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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The NFL and NFLPA could vote on a new drug policy as early as Friday, reports ESPN.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Jason La Canfora of CBS Sports&amp;nbsp;originally reported that the vote could come Thursday night, but according to ESPN a vote won't be conducted then because two of the teams -- the Baltimore Ravens and the Pittsburgh Steelers -- are playing Thursday night and are not in position to vote.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;ESPN also reports that the announcement could be delayed because of \"legal wrangling\" and that a condition of the new policy would be that certain players currently serving drug suspensions under the old policy would have their suspensions altered.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If the new policy is approved, it could result in players currently suspended such as Josh Gordan, Wes Welker and&amp;nbsp;Orlando Scandrick&amp;nbsp;having their suspensions reduced.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;KING: Can Roger&amp;nbsp;Goodell survive the Rice firestorm?\u200B&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A report earlier this week from ESPN said the vote would come Tuesday. A subsequent report Wednesday from &lt;em&gt;USA Today&lt;/em&gt; said a vote was unlikely to come before Friday.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Major policy changes said to be under consideration include raising the threshold for a positive marijuana test and instituting a program to test for human growth hormone.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;According to La Canfora's report, one issue being discussed is the reinstatement of players who failed certain drug tests after March 11, the start of the league year. Cleveland&amp;nbsp;Browns receiver Josh Gordon, whose positive test came before March 11, could be \"grandfathered in,\" according to La Canfora.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Report: Ex-FBI director to head investigation of Ray Rice situation\u200B&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Under the current NFL policy, THC, the active ingredient in marijuana, must be present in the blood at a level of 15 nanograms per millileter&amp;nbsp;in order to trigger a positive test.&amp;nbsp;The World Anti-Doping Agency, which oversees Olympic drug testing,&amp;nbsp;raised its threshold&amp;nbsp;for a positive test from 15&amp;nbsp;ng/ml&amp;nbsp;to 150&amp;nbsp;ng/ml&amp;nbsp;last summer.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;- Dan Gartland and Molly Geary&lt;/em&gt;\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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