Another headscratcher from the NCAA

[FreeDawg]

Auburn walk-on who is an epilectic is ruled ineligible for using canabis oil to prevent seizures. Incredible

https://auburn.247sports.com/Articl...-for-cannabis-oil-to-fight-seizures-118504577

 

[The Peeper]

There's a lot of steroids and so called PED's that are legal and can't be used in all cases

 

[FreeDawg]

There's a lot of steroids and so called PED's that are legal and can't be used in all cases

False equivalence

 

[T-TownDawgg]

If some does a little digging into these oils and other low/no THC treatments, they will find out how stupid banning them is.
Anyone who deals with seizure disorders will tell you, causes are hard to diagnose, medications have all sorts of side effects, and you'll do damn near anything to stop them.

 

[patdog]

Not really. If you let people take a banned substance with a Dr. prescription, you've just opened up a HUGE loophole in your whole drug policy. You can always find a Dr. who will prescribe anything you want if you look around.

I do agree that, in this case, it does appear ridiculous and unfair, though.

 

[FreeDawg]

You’re overthinking it. Canabis oil for seizure control is not a PED. Finding a dr to prescribe therapeutic testosterone for low T (lol at 21 year olds having that) is a PED. Totally diffferent.

eta- You want to talk a prescribed real PED that runs wild in CFB look no further than adderrol. Totally hypothetical: Let’s say there is an SEC QB named Chad Delli who takes so much adderrol before games (legally prescribed) his face would contort in crazy faces because he absolutely zooted on amphetamines. Now that would be crazy

 

[RocketDawg]

Medical marijuana or any other use of mj is illegal in Alabama, and I suppose cannabis oil is too so it can't be prescribed. He probably wouldn't be eligible at any SEC school. PAC-12? Don't know. It's still nationally illegal.

 

[FreeDawg]

He is from Ga where he was legally prescribed it by his dr. The cbd oil he takes contains .3% thc. Point freaking 3. Does a Xanax prescription become illegal when you drive across state lines? I wish folks would excercise common sense. This isn’t difficult.

 

[ArcherSPS]

It’s cannabis oil and it is not illegal in AL. It also clearly says in the article he was prescribed it by his doctor in GA.

 

[patdog]

Not overthinking it, just pointing out that you start down a very slippery slope when you make exceptions to your drug policy. The policy in this case is bad, as marijuana and cannabis oil shouldn't be illegal or prohibited in the first place. As for Chad Kelly, if he's allowed to take Adderall under the policy, that's a bad policy too.

 

[fishwater99]

You can't fix stupid. Is Jeff Sessions in charge of the NCAA now?

 

[HumpDawgy]

You guys can flame away, but I'm not sure football is the best sport for an epileptic.

 

[Apoplectic_Objurgator]

Auburn walk-on who is an epilectic is ruled ineligible for using canabis oil to prevent seizures. Incredible

https://auburn.247sports.com/Articl...-for-cannabis-oil-to-fight-seizures-118504577

Keto diet has been used successfully to treat for over 100 years so I agree he should be ineligible

 

[notoriousD_O_G]

https://www.al.com/auburnfootball/index.ssf/2018/05/cannibis_oil_not_reason_auburn.html

Apparently there is more to this story

 

[paindonthurt_]

Imagine that. People over react without knowing all the facts.

 

[UpTheMiddlex3Punt]

If I were a head coach and the opposing team wanted to take anything derived from the weed, I'd be all for it. Let them all get bombed out of their minds if they want to.

 

[FreeDawg]

Sounds like Auburn coaches tried to blame the NCAA and when the kid’s dad went public and it blew up, the NCAA asked Auburn wtf... Would be interesting to see if the kid does get cleared by a college dr, what the NCAA would do now that it’s in the public eye. You’d have to assume that likely being that the kid’s primary care cleared him to play.