the Super Bowl, being held in two weeks in New Jersey (with
an assist from the NYPD), where recreational marijuana remains
prohibited and the implementation of medical marijuana is going on
at a snail’s pace. Players with the Seahawks and the Broncos won’t
be able to light up, either. Their contracts with the NFL prohibit
the use of marijuana, irrespective of its legal status where they
live. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell,
meanwhile, is only at the stage of contemplating letting
players use medical marijuana, much like Senate Majority Leader
Harry Reid.
Some related reading:
Colorado and pathetic pot prohibitionists, Ted
Cruz blames Obama for not imposing marijuana prohibition on
Colorado and Washington,
a DEA agent freaks out about the drug war gravy train in
peril.
And here’s a Reason TV video on how football fleeces
taxpayers:
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