The NFL and the NFL Players Association could ease their penalties for players testing positive for Adderall and other banned drugs, reports USA Today. Adderall and other diuretics are now considered performance-enhancing drugs by the league, and under a new proposal the drugs would be labeled as drugs of abuse. The league could change the way it punishes those who are caught, including possibly giving first violators counseling and treatment, instead of suspensions. Adolpho Birch, the NFL’s senior vice president of labor policy and government affairs, said the NFL has given ground in hopes of having human-growth hormone testing this season. According to the report, at least 14 NFL players have blamed suspensions on Adderall or Ritalin which are primarily used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. “What we would do is reflect the understanding that those types of substances have both a performance-enhancing kind of component, but also a recreational (use) component,†Birch said. â€It would provide for a different treatment depending on what we were able to understand about the use. A positive test in the offseason might be treated differently than a positive test during the season, because one suggests no competitive issue and one does.†Source: Sports Illustrated
Haha. So, since it is used by some people recreationally, even though it is a performance enhancer, it will be treated like weed? At this point, i would prefer the league stop with the sham and just making anything legal.
I took Adderall once and I don't see how it is considered a performance enhancing drug. I was so dinged out and moved so slow.
