The NFL and the NFL Players Association (NFLPA) have reached agreements designed to protect the health and safety of NFL players. The Joint Pain Management Committee will set rules regarding the use of prescription medication by NFL players as well as conduct research concerning pain management and alternative therapies.
“There are a lot of alternative pain medications and treatments and those are the types of things that we want this committee to focus on, with medical experts and with medical science behind that,” NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said. “Of course, they will look at the role medical marijuana can have in that.”
