There was a great piece in the Denver Post this week about the NFL's policy on player marijuana use. As per usual, the columnist uses just about ever cliché marijuana reference out there. But he does make some very good points about the absurdity of disciplining players for using a non-performance-enhancing drug that is safer than alcohol. 

In a game smeared with too many ugly headlines involving lawyers, guns and bail money, doesn't the league have worse things to worry about than if a player is using marijuana? 

 

But in an era when baseball cannot pin steroid use on Barry Bonds and there's tainted blood staining the Tour de France, it seems maybe football should view Ricky Williams and his ganja habit as a dopey joke rather than a serious threat.

This column comes on the heels of news that Broncos receive David Kircus is facing charges for breaking some guys face at a party in which alcohol was being consumed. In fact, a judge has already ruled that Kircus must steer clear of alcohol for now, as well as the guy he hit, who filed for a restraining order. 

We certainly agree with the columnist's closing thoughts:

Might be safer for a football player to stay at home, lock the doors and burn a blunt.