AMERICANALMANAC (Alan Benson) - Stephen A. Smith wants the NBA to ban marijuana again, calling it a performance-enhancing drug
ESPN's Stephen A. Smith is pushing the NBA to reverse course on marijuana, arguing that weed's nerve-calming effects give players an unfair competitive edge, a stance the league shows no sign of adopting. Smith made the case on a recent episode of "The Culture Table," a podcast produced by his company Straight Shooter Media. His […] The post Stephen A. Smith wants the NBA to ban marijuana again, calling it a performance-enhancing drug appeared first on American Almanac .
ESPN's Stephen A. Smith is pushing the NBA to reverse course on marijuana, arguing that weed's nerve-calming effects give players an unfair competitive edge, a stance the league shows no sign of adopting. Smith made the case on a recent episode of "The Culture Table," a podcast produced by his company Straight Shooter Media. His argument is straightforward: marijuana quiets the anxiety and competitive jitters that separate elite professionals from talented amateurs, and that chemical calm amounts to a performance advantage the league should not tolerate. The NBA removed marijuana from its banned substances list ahead of the 2023-24 season, finalizing the change in a new collective bargaining agreement with the players' union. That…Open