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Kannalife Sciences<\/a> was featured in an article by USA Today that discusses the topic of NFL’s drug policy and whether or not players should be able to use medical marijuana or cannabinoid products to help with head related trauma.<\/p>\n

The league’s threshold for a positive test remains 10 times lower than that of WADA, which changed its limit last year in a nod to the reality that the drug is not a performance enhancer.<\/em><\/p>\n

The NFL’s conundrum is figuring a graceful way to keep tabs on those who use marijuana recklessly \u2014 or recreationally \u2014 while giving others a legitimate form of pain relief.<\/p>\n

“I’d like to see us advance the subject to where we’re all mature and we get it,” Wiley said, “and we let players make the decision for themselves.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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