Jalen Rose believes the NFL and NBA should ease their marijuana rules on players.
On Wednesday's edition of ESPN's NBA Countdown, Rose explained that he thinks it must be "cultural" as to why other sports have such loose rules when it comes to marijuana compared to basketball and football.
"For those that don't know alcohol is worse for you than marijuana," Rose said after being asked his view on former NBA commissioner David Stern advocating for the league to remove marijuana from the banned substance list.
"We're only having this conversation in two sports, the NFL and the NBA. I've talked about this for years; this may be cultural because those [are] the only two sports that have salary caps, restrictions after high school, and punish you for marijuana use. They don't do so in Nascar, in golf, in hockey, or major league baseball."
Jalen Rose is not the only former player calling for the change in league policy. Recently, John Salley told TMZ that the marijuana is less harmful to players than alcohol. "I call it a safer alternative. I don't know that many players with DU highs. They got dudes with DUI but, not DU highs. So it's going to take a hit to the beverage companies but its a safer, better, cleaner alternative for your health."
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