Forget Mike Adams

[52brandon]

I by and large agree - legal and social attitudes toward weed are hypocritical and overreaching. However, it's all not that simple. There are legal and health concerns that need addressing:

Legal - If grass or other drugs directly or indirectly jeopardize public safety (for example, DUI or committing crimes to support a habit) then that's a problem - possibly best addressed by penalizing the behavior rather than banning pot altogether.

Health - Back in the day, grass was considered non-addictive and "organic." Since then, other (real or imagined) health issues have come to the fore; most notably: Potency is many-times what it used to be. Changes in brain-chemistry and degradation of the immune system are suspect. And a whole range of psychological issues associated with pot continue to be debated.

Specific to football performance on the field & in the training room, we might want to ask ourselves the following question - "If you were about to be operated on, would you want your brain-surgeon to be sober or high?"

If I were a GM, I'd be leery of drafting a guy with a grass or other substance-abuse problem, but also believe that, as a society, our anti-weed laws are hypocritical and tantamount to killing a mosquito with an elephant gun.

I pretty much agree with your whole post. I've heard that pot hasn't been legalized because you can't test to tell if somebody is actually high at the moment in the case of a DUI. A 2-week window is pretty tough to pinpoint. I don't like weed personally. I don't smoke it because it makes me lazy and absent-minded, just no positive IMO. But different strokes for different folks...

 

[JeffGollin]

I pretty much agree with your whole post. I've heard that pot hasn't been legalized because you can't test to tell if somebody is actually high at the moment in the case of a DUI. A 2-week window is pretty tough to pinpoint. I don't like weed personally. I don't smoke it because it makes me lazy and absent-minded, just no positive IMO. But different strokes for different folks...

Actually, if you were producing a new TV comedy special, a couple of talented stoners might fit the bill (assuming they showed up on time for meetings). But if you were hiring commercial airline pilots...er... uh....No!.

The point I'm trying to make is that society is most effective handling problems when it takes them on in a straightforward, objective, head-on manner without a lot of moralizing, political demogoging or superstition mumbo jumbo. The distractions make for more confusion and make it more difficult to do the right thing.

 

[Duckjake]

I have seen a mock with him in the top 10. There were already concerns about his commitment, motivation and decision making. Now he pulls the ultimate stupid decision......so yeah I think he slides big time.

I would bet he is off some teams boards entirely. I hope he is off the Cards board or at least they won't look at taking him until the 6th rd.

This isn't Warren Sapp who was and still is an idiot but was also a great talent.

Well according to that article that was posted from the Flagstaff paper this incident makes it more likely the Cards will draft him.

 

[Cardiac]

Well according to that article that was posted from the Flagstaff paper this incident makes it more likely the Cards will draft him.

I posted that before I read that article and had the same thought as what you posted. My hope is they wait until rd6, then he is more that worth the gamble.

 

[THESMEL]

Maybe we get him in the 3rd?
We need to forget our CB Money Mike Adams that is already on our team, He is a spark plug, motivational, high energy, but remains an undersized corner that any WR in the NFL would like to line up against every down. No other team would find a spot for him.

He is a Whiz Chia pet.
Too bad Whiz thought he was our best pass rusher at like 5' 6" 170 -
He seems like a nice enough guy- but at his position He is not even 5th string on any other team.