The outlook wasn’t brilliant for the cannabis-enthusiasts of Major League Baseball for many seasons.
And the league is even working with a product-testing organization called NSF International to verify legal, contaminant-free CBD products that players could one day use for medicinal purposes.
Last year’s season was cut short by COVID-19, so this is the first full baseball season since the cannabis-enthusiasts of major league baseball have been free to light up.
After he dropped out of MLB because of knee problems, opening a cannabis dispensary and greenhouse in southern California wasn’t a next step anyone expected from this Florida Marlins pitcher.
So, if you could tell the time and had a few brain cells, you could essentially use cannabis as much as you wanted once you made it into the bigs.
Hayhurst said the enforcement of cannabis policy in MLB was so bad that some players were promoted just to avoid the random drug tests in the minor leagues.
This former San Francisco Giants pitcher became a sort of poster child for cannabis use in sports when he was pulled over for speeding in 2009, and the cop smelled weed in his car.
In 2015, Phil Bickford tested positive for THC in pre-draft drug testing and was still the Giant’s first round pick in that year’s draft.