Former NBA commissioner David Stern has agreed to the idea that the league should remove marijuana from the list of banned substances.
Stern recently sat down with former NBA player Al Harrington, who has become an entrepreneur on the medical marijuana field, and discussed the role that marijuana has in the medical field.
Of course, Stern’s words won’t change what the NBA does in terms of removing the ban on marijuana since he no longer is in charge of the league. But his former right hand man and current NBA commissioner Adam Silver has talked about the issue as recently as August of this year.
If the NBA were to change its’ regulations on marijuana usage for rehabilitation, it would be an important achievement for the movement that is currently going at a fast pace across the United States.
Currently 29 states and the District of Colombia allow medical marijuana to be prescribed while 8 states have marijuana legalized for recreational use.
the National Hockey League, and Major League Baseball don’t always punish players for using marijuana. The NHL only tests athletes to monitor use and in baseball many players have come out in the open as saying that fellow teammates smoke marijuana regularly. In baseball’s minor leagues players do get punished.
Louis grew up in a small town of Mexico called Ensenada in the state of Baja California. He now resides in San Diego, California. He completed his undergraduate degree at Seton Hall University located in South Orange, New Jersey with a focus on Broadcast Journalism. His broadcasting courses ranged in television and film but Louis’ main focus has always been with sportscasting. He was able to join clubs in the university like Pirate TV and Pirate Sports Network and be a major contributor and correspondent. His work consisted of creating digital content for Seton Hall University sports teams. Louis narrated, reported, produced, directed, and wrote for multiple matches and studio programs. In the summer of 2017, Louis wrote post match reports and opinion pieces on the Mexican National Team on the sports website TheAOSN.com during the FIFA Confederations Cup and the CONCACAF Gold Cup. Louis is now completing an MA in International Sports Journalism at St Mary’s University Twickenham. He is pursuing to improve his all around skills in sports journalism to one day achieve his goal in the broadcasting world.
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