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To: NBA Commissioner Adam Silver
Tell the NBA: Take Marijuana Off the Banned Substances List
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, be a leader by making the NBA the first major sports league to allow its players to use marijuana without being punished.
Why is this important?
As NBA superstar Kevin Durant recently said, "[M]arijuana is marijuana... I feel like it shouldn’t even be a huge topic around it anymore.”
But it is if you're an NBA player. Players face a 5 game suspension for using marijuana -- even if the player lives in one of the 11 states (plus D.C.) who've legalized recreational usage or the 33 states (plus D.C.) where medicinal use is allowed.
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver takes pride in being the most progressive sports league in the U.S., but suspending players for using marijuana--medically or recreationally--is out of sync with that forward-leaning image.
NBA players generate $8 BILLION for the league's owners, and the players deserve the right to use marijuana without being punished for it. League commissioner Adam Silver can -- and should -- change this immediately.
Sources:
1. "Kevin Durant thinks weed ‘shouldn’t even be a huge topic’ for NBA anymore," New York Post, Feb. 27, 2020
https://nypost.com/2020/02/27/kevin-durant-thinks-weed-shouldnt-even-be-a-huge-topic-for-nba-anymore/
2. "How the NBA Makes Money," Investopedia, updated Sep. 24, 2019
https://www.investopedia.com/articles/personal-finance/071415/how-nba-makes-money.asp