Chris Long says he was able to evade detection because the league's test is so easy to beat.
CLOSECONNECTTWEETLINKEDINCOMMENTEMAILMOREChris Long knew how to beat the NFL's faulty system for testing players for recreational drugs. Now that he's retired, Long hopes the league will turn a blind eye to marijuana use.
Long, the No. 2 overall pick in 2008, enjoyed an 11-year career, with stints on the then-St. Louis Rams, New England Patriots and Philadelphia Eagles. He won two Super Bowls in the final three years of his career. "In that month or two that you stop, you're going to reach for the sleeping pills, you're going to reach for the pain killers and you're going to reach for the bottle a little bit more," Long said. "If you're serious about players not using, you'd be testing more often. I hope they go the opposite direction and just kind of realize how arbitrary that one test is.
"We should be headed to a place where we allow players to use what I wouldn't even call drugs. It's far less dangerous than players guzzling a fifth of alcohol and going out after a game," he said."[Marijuana use] is far less harmful than alcohol. It is far less harmful than tobacco. And at various points in the league's history, they have engaged in partnerships on different levels in those respective industries.
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