Marijuana legalization is linked to significantly better recruitment for college basketball and worse outcomes for football teams, according to a new study. Researchers at Georgia College & State University and Kennesaw State University said there are numerous factors that affect recruitment trends in college athletic leagues, and so they tested the relationship between adult-use cannabis […]

  • CobblerScholar@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Fancy that, when you stop arresting kids for having a plant in their pocket more of them tend to go to college and more of them will sign up for basketball scholarships

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      11 months ago

      That’s not what the report is suggesting. It’s suggesting that talented basketball players are more likely to go to a school in a state with legal weed.

      That the feds really need to deschedule weed.

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        11 months ago

        So what you’re saying is that, if given a choice between being barred/denied entry over pot use, people will instead just go to places that allow it?

        Not sure I’m seeing the difference between your point and OPs comment.

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      11 months ago

      I mean, I read that cannabis actually causes brain damage in people who’re underage, so there is a reason to treat it like tobacco.

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        11 months ago

        Absolutely fair, unrestricted access to cannabis isnt the answer but let’s not kid ourselves a cigarette is wildly worse than a joint from a legal dispensary. Plus right now if a kid gets caught with a cigarette the cop will at best haul them downtown to get picked up by a parent who they can use to shame the kid. Same kid with a joint can very realistically expect drug charges that stick with then into adulthood sapping the potential right out of their future