Attention California fighters and part-time potheads: You may be able to dodge Johnny Law with a medical marijuana card — but don’t expect your laminated smoke shield to have any effect on the NARCS over at the California State Athletic Commission (CSAC).
As troubled Strikeforce middleweight Nick Diaz has been finding out, the laws that apply to medicinal marijuana in regards to criminal punishment do not apply to the Commission’s duty to prevent a fighter from subjecting himself to a potentially dangerous situation come fight night.
Simply put: The Compassionate Use Act (California Proposition 215) may keep you out of prison, but it doesn’t legalize the use of marijuana.
From the CSAC:
“Although the question springs from professional licensing rather than employment, much of the Court’s rationale applies…
