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All players receive one annual test under the SOA policy. The SOA annual test does not test for THC. This testing may only happen in groups. Free Agents: you will usually be tested within a week of signing, and will be tested if you have not already had the annual.
The NFL and the NFLPA prohibit Players from the illegal use, possession, or distribution of drugs, including but not limited to cocaine; marijuana and synthetic cannabinoids; opiates and opioids; methylenedioxymethamphetamine
The NFL Player Contract specifically prohibits the use of drugs in an effort to alter or enhance performance. The NFL Player Contract and the League’s Constitution and Bylaws require each Player to avoid conduct detrimental to the NFL and professional football or to public confidence in the game or its Players.
So, what is the NFL substance abuse policy? Is it one size fits all? Why is there so much secrecy? A Tale of Two Policies. A player testing for illegal substances is actually under two...
WASHINGTON – The NFLPA Board of Representatives tonight voted to approve new policies for both substances of abuse and performance enhancing drugs. “This is an historic moment for our Players and our League,” said NFLPA President Eric Winston.
Less than a week after the NFLPA player representatives voted to approve the new drug-testing policy, the NFL and NFLPA have hashed out the specifics and so-termed "wide-ranging improvements"...
The NFL and NFL Players Association announced Wednesday a new agreement to the league's steroids policy. Per the official release, the NFL and NFLPA are nearing an agreement on changes to the...
This article examines the National Football League’s (NFL) policy on illicit psychoactive drugs from a harm reduction perspective. The NFL’s policy reinforces the punitive tradition in U.S. drug policy. The policy features drug testing and requires abstinence from illegal drugs.
This article (a) describes NFL drug policy, (b) outlines harm reduction principles in drug treatment, (c) formulates a harm reduction critique of NFL drug policy, (d) analyzes individual cases of the lost right to work, and (e) identifies an avenue to reform based on harm reduction practices.
To chronicle this history as well as the effects and fallout, we researched every drug conviction in the NFL since 1983 – the start of the NFL drug policy. Read on to see what we discovered about which teams and positions have the most sordid record of drug use in the National Football League.